Sugar-free soft drinks

[darwinian]

In England you can buy a tonic concentrate which you can mix with soda.
Perhaps you can get a friend to bring you some.
Sweeteners are not very pleasant but despite Prtofessor Plum's phobia they are quite safe.
The best solution is to wean yourself off a liking for sweet tastes.

[Lung Per]

Rats... The guy didn't fall for my Italian accent and he had never heard of Don Corleone- not to speak of Sicily..
Scotch and Soda it is then....

[MrPlum]

In England you can buy a tonic concentrate which you can mix with soda.
Perhaps you can get a friend to bring you some.
Sweeteners are not very pleasant but despite Prtofessor Plum's phobia they are quite safe.
The best solution is to wean yourself off a liking for sweet tastes.

Not sure choosing to eat naturally is a 'phobia' but I understand your need to make yourself feel better. In what way are artificial sweeteners 'not very pleasant'? And what is 'quite' safe? Why not 'absolutely' safe? Or 'guaranteed' safe?

Concerns about Aspartame prevented it from receiving FDA approval for many years, since it was shown by Searle's own studies to cause brain tumours in animals. Now it's possible that humans are not affected in the same way but it's also possible that they are. Studies contradict each other. Depends on who is paying who, for the research, I suppose.

Russell Blaylock, a neurosurgeon, is one of those conducting research on what he calls 'excitotoxins' or 'neurotoxins'. This interview covers most of the concerns.... http://www.aspartame.com/blaylock.htm And, yes. He's written books on the subject.

If you like your 'theories' in pictures rather than words, then Dees is the man for the job....

[darwinian]

Nothing is 100 percnt safe.
It is foolish to say something is totally safe.
I find sweeteners not pleasant mainly because they are sweet.
I do not like sugar either.
Why is a neurosurgeon working on sweeteners?
Such research might be better conducted by a scientist (a toxicologist maybe).
You take a very cynical view of people if you seriously belive that the outcome of a study is often decided by who is paying for it.

[MrPlum]

Why is a neurosurgeon working on sweeteners?

Read the article and find out.

You take a very cynical view of people if you seriously belive that the outcome of a study is often decided by who is paying for it.

You are either very naive or uninformed...

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/inf ... ed.0020124

'There is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false.'

[BaaBaa.]

Mr Plum prepares for a relaxing evening in.

[Siani]

Doctor's orders: I have to cut down my intake of sugar. This may have serious consequences for the consumption of my afternoon Gin&Tonic. Tonic Water has a large sugar content.
In the old world, Schweppes sells a sugar-free Tonic Water. I have not been able to find it in HH. Any suggestions? And no; I'd rather not switch to Scotch and Soda.

What I suggest is that you switch to sparkling water. If you jazz the water up with a load of crushed ice and twist of lime/lemon or both, it makes a delicious drink....with or without the gin! After a while you will get used to it, even may prefer it. Angostura Bitters also can be added, just a dash, I am not sure if they are available in Thailand, makes the gin go a lovely pink colour. I also know that grapefruit is excellent for help with diabeties, try...

Gin and Grapefruit Juice

1 ounces Gin
5 ounces Grapefruit Juice
Pour gin into a highball glass two-thirds full of ice. Fill with Grapefruit juice and stir briskly.

(Not for breakfast though!!!)

Remember it is not just added sugar that is the enemy of diabectics, it is also the carbs. If eating bread, avoid white at all costs, same with rice & pasta, shoots the blood sugar up.

[Khundon1975]

Lung Per

These are the guys that manufacture Schweppes in Thailand, but I don't think they do a diet (sugar free) version, but who knows, give them a call and find out.
I'm Type 2 and my doc and diabetic nurse have both told me that one small bottle a day will do no harm, if you cannot get the slimline tonic.

Good luck.

Company Name: Emu Energy. Ltd Partnership
Street Address: 3210 / 25 Mu 2 Duliya Thip
City: Bangkok
Province/State: Samut Prakarn
Country/Region: Thailand
Zip: 10290
Telephone: 66-2-8739637
Mobile Phone: 66899248802
Fax: 66-2-8738821
Website: http://www.emu-energy.info

[Lung Per]

Lung Per

These are the guys that manufacture Schweppes in Thailand, but I don't think they do a diet (sugar free) version, but who knows, give them a call and find out.
I'm Type 2 and my doc and diabetic nurse have both told me that one small bottle a day will do no harm, if you cannot get the slimline tonic.

Good luck.

Company Name: Emu Energy. Ltd Partnership
Street Address: 3210 / 25 Mu 2 Duliya Thip
City: Bangkok
Province/State: Samut Prakarn
Country/Region: Thailand
Zip: 10290
Telephone: 66-2-8739637
Mobile Phone: 66899248802
Fax: 66-2-8738821
Website: http://www.emu-energy.info

Thanks much Mr. K.
I gave them a call and they do not make sugarfree, nor are the inclined to do so.
I rest my case.

[STEVE G]

What I suggest is that you switch to sparkling water.

That's a pretty good suggestion, a couple of years ago I found myself in a hotel room with a very good bottle of Vodka that I was given by a Russian whose airplane I helped repair. The only thing I could find late at night to mix with it was sparkling water and it made a very nice drink.
As the water has very little flavour, you can really appreciate the taste of what you're drinking.

[Lung Per]

What can I say.... Life is a fatal desease.

[Khundon1975]

Personally, I prefer Gin with Schweppes Bitter Lemon but I doubt you can get the slimline version of that either.

[BaaBaa.]

Personally, I prefer Gin with Schweppes Bitter Lemon but I doubt you can get the slimline version of that either.

Or the straight version!

[Khundon1975]

oooooh BaaBaa, you are awful.

[BaaBaa.]

oooooh BaaBaa, you are awful.