What do you drink while sailing? (Sugar or not to sugar)

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Having just read this article in the Telegraph this morning
I am surprised to read the quote "Calorie for calorie, 100 per cent orange juice is worse for you' than sugary sodas, Lustig says." That to me is a silly thing to say or even publish, I've seen what soda (water) does to the insides of the stomach, granted the acidity of Orange juice is not far behind but I've never had the latter on an empty stomach and felt like my insides were being corroded away.

So the question I have is:

What is your (non alcholic) beverage(s) on board while sailing?

Mine changes with climate. In the UK ill drink decafe coffee and non-caffeinated tea like Yogi branded stuff. In the Med i have been drinking lots of cold coke zero (caffeine) but now I drink lots of different types of juice and Ice tea as I do the insanity training (which kick starts my metabolism, instead of caffeine) and carbonated drinks even soda water is really bad for me, so I try not to drink them now.

To add, onboard in the med I drink about 300ml of water per hour so other beverages are a minority in my general daily intake.

In the article, back in the 20'a doctors suggested a tiny intake of orange juice like 60ml per day. I think ill change my intake. Looking at my belly and the Cappuccino ahead of me with its two empty packets of sugar to its side I don't think only juice is where I need to address sugar intake :-))

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10238549/Is-fruit-juice-bad-for-your-health.html
 
Jamesuk said:
I am surprised to read the quote "Calorie for calorie, 100 per cent orange juice is worse for you' than sugary sodas, Lustig says." That to me is a silly thing to say or even publish, I've seen what soda (water) does to the insides of the stomach, granted the acidity of Orange juice is not far behind but I've never had the latter on an empty stomach and felt like my insides were being corroded away.
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I take it Lustig has not heard of fructose! This is simple Year 7 General Science!

Jamesuk said:
So the question I have is:

What is your (non alcholic) beverage(s) on board while sailing?
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Tea, coffee and water.
 
Tea, and water. Sometimes I'll have a bottle of Pepsi Max with lunch (it's the only sugar-free cola that doesn't taste horribly chemical to me).

Kindred Spirit's tank water could taste a bit chloriney (sterilising powder soaking into the flexible plastic I assume) so I would add a drop of lemon squash to mask that. I don't need to on Ariam.

Pete
 
Tea, coffee, fruit juices, hot chocolate, water, tonic, ginger beer - probably in that order in terms of magnitude. But who cares? Any hot drink when cold & any cold drink when hot, what's the problem really as long as you don't just drink loads of "poopsi bola" (thanks to the Fabulous Cartoonist Giles for that wonderful name).
 
Personally I think that artificial sweeteners that go in to diet fizzy drinks are probably worse for you than the sugar in the full fat versions. Either way I drink very little in the way of soft drinks.

My mainstay when sailing is water, tea and beer.
 
Coffee, instant and proper, and tea at their appointed times, and Bovril for a comfort hot drink.

For cold, we mainly drink water from our tank that has been stored in bottles in the fridge after passing the filter.

When sailing, we sometimes drink fruit juices in small carton through a straw. I'm not a fan of sweetened drinks usually but we enjoyed Lipton's various iced teas from cartons this year during hot weather as they were refreshing and not too sweet.
 
Orange juice is around 11brix (Brix is a measure of the sugar content of a liquid, no matter what sugar molecule I.e. sucrose, fructose, glucose etc)
Coke is aprox 10.5brix, Pepsi slightly more
Acidity: ph of orange juice is around 3
Ph of soda water, approx 4
Stomach acid is more acidic than either (ph of 1-2) as this is how your food gets digested so any of these have little impact if any on your digestive system
Artificial sweeteners: given the billions of cans and bottles sold over the last 40+ years and the focus of research that nutritionists have had on studying diet, if there was the slightest hint that these are bad for you, no one would be allowed to use them. Look carefully at food and drink packaging and you'll see them in many more foodstuffs than just soft drinks.
It's also worth having a look at the calorie content of teas and other Pre prepared drinks. Usually these have as much sugar per ml as coke or Pepsi.
If you really want calories in a drink, go to Starbucks and have a cappuccino or a latte with a shot of syrup flavouring.
Beautifully illustrated in the attached link
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/caffeine-and-calories/

It's probably more important that you are drinking enough fluid when on the water as dehydration is as much of an issue as the calories that you consume so drink what tastes good to you.

Beer and wine also have a lot of calories per ml as alcohol has a high calorific value......also quite acidic.

Everything in moderation is the best dietary advice and check the science, not the old wives tales
 
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Anything you take an effort over, tastes great. Really rich high-quality black coffee, brewed over a stove with care aboard a rowing boat in calm weather, beats almost anything.

Cocktails, beer and wine too. Using real glasses rather than nasty opaque indestructible plastic cups, and taking care to keep drinks at their ideal serving temperatures...vital. :)
 
Diet coke followed by more diet coke. Occasional water if very hot.
Beer & whisky in the evening, obviously.
Avoid tea & coffee at all times.
 
The fruit flavoured syrups you get in France, with the metal bottles and screw caps especially the lemon flavour but also mint, so much nicer than squash, indeed I am looking forward to the scuttlebutt Cherbourg trip to re stock!
 
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