lipton diet green tea page

**cruncan** · 02-11-2011, 02:55 PM

First off let me say thanks to Mark and the whole primal community. My life has changed for the better since I have started my new, primal life. I'm still new to the life style and I'm trying to piece a few things together. Water and milk have been my beverages of choice since my transformation. I have a question about Lipton diet green tea. It contains zero sugar and zero carbohydrates. It supposedly contains a good bit of antioxidants. Is this ok to drink? I want to be as grokingly, grok as possible, so that's why I'm coming to you guys for advice. Here is a link to the nutrition facts. Let me know something. Thanks.http://www.liptont.com/our_products/...en_citrus.aspx

**lizch** · 02-11-2011, 03:02 PM

The link didn't work, so I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right product, but if you're talking about the drink in a plastic bottle, no, it's not at all primal. Here are the ingredients:
Water, citric acid, sodium hexametaphosphate (to protect flavor), green tea, natural flavor, ascorbic acid (to protect flavor), potassium sorbate (preserves freshness), phosphoric acid, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, pectin, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), caramel color, yellow 5, blue 1.

Just make green tea using tea leaves. Then you get the antioxidants without the preservatives, artificial sweeteners, colorings, flavorings, etc.