22 Jul 08 Vitamin Water – or Hogwash?
1. I rarely believe what advertisers claim about a product without doing some research myself.
2. I’m quite happy drinking regular tap water. I can’t understand how anyone cannot like water. Ok, so it’s not exciting, but what is there to dislike?
3. I refuse to buy bottled water, unless I absolutely have to. There is nothing wrong with the water that comes out of the faucet in my kitchen. I drink glassfuls of it every day; have done so for years, and I’m still alive and kicking.
4. I don’t really like flavored water anyway.
5. I don’t like sweet drinks of any kind. I never take sugar or sweeteners in anything I drink.
Having said all that, I’m still prepared to look to see what is in these drinks. If they’re really that good for me, perhaps I’ll give them a try.
There seems to be less sugar in them than in soda. I am led to believe that it is natural fruit sugar, and not the nasty ubiquitous high fructose corn syrup that this country has such a love affair with.
Do we need those vitamins? A government survey in 1999 showed that the average American adult man or woman already consumes more than the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of vitamins thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, B6 and B12, and three-quarters of the RDA of vitamins C, B9 and A (including carotenes). In fact, vitamin E is the only surveyed vitamin Americans consume at less than half of the RDA – but it’s found in only a third of vitaminwater drinks.
So far, I’m not convinced.
Let’s take a look at the price tag. Ok, that’s settled it for me. They’re over a dollar a bottle. I’ll stick with the tap water thank you.
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