16. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 2:08 pm PDT

WATER IS THE ULTIMATE AND IT HAS ZZZEEERRROOO CALORIES. U CAN'T BEAT THAT!!!

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17. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 3:58 pm PDT

Like others have said, I don't think one should be recommending artificial sweeteners. What my roommate does is instead of drinking the full 8oz glass of OJ, he waters it down and drinks 4oz of OJ mixed with 4oz of water. He's gotten so accustomed to the taste of juice like this that he thinks regular juice is just too sweet. It's more calories drinking straight water but if you're unable to just cut these things out try just watering them down.

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18. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 7:04 pm PDT

I have a question/comment...i always thought that Splenda/Equal and other "zero calorie" sweetners were actually zerio calories...however, after reading an article in Cosmo and then checking my diet analysis software from my nutrtion class, it seems that each packet has roughly four calories- while this is a nominal amount, if you use them frequently throughout the day or drink lots of diet coke, you may, in fact, be ingesting more calories than you think...can anyone shed some light on how the companies can say "zero calories" when they aren't in fact zero?

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19. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 7:04 pm PDT

Stevia is a safe alternative to commercial sweeteners. The reason nobody seems to know about it is that commercial sweeteners bring in soooo much money. If I'm not mistaken, stevia actually helps sustain blood sugar levels and is derived from an herb. It can be bought at most health food stores.

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20. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 8:15 pm PDT

The three most important liquids every day...water, water and water! My doctor stressed this every visit. Aspartame(sp?) is the worst artificial sweetner on the planet for your health. AG in Santa Barbara.

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21. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 11:30 pm PDT

i just started on some prescribed diet pills and i notice my self 8 lbs less within 3 1/2 weeks. i want to know if the rapid weigth loss can later show up on double or afecting the tyroid?

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22. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 11:34 pm PDT

im going on the copper contaceptive and i want to know how unconfortable does that feel or if is painfull on the procedure , and also if partner is big can he feel it .

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23. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Apr 10, 2006, 11:35 pm PDT

im going on the copper contaceptive and i want to know how unconfortable does that feel or if is painfull on the procedure , and also if partner is big can he feel it .

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24. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Apr 11, 2006, 5:57 am PDT

There are some really good points here about drinking more and avoiding artificial sweetners. Also, I agree about making better choices. Let's stop blaming the food industry! If we made better food choices the companies making unhealthy processed foods would go out of business. There are companies profiting from obesity in this country.

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25. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Apr 11, 2006, 8:41 am PDT

Hello I want to let the public know that what you drink does add a lot of your weight especially to the stomach area. I know this because My mom was atleast 250 pounds and could never lose this weight. Why? Because eventhough she ate a minimal of food she drank Pepsi all day everyday. I have a friend now that was 400pounds and most of it was from food but 1/3 of it was from liquids. the liquids left him blooted adding to his weight gain problem.

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26. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Apr 11, 2006, 10:12 am PDT

I haven't read anything on artificial sweeteners linked with cancer, but is it not the persons own choice to use them or not? As of people not choosing to become overweight/obese, was/is it not their own choices of what they ate (and lack of movement in their sedentary lives) that contributed to their weight? Granted there are those with medical conditions that continually "pack on the pounds". Aside from any medical conditions, the article is informing readers about healthier choices in consuming liquid calories. Water would be the ideal liquid that we as "healthy humans" should drink if we are trying to lose weight, but not everyone is going to drink the required 64 oz of water a day.

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27. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Apr 11, 2006, 1:35 pm PDT

After reading some of the posted comments I noticed several mentions of Lonestarnow. What is this? I tried to google it with no results. Does anyone have any info as to where to look?

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28. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Apr 11, 2006, 2:17 pm PDT

Just go to lonestartnow.com for info. Make sure to put the t on the end of start.

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29. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Apr 11, 2006, 3:29 pm PDT

I don't know if I can give up my half and half in my coffee though....

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30. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Apr 12, 2006, 12:11 am PDT

Instead of drinking all those sugar filled beverages, how about soya milk without sugar? Fresh vegetable or fruit juices without sugar are also superb. They fill you up with less calories and no cholesterol. The thing is to train your taste buds to enjoy natural flavors without the addition of sugar.

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