Drink Help
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TheGreenGrinder
New Member
Joined: 19 May 2008
Posts: 1
Mon May 19, 2008 3: 15 pm    Post subject: Drink Help
Hi people
I have started the atkins diet today, and am on the induction phase at the moment and need a bit of advise on allowed drinks
I have water, green tea at the moment
however as i am a smoker for my sins water just does not seem to cut it all the time as smokers will understand
Has anyone got any ideas on alternative drinks that i could have, not all the time just times when i need something with a little more taste
Thanks in advance
karenjs
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Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Posts: 544
Locus: San Jose
Mon May 19, 2008 7: 19 pm    Post subject:
You have a lot of drink choices on Induction.
Here ' s the list of drinks you can have on Induction, from the Acceptable Foods page:
http: / / www. atkins. com / articles / atkins - phases / phase - one / acceptable - foods /
By the way, if you ' re on Induction, you should read and understand all the information on that page.
Acceptable Beverages
Be sure to drink a minimum of eight eight - ounce glasses of water each day, including:
Processed water
Mineral water
Spring water
Tap water
Additionally, you can have the following:
Clear broth / bouillon ( not all brands; read the label )
Club soda
Cream, heavy or light ( limit to two to three tablespoons a day; note carbohydrate content )
Decaffeinated or regular coffee or tea *
Diet soda made with sucralose ( Splenda™ ); be sure to count the carbs
Essence - flavored seltzer ( must say " no calories " )
Herb tea ( without barley or any fruit sugar added )
Lemon juice or lime juice ( note that each contains 2. 8 grams
carbohydrate per ounce ); limit to two to three tablespoons
* Caffeine can cause cravings or blood sugar spikes with some people. If you're one of them, you should drink only decaffeinated beverages. If you don't have a problem with caffeine, you may drink one or two caffeinated beverages a day, because evolving research indicates there may actually be health benefits to a limited amount of caffeine. However, if you have a true caffeine addiction, it will be best to break it during Induction, because any food addiction can cause problems if it isn't taken care of. Once you've broken the addiction and moved on to OWL, you can carefully try adding caffeinated beverages back into your food intake, as long as it doesn't trigger the addiction again. [ / code][ / list]