Conferences and Healthy Eating?

Ugh. Tomorrow is the beginning of a three day conference for work which means it is also the end of my routine and predictable eating habits. I'm happy to get out of the office but the food they usually offer isn't really that healthful (and sometimes not even very tasty!) Oh well, at least it will give me an opportunity to practice portion control, and I am sure there will be tons of diet soda to wash it all down with. Now that is something I never mind overindulging on!!!

You guys may not be aware yet, but a new all natural sweetener should be available by the end of the year. The sweetener is an herb called stevia, which is grown in Paraguay. It has been used to sweeten coffee and teas in Japan for decades but is just now getting approved in the U.S. A company called Sweetleaf sells stevia as a tabletop sweetener and Coke is planning on making a soda with stevia as the sweetener of choice.

It's nice to have an all natural sweetener as another choice but I just can't ever imagine drinking anything but my same old diet soda!

You can check out the Sweetleaf sweetener here.

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend and drank lots of diet soda, I know I did!

Happy 4th of July!

Hey you guys! Sorry I haven't been around to update you lately, work has been crazy. More updates to come next week on the latest diet soda news.

Another Energy Drink

These things are filling up the shelves everywhere, energy drinks that is. At the convenience store I have to wade past a few racks to get to my diet soda. Not that I'm complaining, as my readers know, I am all for choice in the marketplace, and for catering to what the public wants. Right now, energy drinks it is. (I'll stick with a cold diet soda for the most part).

Saw a somewhat interesting one in the C-store the other day. Mainly interesting to me for the song it reminded me of. Atomic Dogg Energy Drink boasts a lot of the ingredients you see in these drinks and the coolest dog this side of Rude Dog on the label. It also has something called horny goat weed, I guess epimedium doesn't appeal to the kids like horny goat weed.

Of course this reminded of the great George Clinton song, video below:

Aloe In Your Drink?

Sure, aloe is great in lotions and creams, but what about in your beverage? The new drink Alo aims to find out if there is a market for it.

From a recent press release:

"ALO is a refreshing line of unique drink alternatives made with real aloe vera pulp. Our drinks are all natural, with no preservatives, no artificial colorings, and no artificial flavors. Two flavors are currently available, with more in the works: ALO Exposed—our original blend infused with real aloe vera pulp, and ALO Awaken—our unique blend of aloe vera and real wheat grass extract for that extra zing in your step!"

I'm not sure where to buy this yet, but, you know me, I'll definitely give it a shot.

Let me know if you see it in the wild!

BevNet: New beverage features aloe as core ingredient