Am I wrong with grandson?

Believe it or not, drinking plain water nauseates me. I buy gallon jugs of Deer Park water and make iced tea. I still run a few days a week, but mostly walk the two-mile course now, so I carry this homemade brew with me. I generally drink about a half to one gallon per day. Every doctor that I have spoken with have said that it’s good to drink water; flavored or unflavored, just not carbonated to prevent dehydration.

I would agree that you did the right thing. It’s still water, just with a little unsweetened flavoring. What’s the harm? Perhaps, your daughter is a bit jealous that you found the solution.
 
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oldman said:
Believe it or not, drinking plain water nauseates me. I buy gallon jugs of Deer Park water and make iced tea. I still run a few days a week, but mostly walk the two-mile course now, so I carry this homemade brew with me. I generally drink about a half to one gallon per day. Every doctor that I have spoken with have said that it’s good to drink water; flavored or unflavored, just not carbonated to prevent dehydration.

I would agree greed that you did the right thing. It’s still water, just with a little unsweetened flavoring. What’s the harm? Perhaps, your daughter is a bit jealous that you found the solution.
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I agree. Water tastes yucky except from a natural well.
 

Thanks, I Never give him carbonated drinks, he's bored with just drinking water. She won't even give him juice, cause she's concerned about sugar. I understand that, not even diluted. All she gives him is water, milk and Pedialyte if he's playing baseball or sick. I don't go against my daughter normally, this is one those times. Just wanted to keep him hydrated.
 
Camper6 said:
I don't agree. Sorry but that's what hockey teams drink in the dressing room after a game.

Beer is mostly water. I would never drink a gin collins or any hard liquor however or even wine.
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I was told off the record by a medical professional giving a first aid class onetime that ONE beer only could be used to help hydrate if there was absolutely nothing else around to drink. ONE, uno, 1 and that's as a last resort. As noted alcohol is a diuretic as is alot of caffeine. I like the idea that maybe a little lemon or lime just in a glass of ice water. Or a slice of lemon like many diners and restaurants do. Or just a squirt or 1/2 tea spoon of concentrated juice should be enough for flavor. Use the ice water/sweating glass for subliminal influence or suggestion.
 
WhatInThe said:
I was told off the record by a medical professional giving a first aid class onetime that ONE beer only could be used to help hydrate if there was absolutely nothing else around to drink. ONE, uno, 1 and that's as a last resort. As noted alcohol is a diuretic as is alot of caffeine. I like the idea that maybe a little lemon or lime just in a glass of ice water. Or a slice of lemon like many diners and restaurants do. Or just a squirt or 1/2 tea spoon of concentrated juice should be enough for flavor. Use the ice water/sweating glass for subliminal influence or suggestion.
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Well I just usually have one beer a day. And I am on pills for prostate problems so they are diuretic as well.

I'm not going to worry about it at my age. I'm just going to enjoy life to the fullest.

I really don't care what the experts have to say about it.

And. I worked on my summer vacation on construction outdoors.

They used to leave a hose running all day and we would drink from the hose.

The worst thing we could have done. We got sick because a hose outside in the heat is a breeding ground for bacteria.

So drinking water depends on the source.

On a side note. In England. The disease was cholera. It was assumed it came from the air.

There was one gentleman who constructed a map of where the deaths took place.

Amazingly one area that was devoid of deaths was a brewery. The workers drank beer. The alcohol content killed the germs.

He determined that cholera came from the water and not from the air. And that's how chlorinated water was born and without it you could not have public swimming pools.

And on his own he decided to add chlorine to the public water supply without going through channels.

It's a fascinating story.
 
She pretty much just wants control. It was Sugar Free too. He was bored with water, I just wanted to make sure he was kept hydrated. He gets worse at his other grandparents (soda). She gets me for FREE. She's gotten over it now. Thanks for writing
 

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