We often coach people to go"back to basics" when struggling. I am conducting a small experiment on myself and preliminary results are interesting.

Background, I don't record consumption AND post sleeve I don't care much for plain Water anymore. I drink disguised water - mio drops, crystal lite, Vitamin water etc. and keep a rough tally in my head.... getting about 64 ounces per day. Obviously, those flavor enhancers have artificial sweeteners.

Due to recent kidney stone, I have been advised to drink 2 liters of water a day and to add orange juice or lemonade. I didn't want to add the sugars from juice so he suggested lemon in my water.

I slice and squeeze a whole lemon into a 4 liter pitcher with the goal to drink it 50-50 over 2 days. Of course, I am not having the mio drops etc.

The stubborn water weight from my surgical procedure has dropped since I started this a couple of days ago.

My initial conclusion is that actual water, without artificial enhancers helps your body way better. I am giving this a solid month experiment but I suspect this will help with maintaining AND prevention of the dreaded kidney stones.

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@@rnsamantha I have a follow up question. Lemon Water seems alot better from a flushing my system point of view, but nI like crystal light better! I noticed that the other flavors have citric acid as the #1 ingredient too (I have raspberry lemonade) - so will other flavors be effective? I sometimes find the lemonade a bit sour for my liking and it can make my stomach feel a little acidy, whereas the lemon water does not. Even so, i like the crystal light taste and convenience.

Also, from a "dosing" point of view, how much lemonade or sliced lemons in water is recommended?

My doc said at least 2 liters of water per day. I have been doing 2 liters of water with sliced lemon plus other beverages as normal but it sounds like your urology practice is recommending even more.

I am quite motivated to prevent going through that hell again!

Have you ever tried adding essential oils to your Water for flavor, minus the calories? You could do lemon or orange, for example.

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