they got sugar free powerade on tap at work, and sucking down electrolytes keeps me alive while i sweat. im trying to not be chugging sugar all day.

but wow i dislike the artificial sweet flavor, id rather it be just non-sweet if that were an option. i can still taste traces of it even hours later.

every sugar free electrolyte replacement drink or powder mix ive found is still, regrettably, full of some artificial sweetener. stevia is nasty too.

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flabberghaster wrote on August 20, 2026 at 6:29 AM

I switched to all no sugar pops and now when i drink a full sugar coke or monster it feels like i'm putting acid in my blood.

I do think coke zero tastes more or less the same as regular coke. and white monster tastes just straight up better than green to me.

i'm probably gonna get ultracancer from whatever fucked up toxic sludge they put in this stuff but that's OK.

Also it feels very mormon to say but I've gotten surprisingly in to just drinking water. Plain old, boring old, regular old, normal old water.

Caribou wrote on August 20, 2026 at 7:42 AM

i also have the cilantro soap gene but for artificial sweetener and it makes my life HELL

devtesla wrote on August 20, 2026 at 2:29 AM

I've learned to desire the chemical

twovests wrote on August 20, 2026 at 1:25 PM

I can appreciate stevia because it tastes like it's own thing to me, in the way maple syrup and honey does, and also does not make it burn when I pee.

I also prefer simply un-sweet things.

oolong wrote on August 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM

i think they say you can just sprinkle salt in water for electrolytes if you're not sweating buckets