Diuretics

[Kerensky]

Hey I read that tea and coffee are good diuretics, but how about diet ginger ale? I drank tea before over coffee since it doesn't have the sugar and cream so it is better for weight loss. However, ginger ale tastes a lot better and seems to have the same effect, even better if it is diet ginger ale, which is just like carbonated water + splenda. Have any of you experienced this with ginger ale? Is it a diuretic?

btw, diuretic means it makes you pee a lot hence, lowering that "water pouch" effect you can get on your abs.

 

[harwell]

carbonation isn't good for your teeth...the dissolved CO2 is turned into bicarbonate, then carbonic acid which rots your teeth.... its the carbonation that make things like coke so bad... (actually coke has phosphoric acid too, which is a lot stronger)

so bascially stick to tea...

(green tea is probably the best thing you can drink next to water, has a lot of antioxidants and it helps to speed up your metabolism.. good if your "cutting")

 

[Kerensky]

Man you're a lifesaver. I guess I will finish off this liter and start sticking to tea/water as the only liquids I consume not counting soup and fruits and stuff.

My bad teeth had been hurting kinda bad recently so the carbonate stuff you talked about could be the reason. I've been lazy, I admit. but I will start being more strict with myself.