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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Juice and milk are so unhealthy- just drink water. Sparkling or still, and flavor with fruit or frozen fruit ice cubes if you want. Fruit is nutritionally equivalent to soda. [/quote]

Milk is not unhealthy. I know some alternative health people think so, but there is no evidence to back up a claim that it's unhealthy. I wouldn't drink it for thirst, though. And if OP is lactose intolerant, then she's obviously avoiding it.

And fruit is not nutritionally equivalent to soda (not even Robert Lustig says that!), even though like soda, fruit juice has too much sugar. Therefore, I wouldn't drink too much juice, and certainly not drink it straight for thirst.

When I was pregnant, I would mix a little bit of juice with filtered water. Maybe at a ratio of 1:8.

Even though I worried about everything in pregnancy, I didn't worry about the plastic of water bottles. But I mostly had filtered water coming from an undersink water filter into a glass anyway.[/quote]

PP, all human beings are lactose intolerant. Dairy is not good for you and we've only been made to think so because of the dairy lobby in the US. Fruit juice is essentially sugar, processed from fruit instead of corn, without carbonation. It *might* have vitamin C. If your only source of vitamin C is fruit juice though, you probably have bigger problems. [/quote]

PP you quoted here. As the other PP already stated, you are trying to spread nonsense here. Or do you have any convincing sources for this? I'm positive you don't, and I think we shouldn't start arguing here because I know your dairy lobby argument in your mind will trump everything. Never mind that there are many peoples around the world who have consumed dairy for centuries without being under the influence of the US dairy lobby.

I partially agree with you about the juice, with regard to the sugar (soda usually has other additives and is therefore worse, and fruit juice can have other healthful ingredients besides vitamin C), but your original post said "fruit" is equivalent to soda, and that's what I was reacting to. I know the paleo diet crowd tends to condemn fruit as well, but research has shown that whole fruit is not a problem, despite the sugar.[/quote]

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