Info about aspartame free squash drinks?

[Dogsmilk]

A friend of mine is a mum of two young children and she's learned of and is concerned about the danger of aspartame in their diet.
Her kids love squash and she doesn't feel she can cut it out of their diet totally. She says she scoured the shelves at Tesco but couldn't find a single brand of squash that doesn't contain aspartame. She asked customer services and got blank looks.
I never drink squash myself and can't say I know any safe brands - any suggestions that come to mind regarding aspartame free squash drinks would be greatly appreciated.
Ta.

[mark_e]

Juice a lime *, mix with a tablespoon of honey and add a litre or so of water. Takes 2 minutes to prepare, tastes good and actually has good things in it too. you can make up a jug and keep it in the fridge

* or orange or lemon

[chek]

Looks like the Co-op may be one source for commercial drinks:

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:DbTwEd-rqWYJ:www.midcounties.coop/l ive/images/cme_resources/Public/Food%2520Allergies/Aspartame-free-drin ks.doc+aspartame+free+squash+drinks&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=uk


I should probably have tiny-URL'd that but I'm in a hurry. Sorry

[Reflecter]

Robinsons High Juice range and Rok's Organix are two Aspartame free brands we use with the 4 kids.

Whether there is anything else bad in them I simply dont know.

Thanks for the link Chek always good to have more choices.

[Dogsmilk]

Thank you for your assistance in preserving young brains.

[blackcat]

What's so good about squash? Fresh, not from concentrate, drinks cost only 75 per litre from Aldi and you can get orange, apple, grapefruit etc. At other stores fresh, from concentrate, drinks are about the same price and have no additives at all!!!

[karlos]

I have exactly the same problem only different. I alerted my folks to the dangers of Apartame and more recently the additional dangers of High fructose corn starch.
But unfortunately they still buy these products.

Old fashioned drinks like cordials are generally made from just sugar no other sweeteners and sugar is the less dangerous as the body metabolises sugar easily.
There are still quite a few squashes that are sweetener free so it is just a matter of when you go to the shops read all the ingredients.
I do this myself.
Natural colours, natural sugar.
Sucralose is a safe alternative sweetener.

i must agree with my friend Blackcat, why not simply buy fruit juice it is quite cheap these days and although processed more healthy than any squash.

[Dogsmilk]

I think her kids just prefer squash and can't see why they shouldn't be able to drink it.
How do you explain to a seven year old the tasty drinks they sell in shops her friends drink are full of poison? Particularly when you gave it to them before you found out you can't necessarily trust the safety of food products, something you used to take for granted.
It's a crazy world when you have to work hard to find non toxic beverages on the supermarket shelves.

[paul wright]

[acrobat74]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame_controversy

[karlos]

[Mark Gobell]

Sympathy with your quest for Aspartme free cordials Dogs.

I've been through the shelves too and it's getting more difficult to find aspartame free anything these days.

Roses Lime cordial is one I settle on - no aspartame.

[blackcat]

[telecasterisation]

Of course, it all means very little if you mix 'good' squash with straight tap water. Chlorine, THMs, chloriform, chloramines, cryptosporidium and giardia lamblia, cysts, fluoride, pesticides, toxic chemicals, heavy metals, MTBEs, nitrates, all are potentially there.

Interacting with the environment in a healthy and cost-effective way can be difficult for the 'average' household - an effective domestic water filtration system is around £1500.

[mark_e]

We looked into this. A kitchen reverse osmosis unit for drinking water should cost about £250-£300. if you drink bottled water, it will pay for itself in about a year (running costs probably around £100 a year)

[Mark Gobell]

Cheers mark_e.

I spend, I'd say about £4 a week on bottled water.

The only thing I use tap water for is washing, me and the dishes.

You might also want to think about the "passive" effects of all that chlorine in your lungs from bathroom steam, especially showers.

Should we ban them on health grounds ?

[Dogsmilk]

[uselesseater]

[Mark Gobell]

http://www.freshlysqueezedwater.org.uk/watercontent.htm

Fish are changing sex . . .

Fertility rates are in massive decline . . .

Men having breast reduction operations . . .

[uselesseater]

[Mark Gobell]

Yep all those too.

Whilst not forgetting the millions of ickle tablets swallowed everyday by millions of women since the 1960's then flushed down the loo back into our taps . . .

[Disco_Destroyer]

[paul wright]

Hulda Clark's stuff is pretty reliable and reasonably priced.
To purify your tap water
http://www.drclark.com/pictures/watermaker.pdf

[karlos]

As i said before a few times the best filters are suppled by pureH2o who supply fully automatic filters. The only thing is they are quite pricey.
I have had one for over 4 years now and it have never broken down.

I also have a shower filter which cost about $79 by mail order from the us

basically water from the tap or the shower is poison and the more you avoid it the healthier you are.
Additives like msg, soya, artificial colours etc are also bad
as well as artificial sweetners
and the number one health damage is caused by margerine

So truth is a much wider subject than just 911, health is just as important.

[theninja]

I normal get Rocks Organic Squash which you can get from Asda, Tesco, and health shops

http://www.rocksorganic.com/rocksfullrange.htm

[telecasterisation]

[mark_e]

how about this?

http://www.pozzani.co.uk/water-treatment-116/water-filters-273/product _info.html?gclid=CJWu-Z3u1Y8CFRAUQgod2HBc_g

i was looking a couple of years ago, they were about £200 then. if you google for it you'll find a few. no need to ro all water though, activated charcoal on the rest should do the trick.

[paul wright]

[Reflecter]

In a prior thread here, I believe regarding Orgone, Browns gas etc someone posted the following link http://www.solaqua.com/ to solar based water purifying stills. The appear quite cheap in kit form if they are importable.

[rodin]