have you guys noticed how every juice is super sugary?the only thing i can drink is Arizona ice tea, that's the only juice i know that isn't too sweet.any recommendations?what's your favorite non super sugary drink?
Drink water. But if you insist, make your own drinks at home. Like just use Kool aid with half the sugar
>>22171761Arizona green tea still has quite a bit of sugar that adds up over time, OP. They make a sugar-free variant that isn't too bad, if you can tolerate the artificial sweetener.I'd suggest making your own lemonade and iced tea and buying bulk stevia sweetener, or any other sugar-free sweetener and then making your own drinks. You'll save money in the long run and probably be better off for it health-wise as well.
>>22171761You can water down store bought beverages
>>22171761Sunny D was on sale at the grocery store for $2.49 per gallon so I bought some. It's surprisingly low in calories.
>>22171761>non super sugary
>>22171874>>22171777i mean taste wise, you don't notice the sugar too much in the arizona green tea. but like an orange juice it taste like pure sugar.>>22171783but they just don't taste that good when you do that they end up tasting bad.
>>22171761I like this stuff mixed with sparkling water. It's my favorite drink.
>>22171805It's surprisingly shitty and low class. Nothing worse than coming in from the soccer field and someone's mom had that shit all warm in little cups. I'm surprised it's got fewer calories than real juice. But it's all corn syrup and chemicals. The O.J. is better for your body. When did they drop the 'Delight' from the name?
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>>22171761Get juice without added sugar. It'll just have the natural fructose.
>>22172137Real orange juice doesn't contain extra sugar.
>>22171761
>>22172139Just like corn tortillas don't contain gluten. Yet every fucking label says "GLUTEN FREE" because consumers are dumbfucks who don't know what goes into their food.
Do Americans not have a culture of squash? And if not, would the rapidly rising poverty levels not make it a good business opportunity? You could call it Mike's American Flavor Bombs or something. It's just as unhealthy as fruit juice, it's just the super concentrated fruity shit you find in juices and soft drinks that you can customise to your level of diabetes. You can even add it to soda water and make your sodee pop and make it as watery or as sugary as you like.
>>22172149Gluten intolerance only affects like 1% of the population. Gluten free is health freaks' kosher symbol.
>>22171761All the low sugar or sugar free "juices" I find usually say 3% juice and have a fraction of nutrients.Might as well buy fruit instead.
>americans think that corn syrup water is 'juice'
>>22172184Nah thats just you, grampa.
>>22172154Squash? Like acorn and butternut and pattypan and zucchini?
>>22172113>you don't notice the sugar too much in the arizona green teaYour palate is boned and you need to spend some time drinking nothing but water.>>22172136Every time I see Sunny D I remember a time when I worked at a store and someone asked where the orange juice was so I told him and he came back with Sunny D and then threw a shitfit that food stamps wouldn't work on it because it's not real food.
>>22172220That's not true. There's no way food stamp benefits wouldn't buy the Sunny Delight or Coke or Pepsi or anything else they want. It doesn't work on alcohol or pet food or hot, prepared food from the deli. There are no such guidelines about the food being healthy. You can buy coffee drinks or energy drinks or nothing but candy bars. You can buy lobster and caviar. There really aren't rules besides the ones I listed.
>>22172228You do realize that the rules are different in different states, right?
>>22172231No, that's not true. Which state are you claiming this was? Where Sunny Delight and other beverages you arbitrarily deem "not real food" were denied?I'd really like to know so I can do some digging and immediately prove your bullshit anecdote wrong.
>>22171805Looks like they changed the recipe. I knew that didn't look accurate. When I was growing up it was worse than orange juice in every way. Now they can claim lower calories.
Water or tea, no sugar. add lemon if you'd like. Javaheads need not apply
>>22172232I'm a different person but you're arguments are just stupid and wrong, so... keep posting reaction images faggot. I can't believe you thought it was run the same way in all states.
>>22172238no wonder it tastes weird to me now
>>22172220The restrictions were recent, not in this fictional time period when you had a job, and the FDA sued quickly, as they determine what counts as food, not random healthfags. Sunny D wasn't one of the things restricted, either. It was soda, candy, and other junk food.
>>22171761Orange juice, they throw the whole orange in, rind and all. This guys recommendation >>22172123of cranberry juice is a good one. There’s also Grapefruit juice. Best thing to do is buy real juice and just water it down.
>>22172228>>22172232Original guy here.EBT, while largely a federal endeavor, is administered by the states which is why every state has their own card.Get your shit together.
>>22172267It's run the same way when it comes to what you can and can't buy. This is just common sense anyway. How could you ever make a list of things that were considered "not real food"? And then how could that list contain juice drinks which are not 100% juice. It's bullshit and I don't even need his "proof", because it doesn't exist and it never could. Food is food is food, and once you opened the door to categorizing it by someone's idea of "healthiness", you'd be unable to move forward. So they keep it simple. You can't buy hot prepared ready-to-eat food and you can't buy alcohol. Maybe the dog food thing varies by state.
>>22172276I stand corrected then. FOUR months ago some fucked up laws were enacted in Texas. Never would have seen that coming. Of course I'm going to double check anyway because A.I. is often full of shit.
>>22172273>Dude bro there's no way you worked retail earlier this yearSee>>22172276
>>22172276>April 1stApril Fool's Joke apparently
>>22172276Fuck red states. Where was their conscience when Michelle Obama wanted to get healthy lunches for them?>Aw haay-ell no. We don't want no liberal elites tellin' us we gotta eat rabbit food! This is 'murica! Land of the FREE!!Fucking hypocrites.
i thought snapple was the most dense one, but a couple days ago I was considering some Calypso lemonades, and one bottle of them had 114% of your daily sugar
>>22172276florida, your ebt card can't buy graham crackers or pre-made pie crust, but it still works on all ice cream
We should do away with EBT and just give poor people a corn ration ir something
>>22171761Do Americans really drink from gas can looking jugs?
>>221718747 grams for 100 mL isn't too much desu
>>22172136>3 artificial sweeteners, including sucralose>4 artificial azo colors>HFCS water with trace amounts of fruit juiceMWAH! *chef*s kiss*
>>22171761I like the unsweetened Arnold palmer, the blueberry, and peach. All low in sugar.
>>22172975nice, i'll have to try those.
>>22171761diet you fucking mong. also crystal lite tea & peach or lemonade
>>22172142Yes goyim, wear down the enamel on your teeth drinking acid.
>>22173000Yes, schizo. Citrus is another "jew scheme" to destroy you. They don't touch lemons because they know the scam.
>>22172154Technically sorta kinda, however the evolutionary pressure of trying to keep the bottles from breaking in shipping ultimately transmorgified the liquid concentrate into the powder we now know as kool-aid.
>>22171874Soda or juice would have nearly double that. I like to mix juice with seltzer. Or lemonade and seltzer. You can also just make your own lemonade and I find around 15g of sugar per cup to be the limit before it starts tasting too sugary. Plain milk is good too and tastes sweet if your tastebuds aren't blown out.
Sugary drinks and foods are completely fine if you live an active lifestyle thoughever
>>22172232My state allows food stamps to be used on mild cheddar but not sharp cheddar. People hate welfare queens so much they're willing to give government bureaucrats billions to make the most retarded rules known to man.
>>22173000well that's why it's diluted in water and not being recommended to drink straight lemon juice
>>22171761Juice is by definition supposed to be sugary. It's not something you should be drinking all the time. It's basically liquid candy, ok to enjoy once in a while, but not all the time. Don't let the mass availability of juices and sugary drinks fool you, like 99% of what you drink should be plain water.As such, I aim for the best quality juices or most interesting sweet drinks, because when I drink them I'm aiming to enjoy it. Otherwise it's just plain water for me.If you don't like water, try using products like mio which can flavor it, and then use this to drastically increase your water intake. Eventually you'll just be seeking hydration, and you'll gradually adapt to the (lack of) taste of water.
If you don't want sugar, alcohol, or caffeine, there are only two options.>Water>MilkAdd tea and coffee if you want caffeine.
>>22173356I'm glad I live in lefty Oregon where we treat the needy with compassion and respect. Why the FUCK would sharp cheddar be restricted? Too 'fancy' for the poor? Go to Walmart and it's the same fucking price as mild and medium. Hell, extra sharp is no more expensive. WTF?
>>22173354*however
Seltzer.
>>22172276What the fuck, corporations need to sell their goods.
>>22171763i've been thinking of making my own gatorade and/or vitamin water but don't know where to begin. maybe some coconut water and fresh squeeze fruit?
>>22173759Gatorade has a lot of sodium.
>>22173759piss
>>22173775my homemade version will have less :)
>>22173660Its funny how reddit is modeled on this guys personality, essentially. (Poster is definitely a reddit refugee)
>>22172277>when a liberal ideologue that thinks he's factually secular tries to think philosophically FDA certified fact™-checker here. Keep up the good work comrade.
>>22173815These types can only exist, at large, in their own communal reality denying bubble. Inside the bubble their myriad insecurities then spend their meager collective mental energies to iron out convolutions so they can spring them on anyone who accidentally has an effective thought. >You got a source for that? That's nice, where's the source? Umm, citations? Common fallback to assert you're correct without having to make an argument or even know anything yourself. It even comes with the added benefit of seeming like a rational appeal -- but it'll dissolve the second you play their game and provide a source, as any source that doesn't support their security blanket will be insufficient for the same reasons every source (except the one they like) is suspect. Reddit and ResetERA and the like foment the accumulation of these people naturally, so the association is obvious.
>>22173815>>22173865What's 'reddit' here? Can you make a cogent argument for why sharp cheddar cheese should be restricted?Who is "denying reality" and how? What's all this about sources?
>>22173356>My state allows food stamps to be used on mild cheddar but not sharp cheddar.
>>22173868If someone wants to buy whatever they want they can do so with money not provided by the taxpayer
>>22173906I am not seeing an actual argument for WHY though. What's the difference in those cheeses? Why should one be restricted? You cannot answer that. Neither could the people who apparently made it a law.
>>22172661>serving size 240ml>>22171874>serving size 340mlI fucking HATE american nutrition facts tables.Why can't they be standardized to 100ml/mg like in a civilized country?
>>22173947do you struggle with basic math or something?
>>22172946>>22173350>2/3 the sugar content of Coke>Dude bro it's not actually that much bro
>>22173949No, I am used to non retarded tables so the american ones piss me off because of autism
>>22173775Yeah you need sodium to live
>>22173996Yes. And if anon is going to replicate a sports drink he's going to need to add some. Coconut water and fresh juice will not suffice.
>>22174015Exactly this.
>>22172214Apparently it's a liquid concentrated fruit flavor. I found a bottle of Robinson's Apple/Blackcurrant flavor I'll try out of curiosity.
Why do euroids live in poverty?
>>22174234I looked it up. In England they call things like Capri Sun and Sunny Delight "fruit squash". I guess our cranberry cocktail would qualify under that definition. It's juice mixed with sugar and water. And yeah, currant is a big flavor over there. We use it in culinary settings here but it's not a common flavor for drinks.
>>22173868Notice how quickly you fell back on a preloaded strawman. Even if you can't admit it, you're aware how flimsy most of your arguments are and instinctually steer the conversation back towards something you think stands enough on its own that you don't need much to defend it. It's your very nature, your relationship with knowledge and how you view 'truth' that puts you at odds with the people here. This isn't some shitty bait attack either. I am telling you what makes your comments glow. In the case of the cheese specifically, it's likely an oversight or related to something extrinsic to the policy in context. While there are strict biological boundaries for what "food" is, it is observed culturally in very specific ways that make the functional parentheses quite arbitrary. The premise you've seeded your opinions with is incorrect because you seem to believe "facts" and "truth" are the same.
>>22171761>the only thing i can drink is Arizona ice tea, that's the only juice i know that isn't too sweet.>Arizona ice tea>juiceDo Americans really?
>>22174463It's corn juice.
>>22174493You're corn juice.
>>22173943I don't think its an arguement based on the rationality of what "real" food is. Its moreso a desire to return to the government cheese style of nutritional assistance. I think the policy aims to encourage people to work by gatekeeping more desirable food.
>>22173943>>22174629It's a humiliation ritual so the poors feel shame when they are told the 15 oz can of beans can't be bought with food stamps; they have to go back and grab the 14.75 oz can.
>>22174890>the 15 oz can of beans can't be bought with food stamps; they have to go back and grab the 14.75 oz canWhat state does this?
>>22172270it changed over 15 years ago you've had time to adjust
>>22174234>Apple/Blackcurrant flavorthat sounds good
>>22173868sharp cheddar is too dangerous to fall into the hands of someone in the possession of food stamps
>>22171761I bought a gallon of unsweetened ice tea and mixed some of it with half a gallon of homemade limeade. It's not as sweet but still tastes good.
>>22175057damn that sounds nice man.
>>22171761There is literally nothing wrong with consuming sugar as long as you fast afterwards to let your body process it
>>22172184None of us think that OP is genuinely fucking retarded
>>22176339i don't think there's anyuthing wrong with consuming sugar, the problem i have is that the taste of juices is compromised by how much sugar they seem to be adding, everything tastes too sweet except for iced green tea, that's the only drink that seems to taste subtly sweet, everything else with sugar tastes like i'm drinking liquified sugar with fruit flavoring.
>>22171761it took them way too long to come out with this
>>22172129>When did they drop the 'Delight' from the name?like 20 years ago
>>22176466They have sugar free versions, but I'm with you. I like *some sugar so it doesn't taste weird.
>>22173947per serving is more applicable for this kind of shit
>>22172154Went to Canada and they do have the very concentrated squeezy juice. It is very acidic compared to squash in Europe so not the same.
I buy peach flavored tea bags which I cold brew overnight. It's easily 4x cheaper than bottled iced tea and you can control the sugar amount
