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Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive
I try to avoid all sweeteners, natural or artificial. This of course is impossible if you go out to eat and I do go out to eat and also enjoy mixed drinks and enjoy life in general so I do ingest sweeteners. At home I only eat whole foods (non-processed no grains)and don't add any form of sweeteners. Research has shown potential benefits to many different kinds of tea and I drink mine without any sweeteners but I do add lemon juice directly from a fresh lemon. I drink about 60 oz of different teas a day.
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To Gene and Cantwaittoarrive,
It's really difficult to find any drink, other than water, that is truly healthy. Most drinks are acidic, or acid forming in the body, as is tea. But if you like your tea with some fresh lemon juice, my thinking is that the lemon juice will help to neutralize the acidity of the tea.
Lemons, limes and grapefruits are chemically acid, but tests show they have an alkalizing effect when metabolized. Therefore, I think it would be okay to drink a little grapefruit juice, as long as it's not from sweet grapefruit. And as long as it hasn't been sweetened.
Juice from green vegetables is alkalizing.
Juice from tomatoes has an alkalizing effect when metabolized.
Natural fruit juice (unsweetened) is moderately acidic but not as bad as many other drinks. Of course the sweeter the juice the more acidic it will be.