is vitamin water healthy?

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I usually just take a 5 pound bag of sugar and pour it into a 10 gallon bucket and then go pick some wild berries and throw those in there and step on them and then get some water from the hose and add that until the bucket is full and then I'll pour it into a bunch of gallon jugs and drink on that for a couple days.

 

[4thelove23]

Just as with anything they say it's healthy and good for you but it's not.
I agree drink water...

 

[futuremd]

I usually just take a 5 pound bag of sugar and pour it into a 10 gallon bucket and then go pick some wild berries and throw those in there and step on them and then get some water from the hose and add that until the bucket is full and then I'll pour it into a bunch of gallon jugs and drink on that for a couple days.

That serious man? 

Cop one of these and be done with it...

 

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Cop one of these and be done with it...

 

NO

 

[lil black jean jacket]

 

[futuremd]

Cop one of these and be done with it...

 

NO

 

[night marcher01]

Trop50 is my choice if I need flavored drinks every now and then.

 

[Thierry Henry]

 

[jrdnsrnss]

Vitamin water is like soda, nothing healthy about it. I when people think their doing themselves a favor drinking it. Drink plain water and lots of it. No other substitute.

Just looked it up, there's 32.5 grams of sugar in a bottle of vitamin water :x. Only 6-7 grams less than a can of soda. Terrible.

 

[teamjordan79]

what type of sugar is in it? HFCS?

 

[jrdnsrnss]

what type of sugar is in it? HFCS?

Crystalline fructose

 

[finnns2003]

I'm not a doctor (trying to be [SOON...lol] so don't take my word on it. Research it yourself as always)

I stole the "juice is poison" line from this doc at a local med school who is a pediatrician during one of his presentations.

I still think its pretty true.

I mean you obviously know that most juices are concentrated from syrups and the nutritional claims are often overstated, and even when you buy the real stuff even Simply Apple/Orange/etc, its all really just elevated levels of stuff you wouldn't eat naturally anyways. I mean thats like eating a handful of actual  oranges/apples/etc in a single setting so thats not that great either. Not saying to not eat fruits but just know what you're getting. 

Is it worth having PRE-diabetes (Yes, this is a thing now...) or other comorbidities like childhood obesity (Kids BMIs are out of control these days even adjusting for growth/development disparities) and hypertension just to have a sweet drink that does nothing but leave you craving for more? 

I mean once it leaves your taste buds, what do you get out of it?

Mind you, if you lived in a 3rd world country, i'd think the conditions might be different as A) you don't have choices and B) its better than nothing.

But HFCS regulation is kept very low to benefit those in the business of pimping it out....I'm nearing the territory of becoming a liberal-propaganda-machine so i'll back off on that point...lol

Also, dont believe companies that say they're super all natural. Even those super-expensive-so-they-must-be-good-for-you Odwalla's. They're pretty much trash too. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-unsavory-truth-behind-health-food-giant-odwalla-2012-7 They've had to add tons of preservatives and what not just to remain in the market.

As with anything, research matters but lets be honest: That Hi-C is nothing more than a concentrated sweet syrup. 

In all honesty, if you're geting most of your essential nutrients from juices and if labels of stated nutritional values have that much of effect on your consumption choices, then YOU ARE NOT EATING RIGHT in the first place. Thats just how I see it. 

The label on the bottle of Cherry-Limeade (nobody's perfect, right?...lol) shouldn't convince you that you're getting what you've been lacking all along. 

Remember, just because it doesn't taste sweet doesn't mean there aren't sugars in it. 

Yeah, I figured with this. Unfortunate about Odwalla as I'm a big Naked juice fan, but I knew it was too good to be true because of their corporate parents. What a shame. Better off buying your own blender/juicer, and like you said, elevated levels of sugar...