I have recently been researching fluid retention.?

I have recently been researching fluid retention. I was looking at this website and now understand the concept of how drinking water helps with this. http://www.highvibrations.org/archive3/w...

I was told to drink water and to watch the caffeine and sodium intake. My question is: Does drinking Kool-aid, Gatorade, or flavored water have the same effect? I make sure that all are sodium and caffeine free. Also, does anyone know a brand name of a water that is flavored but does not have sugar in it?

I drink water with a shot of 100 % juice in it (anything with citrus will taste funny). Cranberry is one of my faves. It gives just enough flavor without all the added sugar.

Dasani has wonderful flavored water. This would be great to drink. Stay away from gatorade though as it has to many artificial ingredients and sugar in it. Stay away from diet items that contain Aspartame too as this stuff is pretty nasty and causes a lot of medical problems. Try the Dasani strawberry or raspberry two personal favs of my friend and I.

they all count as water but gatorade has sodium in it and is not good to be drinking just in place of water. koolade is made with sugar (unless you go the sugar free route, which i do if i drink it) milk and juice are all in the water catagory. juices are full of natural and sometimes added sugar though. The recommended 8-8oz glasses water daily should be mostly consumed from actual water.