Mio liquid water enhancer

I hate to say this, but this is how I intake my alcohol these days. I order a Vodka/Water and squirt a little Mio in there to add the flavor. A yummy way to get a fruity drink when I want to drink.

I occasionally use it in water too, but I love water so I don't have a problem drinking enough of it.

At home I use Mi0, club soda and vodka... 70 cal drinks! WOOT lol

I don't like the aftertaste so I just put lemon in my water.

^^ this ^^

I bought a couple favors thinking they sounded like they were worth a try and because I knew other people liked them. It tasted nasty to me, no matter what favor I tried. I threw them all away.

A couple weeks later I visited my folks and noticed Mio in the cabinet. Apparently mom loves the stuff and dad thinks it tastes terrible. Maybe I just got his tastebud DNA.

I add a drop or two of mint extract or orange extract to my water.

Besides the artificial sugars it contains the following: propylene glycol
Definition
pro·pyl·ene gly·colNOUN
1. thick colorless liquid antifreeze: a colorless thick sweet-tasting liquid. Source: propylene. Use: antifreeze in brake fluid, solvent, lubricant. C3H8O2.
Probably not good to drink!

You know, if this was actually true that MIO had this ingredient (which it is NOT true), I am sure it wouldn't be allowed to be sold. I mean, REALLY? Do you really think they'd allow anti-freeze, which is deadly, to be used in drink mix?

I have tried it....seems sweet....Drinking i am finding hard as everything has so many calories, other than water or diet pop.. which who wants to waste on drinking...lol...if anyone has any suggestions for other things to drink other than water with little or no calories please let me know!!!!

FYI - propylene glycol

"Humans
The acute oral toxicity of propylene glycol is very low, and large quantities are required to cause perceptible health damage in humans; propylene glycol is metabolized in the human body into pyruvic acid (a normal part of the glucose-metabolism process, readily converted to energy), acetic acid (handled by ethanol-metabolism), lactic acid (a normal acid generally abundant during digestion),[11] and propionaldehyde (a potentially hazardous substance).[12][13][14] Serious toxicity generally occurs only at plasma concentrations over 1 g/L, which requires extremely high intake over a relatively short period of time.[15] It would be nearly impossible to reach toxic levels by consuming foods or supplements, which contain at most 1 g/kg of PG. Cases of propylene glycol poisoning are usually related to either inappropriate intravenous administration or accidental ingestion of large quantities by children.[16] The potential for long-term oral toxicity is also low. In one study, rats were provided with feed containing as much as 5% PG in feed over a period of 104 weeks and they showed no apparent ill effects.[17] Because of its low chronic oral toxicity, propylene glycol was classified by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration as "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) for use as a direct food additive."

IJS - Decide for yourself.

I used the walmart version... I don't do it to all of my water - but when I need a pick-me-up... It definitely helps!!

Wikipedia has ruined a lot of perfectly good foods for a lot of people. Mio is fine, it tastes great, I wouldn't add it to water though, turns out water is a primary ingredient in tsunamis.

*giggle*

I use the Mio everyday. The black cherry energy one is great.... Helps with the water.

I am trying to find out if the ones from aldi and the Dasani ones are bad for you...my 10 year old is drinking water like crazy now and I drink them all day in my water,,,however I am noticing the scale not moving and wondering if they are full of sodium?