CaptainPike
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"Healthy" drink tasting FOUL!!
Not sure where this belongs.
I suffer from chronic urinary tract infections, UTI. To combat this, one of the things I do is drink pure [unsweetened] cranberry juice diluted with
water and I addD-mannose.
Lately, with some new help and with summer weather, I have noticed a very disagreeable taste (more disagreeable than it should be :-) ). I can't place
it but it seems almost like toluene – I mean a faint aftertaste/smell.
Wikipedia says this:
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A cup of standard 100% cranberry juice, amounting to 248 grams or 8 ounces, is a rich source of antioxidants, vitamin C and salicylic acid. It also
supplies calcium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, and potassium minerals. Cranberry juice is classified as an acidic drink with a typical pH between
2.3 and 2.5.
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Talk about tart! Okay, that's the pure stuff. I probably drink it 1/3 to 2/3 water (but maybe the new kid's done 50-50). Approximately 700 mL total
liquid with 3 or 4 g D-mannose.
I'm using a polypropylene cup which has had really hot coffee in it before. There may be a lot more D-mannose is
there than I have instructed – I said "a teaspoon".
Could polypropylene and this D-mannose, in some vague acidic medium, react at an elevated room temperature if
given several hours? Or Maybe I am being poisoned 
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I would suspect bacteria before anything else. What is your storage like?
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I love cranberry juice! Love the sharp/bitter taste. I wonder, like j_sum, if it isn't just going off in the heat as you haven't had the problem
before. What happens if you open a fresh carton?
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@CaptainPike: I suggest you get yourself checked out by a doctor.
There are dozens of possibilities, ranging from possibly spoiled cranberry juice to an allergic reaction.
Have you been working in the chem-lab? What was the last thing you were working on?
Get well soon. 
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Quote: Originally posted by MJ101  | @CaptainPike: I suggest you get yourself checked out by a doctor.
There are dozens of possibilities, ranging from possibly spoiled cranberry juice to an allergic reaction.
Have you been working in the chem-lab? What was the last thing you were working on?
Get well soon.
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I think he is taking the cranberry juice for the infection. I think it is a common thing to take for urinary infections iirc. His problem is that the
juice has started to taste bad where he used to like it (if I read his post properly). You are right though - if he hasn't been then he should check
the doctors.
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nonsense.
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MJ101
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| Quote: Originally posted by DrP |
I think he is taking the cranberry juice for the infection. I think it is a common thing to take for urinary infections iirc. His problem is that the
juice has started to taste bad where he used to like it (if I read his post properly). You are right though - if he hasn't been then he should check
the doctors.
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@DrP: You're right. Many of my bffs drink cranberry juice for UTIs.
Since I'm well past menopause (60 years young), I don't have those kinds of problems anymore. (Thank GOD!) But it's more of a prevention than a cure.
The idea is to flush out the infection.
Here's an article about the effects of drinking too much cranberry juice.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/311370-health-hazards-of-...
P.S. Some of my gfs like to mix their cranberry juice with vodka. Now, I wouldn't recommend that at this time, but it does have a certain "appeal" to
it. 
In defense of the good doctor, I only drink from glass. I have a white ceramic coffee mug. And I rarely drink bottled water. There have been
documented cases where BPA has caused heart attacks in women undergoing HRT. So I'm careful about that.
Here's an article from Newsweek.
https://www.newsweek.com/2015/03/13/bpa-fine-if-you-ignore-m...
Definitely something to think about.
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| Quote: Originally posted by CaptainPike | ...drink pure [unsweetened] cranberry juice...
I have noticed a very disagreeable taste (more disagreeable than it should be :-) ). I can't place it but it seems almost like toluene – I mean a
faint aftertaste/smell.
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I see two possibilities, but the second possibility isn't worth discussing.
I think this is the most probable cause. I have drank fruit juice (I think it was cranberry) from a metal container which had coffee in it prior, not
washed perfectly, and the juice tasted foul with lingering bad aftertaste. When I drank from a clean porcelain mug it wasn't foul anymore.
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| Quote: Originally posted by MJ101 |
P.S. Some of my gfs like to mix their cranberry juice with vodka. Now, I wouldn't recommend that at this time, but it does have a certain "appeal" to
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Sex on the Beach?
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I miss those days.
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