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via google - Vitamin Water Controversy – Vitamin Water zero

Is Vitamin Water super water or a virtual soda like drink in disguise? Vitamin Water recently made the news. Center for Science in the Public Interest sued Coca Cola who owns Vitamin water over deceptive and unsubstantiated claims on its VitaminWater line of beverages.

“Coke markets VitaminWater as a healthful alternative to soda by labeling its several flavors with such health buzz words as “defense,” “rescue,” “energy,” and “endurance.” The company makes a wide range of dramatic claims, including that its drinks variously reduce the risk of chronic disease, reduce the risk of eye disease, promote healthy joints, and support optimal immune function.”

“In fact, according to CSPI nutritionists, the 33 grams of sugar in each bottle of VitaminWater do more to promote obesity, diabetes, and other health problems than the vitamins in the drinks do to perform the advertised benefits listed on the bottles.”

Vitamin Water may prove to do more harm than good, because many of the various flavors are filled with sugar and caffeine that offsets any possible positive effect of vitamins. We recently posted an article about the wonders of sweeteners. One 500ml bottle of Vitamin Water had 8 teaspoons of sugar, 82ml of caffeine. “consumers not to drink more than two bottles a day because of the caffeine content (82 milligrams) and [the label] recommends it not be taken by children or pregnant or lactating women.”

How about sticking to plain old water in a BPA free water bottle?

Apparently Vitamin Water is listening. In 2010, they introduced a new line of drinks for a weight-conscious market called Vitamin Water Zero that has 0 calories per eight-ounce serving. It uses sweeteners from Truvia, a high-purity extract of the stevia leaf.

Keep in mind switching to diet sodas has its downsides. There is no free lunch.

Be sure to read Healthy Food Options to Avoid Chemicals

ilookthetype

Yes it is still a fluid, anything you drink is a fluid so should count towards your fluid intake for the day, just log the calories as well as counting it towards your fluid intake.

No. Just no. Fluid =/= equal water.

Caffeine, gatorade, things with sodium don't have the same effect on the body as water.

I don't drink Vitamin water or know much about it, but I just had to jump in and red flag the above.

^^^^This

Not really, actually.

Your body doesn't care what form it takes, it cares about the components in the solution. A favorite example of mine is koolaid. People say it shouldn't count as water intake. So suppose you drink a cup of water, and then choke down the packet of koolaid mix a minute later. You would still count the water as water intake, right? So why does combining the two suddenly change it from being water?

It doesn't.
It just becomes a solution of both parts. The water part doesn't stop being water, the koolaid part doesn't stop being koolaid. They're just mixed together really well. The same goes for coffee, tea, etc. So yes, you can count them all as water.

As for caffeine, there is research on both sides of that debate. Some say it acts as a diuretic (so it should "clear you out" and dehydrate you), some say it only acts like taking in any other matter (ie it takes up space, so by taking it in to your body, something else will need to come out). Neither side has provided really 100% reliable research so the court is out on that one.

But yes, you can count them all as water so long as the primary ingredient is water.

I was trying to make the point not all fluid was water, but OK.

ilookthetype

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