Elitetrack: Sport Training & Conditioning

Soda, Coke, Pop, Soda-pop. Regardless of what you call it we all know what it is and more than likely you've enjoyed it at some point in your life. Personally, I drink the occasional diet coke (Coke Zero to be exact) but mostly I drink coffee, green tea, white tea, juice, and water. I just read the following article today and thought others would find interesting. Note that it is written by a
 
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How much of this do you believe? There's no doubt water is king but I'm when I see someone selling one thing and making alarmist claims about a competitor's product I'm leary. The bottled water industry has lost a lot of credibility in my eyes due to recent findings on bottle contamination and use of tap water sold at 1000% markups.

What are the thoughts on thirst quenchers, such as Powerade, Gatorade, SoBe, etc.?

I know that powerade/gatorade has at least if not more acid in it as pop…

i wonder what they think of wackos that drink vinegar (apple cider vinegar) like me….  what ISN'T bad for you?  is my $3 pint of Fiji artesian water also tap water

haha probably but that stuff does seem to taste the best…maybe its the colorful background  :wink1:

but seriously, you drink vinegar??

I drank vinegar today… after I ate my 2nd entire domino's pizza in less than 24 hours. Hopefully some damage control or at least let me think it is.

hippie alternative horseshit, the whole blog entry

the problem with soda and bones is because kids drink soda instead of milk, the rest of it is horseshit too

try getting your information from science, not alternative quacks

What are the benefits of drinking vinegar other than mental toughness ? Could someone point me in the direction of some info? Thanks.

it's an alternative medicine thing.  just type apple cider vinegar into google and try to come to your own conclusions.  please note that for consumption, there is a big difference between vinegar & apple cider vinegar.  There is also a big difference between generic supermarket vinegars and organic unpasteurized vinegars.  Here's the stuff I use that is MUCH easier to drink than something like Heinz brand http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=103480

try this for people's testimonials http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/acvinegar.html
i don't know why they would lie.  it's not like someone is making money off of vinegar which is dirt cheap.

lylemcd - 02 August 2007 06:04 AM

the problem with soda and bones is because kids drink soda instead of milk, the rest of it is horseshit too

try getting your information from science, not alternative quacks

I wouldn't go so far as to say it's quackery as much as using partial truths for marketing hype. What they've done is not tell the entire story (there is an association with soda and bone density / calcium leeching) but it's because of secondary issues and is not causal in nature.

mortac8 - 02 August 2007 05:53 PM

it's an alternative medicine thing.  just type apple cider vinegar into google and try to come to your own conclusions.  please note that for consumption, there is a big difference between vinegar & apple cider vinegar.  There is also a big difference between generic supermarket vinegars and organic unpasteurized vinegars.  Here's the stuff I use that is MUCH easier to drink than something like Heinz brand http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=103480

try this for people's testimonials http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/acvinegar.html
i don't know why they would lie.  it's not like someone is making money off of vinegar which is dirt cheap.

So what do you take it for??

mortac8 - 01 August 2007 01:01 PM

i wonder what they think of wackos that drink vinegar (apple cider vinegar) like me….  what ISN'T bad for you?  is my $3 pint of Fiji artesian water also tap water

I think Fiji is legit.

The best water I've had is Fine from Japan.

mineral water anyone?

http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/07/27/pepsi-come-clean-bottled-water-is-from-the-tap/4427/

There's an interesting article in this week's Time Magazine (dated Aug 20, 2007) that details how the bottled water industry is really bad for the environment because of the plastic bottles that are used for it and the green house gases that it takes to transport.