Iced Tea for free (kind of)

[lauralana9]

Not if you use a BPA-free waterbottle like a Nalgene.

From Everyday Health.com

Some Web sites, like Snopes.com, have debunked these e-mails as nothing more than either a hoax or an urban legend. The origin, they say, is from overblown media reports of a master’s thesis written by a University of Idaho student whose research has never been confirmed and whose findings and conclusions have been challenged. The student apparently found a chemical called DHEA (that was once thought to be a carcinogen) in samples from reused water bottles. The problem is that the water bottles are made from a different chemical called polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which has no relationship whatsoever (not as a raw material, byproduct or decomposition product) with DHEA. Moreover, DEHA is a common plasticizer that is used in innumerable plastic items, many of which are found in the laboratory. For this reason, the student’s detection of DEHA is likely to have been the result of inadvertent lab contamination.

 

[HGD24]

From Everyday Health.com

Some Web sites, like Snopes.com, have debunked these e-mails as nothing more than either a hoax or an urban legend. The origin, they say, is from overblown media reports of a master’s thesis written by a University of Idaho student whose research has never been confirmed and whose findings and conclusions have been challenged. The student apparently found a chemical called DHEA (that was once thought to be a carcinogen) in samples from reused water bottles. The problem is that the water bottles are made from a different chemical called polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which has no relationship whatsoever (not as a raw material, byproduct or decomposition product) with DHEA. Moreover, DEHA is a common plasticizer that is used in innumerable plastic items, many of which are found in the laboratory. For this reason, the student’s detection of DEHA is likely to have been the result of inadvertent lab contamination.

I'm confused by you're post and what part of my comment you were referring to. The article agrees that if you want to avoid the potential for chemical ingestion, not to use products that contain BPA. As of last year sometime, after the article you posted was written, Nalgene has offered BPA-free bottles.

 

[tink2dw]

Lipton makes Green Tea TO GO water bottle sticks with no sweetner added.

Trying to put a tea bag in a Aquafina type water bottle doesn't work, the rim tears the bag to shreds, and you wind up with loose tea leaves floating in the water. yuk!!

I would look for the tea sticks.

 

[lauralana9]

I'm confused by you're post and what part of my comment you were referring to. The article agrees that if you want to avoid the potential for chemical ingestion, not to use products that contain BPA. As of last year sometime, after the article you posted was written, Nalgene has offered BPA-free bottles.

Sorry wasn't referring to your post. : Was in reference to the poster that said reusing plastic water bottles are harmful.

 

[simba20]

Make sure you read the labels - it's true that Koolaid doesn't have Aspertame, but it does have sucralose, so if you need to avoid artificial sweetener, you're still SOL.

Good luck!

I learned this the hard way.

I was so excited to see the Kool-Aid ones that I bought all the flavors and took them for our trip in April. After two days of having the worst headaches and feeling like utter poo (my body's reaction to artifical sweetners) I grabbed one of the boxes and looked closely. I was so diappointed.

The Country Time Lemonade mixes for water bottles also have the fake sugar. Grrrrrrr........

 

[GetGlowing]

I just wish a company would make the individual mixes for regular tea, no peach or lemon flavoring.

Nestea? I don't know if they make individual sizes but they've made instant tea since I was a kid (and probably way before). Just experiment with how much to put in a 20-oz bottle.

You can make sun tea with regular tea bags, of course, but brewed black tea does spoil easily. I don't know if it would make you sick, but it tastes bad. I have no experience with green, white, or herbals in this department.

I'm an absolute tea snob and if I can't make my black tea with boiling water and steep for 3.5-5 minutes, I won't do it! =)

 

[HGD24]

Sorry wasn't referring to your post. : Was in reference to the poster that said reusing plastic water bottles are harmful.

Ah!!! That makes more sense I thought you were saying that Nalgene's aren't BPA-free since at the end of the article, it states that they aren't.

 

[lauralana9]

Ah!!! That makes more sense I thought you were saying that Nalgene's aren't BPA-free since at the end of the article, it states that they aren't.

I missed that bit.. I would have said something. I love my nalgenes. I do have to admit that my fave one is an old one.. I still use it. :

 

[Sillybowtie]

Camelbak makes a water bottle that is BPA free and has a wide opening so cleaning is easy and you can brew tea. I like it becuase it has the camelbak mouthpiece so its like you are drinking out of a straw. You only need one hand to drink from it and does not leak.

 

[HGD24]

Camelbak makes a water bottle that is BPA free and has a wide opening so cleaning is easy and you can brew tea. I like it becuase it has the camelbak mouthpiece so its like you are drinking out of a straw. You only need one hand to drink from it and does not leak.

I own these and love them!!!! For some reason, the only way I could drink water when I was pregnant was through a straw - otherwise I would get nauseous - that's when I found the Camelback bottles. Back then, they had BPA in them, but I've recycled those and gotten the new BPA-free ones. Also, my 16 month old DD has been drinking from them for months now.

 

[brekin67]

I like to add the Special K protein packet. It is yummy and maybe it does not have artificial sweetener.

 

[koima]

The Special K protein drinks do have artificial sweeteners. They have fiber and protein, though, which actually helps keep me feeling full between meals, so I overlook the artificial sweeteners in it.