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Plain water bores me. It just doesn’t satisfy cravings. I know it’s arguably the best beverage to consume, but I find it really hard to choose water over nearly

Plain water bores me. It just doesn’t satisfy cravings. I know it’s arguably the best beverage to consume, but I find it really hard to choose water over nearly any other kind of beverage. I know I’m not alone. Sparkling water has become my go-to. It does satisfy my cravings, and I’m sure it’s immeasurably better for health than my previous go-to Diet Coke.

FredPret 3y ago
Try drinking a large amount of water, like a gallon, every day for a week. I did this and my palate changed completely.
- dctoedt 3y ago
  > I did this and my palate changed completely. Mind if I ask: How so?
  - randallsquared 3y ago
    I dunno about a week, but it only took me about three weeks to switch from regular soda to diet soda, back in the mid-nineties, and I really didn't like the taste of diet soda when I started. After 2-3L a day of diet for several weeks regular Mountain Dew tasted sickeningly sweet and I no longer wanted it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    - themitigating 3y ago
      Similar experience here. The sweetness of regular coke bothers me. Diet coke is more tart and sweet. I also love Diet Redbull for the taste however it still has a small number of calories and carbs so they make Redbull Zero which I can't stand
  - mixedCase 3y ago
    It's just what the human palate does. It adapts to circumstance. Skip sugar and sweet stuff for a few months and when you try it again everything tastes much sweeter than before. Same with salt. Same with acidity. And surely other things I haven't tried and corroborated with peers.
  - FredPret 3y ago
    Water went from boring as dirt to kind of tasty. Anything carbonated still tastes good but there's a hard limit of one per day. I still like the usual foods. I also lost 20 pounds!
    - nequo 3y ago
      Did you switch to water from regular soda or from diet soda?
      - FredPret 3y ago
        I never liked soda, but my beer and flavoured water consumption fell off a cliff
anigbrowl 3y ago
I felt the same way until I took up regular exercise and my body's hydration preferences changed almost overnight. Now I guzzle the stuff like, well, you know.
tptacek 3y ago
It's probably better for your teeth, and, if you're drinking caffeinated soda in large volumes, that's not great. So: the sense in which it's better for health is pretty measurable.
- YetAnotherNick 3y ago
  Even if you replace water entirely with diet coke, the caffeine is not enough to cause harm. > It's probably better for your teeth So is not eating or sleeping or breathing.
  - tptacek 3y ago
    This seems conspicuously like measurement, so I think we agree.
- themitigating 3y ago
  Most soda (not energy drinks) has very little caffeine. 12oz Diet coke has 42mg, black tea is 50mg, coffee varies but I see at least 100mg. Of course people do seem to drink it mass quantities.
jader201 3y ago
I’ve been using True flavor packs (2 per refrigerated gallon of water), alternating between lemon and lime. It’s just natural crystallized juice. Will likely never go back to just drinking unflavored water. But yeah, I’ve been drinking water for years, and this has made it much more enjoyable. (I occasionally “splurge” and drink tea or soda, but it probably amounts to less than 1% of the fluids I consume.) Citric acid isn’t great for teeth, but 2 packs per gallon should have a negligible impact (could possibly do more, but 2 is perfectly fine).
Loocid 3y ago
>I know it’s arguably the best beverage to consume Not arguably, it factually is. I've also never understood the concept of being "bored" with water. Not everything in life has to be a sensual experience. Why not drink it because its good for you and save the flavoured beverages as treats?
- lgas 3y ago
  The answer to your question was in the post you replied to > It just doesn’t satisfy cravings. Not to mention they said they do drink water - just of the sparkling variety, which does satisfy their cravings.
- stevehawk 3y ago
  > I've also never understood the concept of being "bored" with water. some of us are really bad at doing things, even good/healthy things, unless we get a dopamine response. so 99% of my "water intake" is really coffee, tea, or artificially sweetened soda.
- fomine3 3y ago
  I drink a sparkling water or tea during my boring work. I want to make drinking a bit fun than a boring water.
rpz 3y ago
Squeeze a lemon or muddle some strawberries into it and you’re golden. Tea is nice too.

FredPret 3y ago

Try drinking a large amount of water, like a gallon, every day for a week. I did this and my palate changed completely.

dctoedt 3y ago
> I did this and my palate changed completely. Mind if I ask: How so?
- randallsquared 3y ago
  I dunno about a week, but it only took me about three weeks to switch from regular soda to diet soda, back in the mid-nineties, and I really didn't like the taste of diet soda when I started. After 2-3L a day of diet for several weeks regular Mountain Dew tasted sickeningly sweet and I no longer wanted it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - themitigating 3y ago
    Similar experience here. The sweetness of regular coke bothers me. Diet coke is more tart and sweet. I also love Diet Redbull for the taste however it still has a small number of calories and carbs so they make Redbull Zero which I can't stand
- mixedCase 3y ago
  It's just what the human palate does. It adapts to circumstance. Skip sugar and sweet stuff for a few months and when you try it again everything tastes much sweeter than before. Same with salt. Same with acidity. And surely other things I haven't tried and corroborated with peers.
- FredPret 3y ago
  Water went from boring as dirt to kind of tasty. Anything carbonated still tastes good but there's a hard limit of one per day. I still like the usual foods. I also lost 20 pounds!
  - nequo 3y ago
    Did you switch to water from regular soda or from diet soda?
    - FredPret 3y ago
      I never liked soda, but my beer and flavoured water consumption fell off a cliff

anigbrowl 3y ago

I felt the same way until I took up regular exercise and my body's hydration preferences changed almost overnight. Now I guzzle the stuff like, well, you know.

tptacek 3y ago

It's probably better for your teeth, and, if you're drinking caffeinated soda in large volumes, that's not great. So: the sense in which it's better for health is pretty measurable.

YetAnotherNick 3y ago
Even if you replace water entirely with diet coke, the caffeine is not enough to cause harm. > It's probably better for your teeth So is not eating or sleeping or breathing.
- tptacek 3y ago
  This seems conspicuously like measurement, so I think we agree.
themitigating 3y ago
Most soda (not energy drinks) has very little caffeine. 12oz Diet coke has 42mg, black tea is 50mg, coffee varies but I see at least 100mg. Of course people do seem to drink it mass quantities.

jader201 3y ago

I’ve been using True flavor packs (2 per refrigerated gallon of water), alternating between lemon and lime. It’s just natural crystallized juice. Will likely never go back to just drinking unflavored water. But yeah, I’ve been drinking water for years, and this has made it much more enjoyable. (I occasionally “splurge” and drink tea or soda, but it probably amounts to less than 1% of the fluids I consume.) Citric acid isn’t great for teeth, but 2 packs per gallon should have a negligible impact (could possibly do more, but 2 is perfectly fine).

Loocid 3y ago

>I know it’s arguably the best beverage to consume Not arguably, it factually is. I've also never understood the concept of being "bored" with water. Not everything in life has to be a sensual experience. Why not drink it because its good for you and save the flavoured beverages as treats?

lgas 3y ago
The answer to your question was in the post you replied to > It just doesn’t satisfy cravings. Not to mention they said they do drink water - just of the sparkling variety, which does satisfy their cravings.
stevehawk 3y ago
> I've also never understood the concept of being "bored" with water. some of us are really bad at doing things, even good/healthy things, unless we get a dopamine response. so 99% of my "water intake" is really coffee, tea, or artificially sweetened soda.
fomine3 3y ago
I drink a sparkling water or tea during my boring work. I want to make drinking a bit fun than a boring water.

rpz 3y ago

Squeeze a lemon or muddle some strawberries into it and you’re golden. Tea is nice too.