Better koolaid?

[jkrohn]

Well, I pound down liquids like it is going out of style. I rotate three beverages.
1) Water
2) Iced Tea (Brewed, straight up)
3) Koolaid

Love all three to death. I drink water the most, but love koolaid. As a result, I end up drinking about a gallon of liquids a day, 1/2 Gal water, and 1/2Gal of whichever one of the other two I have.

Currently koolaid fills that spot. Unfortunately, that means I am putting down about a cup of Sugar everyday just from the koolaid and this can't possibly be good for me

So, have any of you tried making koolaid with an artificial sweetener? If so what, and how did it taste?

Jkrohn

[tony_j15]

Anything that aint sugar you will notice. Depending on the brand, it will taste pretty close. Last time I made it without sugar, I used splenda. You could always just use a half cup instead of a full cup...or switch to sports drinks.

[geeraff]

Kool-Aid manufactures versions of its flavors with artificial sweetener, which is NutraSweet, which uses aspartame as its sweetening agent.

You know who else loved Kool-Aid to death?
These guys: http://www.raptureready.com/rr-kool-aid.html

Oh, you mentioned you drink a lot of liquids. Drinking too much can cause kidney function problems.

[Redwolf]

Ohhh Yeah!

[brandon184]

KoolAid, huh.

That stuff will kill ya, you know.

Brandon

[OuTpaTienT]

Why do you think sugar is bad for you? That's all anybody ever eats. Your body turns everything to sugar before it can process it.

[brandon184]

When you're pumping KoolAid into your system, I think the sugar is probably the least harmful thing in there.

[Warthog]

Try Crystal Light?

Originally posted by geeraff
Kool-Aid manufactures versions of its flavors with artificial sweetener, which is NutraSweet, which uses aspartame as its sweetening agent.

You know who else loved Kool-Aid to death?
These guys: http://www.raptureready.com/rr-kool-aid.html

Oh, you mentioned you drink a lot of liquids. Drinking too much can cause kidney function problems.

linkage to this? i heard drinking alot of water can clean out your system and is good for you.

never heard it was bad...

[jkrohn]

Drinking a gallon of water is not bad for you. In fact most active adults would require this just to maintain their level of hydration.

Drinking too much water can be bad for you as it dilutes and removes the sodium from your system. This is especially true if you are sweating as this removes a lot of salt (hence the high sodium/magnesium levels of sports drinks).

Jkrohn