Crystal Light?!

[mishy422]

is crystal light okay during OWL?? it says it has no Sugars or Carbs...and i need some taste to my water!!!

thanks michelle

[*Emma*]

Re: Crystal Light?!

it is okay, but its not to be classed as part of your water!

[jengeesh]

Re: Crystal Light?!

it has the sweetner in it that starts with a "A" that is known to cause issues in SOME people. Same sweetner that's in diet coke. I DO BELIVE...I REMEMBER looking at in the store and saw it was not sweetned with splenda and passed it up. Personally have not used it. I had a diet coke stall. I now drink only splenda swetned stuff like diet rite with splenda. For water somtimes i use this stuff called water sensations it has sucralose "splenda" as the sweetner it is not a heavy taste thou it's a real lite flavor. HOWEVER do note some people have had issues with all sweetners. I seem to do just fine with splenda. I really don't use it often less then once a day on avarage 4 to 5 times a week

[Grant]

Re: Crystal Light?!

Hi, yes the powdered Crystal Lite has aspartame which Dr. Atkins recommends avoiding. The pre-bottled Crystal Light however is made with Splenda. You could drink that as an occasional treat though as Emma mentioned you shouldn't count that as part of your daily water intake. Also, please keep in mind that we are supposed to limit our amount of sweeteners to 3 servings per day.

[*Emma*]

Re: Crystal Light?!

oooooh i didnt know the powdered one had aspartame in - i love this place haha!

so yup, the pre-bottled one as a treat only!

[daniejim]

Re: Crystal Light?!

I like unsweetened kool-aid with splenda with my dinner

[Tack Candy]

Re: Crystal Light?!

goody, this weekend for the first time I bought a case of something other than water, assorted bottled Crystal Lite. I saw this post and said - uh oh. Then was relieved to see prebottled is ok. I don't normally reach for something flavored but every once in awhile it is nice. Good to know. Thanks for the post.

Candy