Everything I have tried up to this point just hasn't set well with me mostly due to taste. I love Water, but it hurt so bad I couldn't handle it. The other day my husband had to run into Panera so I had him grab me a glass of water with lemon. It didn't seem to hurt as bad as plain water. I have noticed if I drink ice cold water with lemon it doesn't hurt at all. I was at Kroger and saw their Diet Decaf iced tea sweetened with splenda I think. Anyways, I bought it and put it on ice, waited until it got cold and was able to drink it with no problems. Hope this helps some of you that are struggling with liquids. Have a great day!!

False alarm :-( Just read it is sweetened with aspartamine. No wondered it tasted good!

If you look in the powdered drink or tea section, Lipton has the boxes with 10 powder sticks of tea..aspartame free..one flavor is wild berry honey and its great. The other flavors have green tea which are just ok.

Is aspartame a bad thing?

I don't think its bad but personally I don't care for the taste of it.

If you look in the powdered drink or tea section, Lipton has the boxes with 10 powder sticks of tea..aspartame free..one flavor is wild berry honey and its great. The other flavors have green tea which are just ok.

Thanks! I will have to check it out. I have never been one for anything other than ice tea, coke or Water so flavored drinks are hard for me.

Is aspartame a bad thing?

I have read a few things that said it caused cravings so I went and checked my list of "approved" items and it is not on there.

I think I'll stay away from it.

Amazon has a good selection of decaf teas, both bags and k-cups. That would allow you to add Splenda to sweeten. Tea (and coffee) are great drinks and healthy as well!

splenda and aspartame are the same thing.

Splenda is sucralose. Equal and Nutrasweet are aspartame.

ah. i dont use artificial sweeteners.. so to me they are all yucky.

I love Celestial Seasoning Bengal Spice tea. I brew it and chill it. It take like milk less Chai. I love it. Its caffeine free. I dont think it needs anything sugar or sugar substitute wise. Love this stuff hot or cold.