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[Metalhead]

Just curious as to what you guys think of Coke Zero and Fresca. Sugar free and calorie free drinks. Is it possible that they're not really that bad for you? I find that I like to have a drink besides water or milk with lunch but I dont' know what to have. Fresca and coke zero seem like a good idea. Thoughts?

[Clint]

Naturally water is your best option but any of the calorie free sodas will be fine as long as it's in moderation. One or two a day won't hurt.

Also make some green tea - iced tea with some splenda. I drink a ton of green tea on a daily basis.

[Rufio]

I drink orange juice or ready-made protein shakes throughout the day, myself. Isopure and ABB Blue Thunder taste awesome, though they're expensive.

[Clint]

Originally Posted by Rufio

I drink orange juice or ready-made protein shakes throughout the day, myself. Isopure and ABB Blue Thunder taste awesome, though they're expensive.

I would watch the orange juice, it typically has a ton of sugar in it, which is bad except postworkout.

[Metalhead]

yeah, I was drinking these "no sugar added" juice in a can for lunch, but they dont' really taste good and they've gotten boring. I also think they probably have a lot of natural sugar. That's why I'm leaning towards a fresca or coke zero at lunch. I just want to make sure that no sugar and no calorie is truthful and doesn't have something else added in there that is not good.

[Clint]

The sodas and the flavored waters are going to have chemicals in them that aren't neccisarily good but as long as it's in moderation, they shouldn't be a concern.

As for sodium, as an athlete, as long as you aren't looking to cut weight in the near future it's fine for you.

[liddell316]

You can find flavored water that are fairly low in sodium.

[Warchief]

Originally Posted by Clint

The sodas and the flavored waters are going to have chemicals in them that aren't neccisarily good but as long as it's in moderation, they shouldn't be a concern.

As for sodium, as an athlete, as long as you aren't looking to cut weight in the near future it's fine for you.

Clint i just read this in flex magazine year ago, a bodybuilder named jay cutler... half an hour before he lift weights, he drink one glass of coke mix of whey protein...what can say about that?

[Clint]

Originally Posted by warchief

Clint i just read this in flex magazine year ago, a bodybuilder named jay cutler... half an hour before he lift weights, he drink one glass of coke mix of whey protein...what can say about that?

Well the first thing that comes to mind is ewww but what I think he was going for is your postworkout shake should have a ratio of 2:1 of high GI sugars to whey protein and alot of people claim that taking the postworkout shake 1/2 before you workout and 1/2 after works better than taking all of it after.

The problem is that the sugars in Coke are the wrong sugars. They are mostly High Fructose Corn Syrup and what you actually want are Dextrose or Maltodextrin. What would be better is gatorade and whey protein.

[Warchief]

Originally Posted by Clint

gatorade and whey protein.

I will try these, thanx