Comment on How do I drink more water?
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Flavoured hydration powders are a solid option, as long as you’re avoiding chemical sweeteners.
The trick is to make them at half the recommended strength by putting the recommended amount into double the volume of water, which will also stop you from giving yourself kidney stones by overloading you with minerals
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
what does “chemical sweeteners” mean?
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Things like Acesulfame K, Aspartame, Steviol/Stevia extracts, I called them chemical sweeteners where it would be more accurate to call them artifical sweeteners.
It’s entirely anecdotal, but all of these leave a horrendous taste that overpowers the intended flavours in my opinion.
Sucralose is probably the only one that works as intended (massive sweetness to replace sugars at a fraction of the volume)
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
right but… that’s just a matter of personal taste, why would you tell others to avoid artificial sweeteners? Many people don’t even notice a difference in taste.
Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Well aspartame seems to increase your chances at getting cancer(with high use, supposedly)