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I think having children limits serious partying, but what do you drink when you’re eating your evening meals? Only water?

Maybe it’s a southern European thing, but I can’t imagine eating a heavy meal without the acidity of a red wine, for example.

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I can’t imagine drinking anything but water 99% of the time. Or milk if you’re a kid.

This. My parents never let me have soda or juice when I was just thirsty. That probably had more to do with saving money than health, but the constant repetition of "if you're thirsty, drink water" has been etched into my soul.

I often drink flavored fizzy water - they are a great alternative to soda: no caffeine, no sugar, but some flavor and carbonation. Other times I drink water, or juice because it's there for the kids. Sometimes alcohol too, it really depends on the circumstances.

All the pediatricians and dentists I meet say juice is basically as bad as soda due to sugar content. I never imagined juice falling victim to new knowledge about health, but it makes sense considering sugar (and carbs) are basically public enemy number 1 for almost everyone in the world.

Fruit is nature's candy. So it tastes good! But it really is nature's _candy_, so it also harms your teeth.

Solid fruit is not the problem, juice is. You wouldn't eat 10 oranges at once, but you can drink 10 oranges worth of sugar in a glass of orange juice.

Would you consider a fruit smoothy a problem if it has no added sugars?

Total sugars is the relevant metric, although added sugar serves as a good proxy if you’re comparing nutritional labels.

A fruit smoothie that keeps all the fiber and hence is more filling and hence causes you to eat less sugar by way of eating less fruit overall is fine. A smoothie where you filter out the fiber or otherwise eat excess amounts of sugar would not be.

Gotta set examples. Yes, water... mostly. Gotta set good examples. On-site filtered water is pretty tasty.

Occasionally a glass of wine or cider is nice, but that's not every day - we usually finish a wine bottle in a week or two using the preserver.

I usually have an espresso for that + water. If only because I find the wine people annoying and so I refuse to learn how wine pairing works.

You can just drink whatever you want, the vast majority of people who drink wine have no idea and no interest in talking about the wine or food/wine pairings. If someone is giving you a hard time about your wine choices you could either turn it around on them and ask them to order for you. If it was me though I’d maybe just ask them to be less judgemental though.

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