Water enhancers

Tilly1285
Tilly1285 Posts: 36 Member
edited 12:06PM in Health and Weight Loss
What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?
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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Some like them, others prefer plain water. Crystal Light strawberry lemonade is my favorite.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    nuun

  • kat_princess12
    kat_princess12 Posts: 109 Member
    I liked the Great Value ones well enough, and they were quite a bit cheaper. I used them as I was quitting soda.
  • slaite1
    slaite1 Posts: 1,307 Member
    Crystal light is delicious. I like the lemon iced tea. Addicted.
  • WakkoW
    WakkoW Posts: 567 Member
    I love them! I usually get whichever brand is on sale.

    A couple of favorites are Mio Orange Vanilla and Crystal Light Tropical Coconut, but pretty much any will do for me. You will get a bunch of people declaring they don't use them because of the "chemicals" and artificial ingredients, but I think they are super tasty and use them daily. I also like diet soda.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    I get the store brand and Mio when it's on sale. I can't tell one iota of difference between them.

    I drink a couple gallons of the stuff a day.
  • ♥xenawarriorprincess♥
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ Posts: 440 Member
    edited August 2015
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial. If you must buy them here is a list of best to worst (still not great) http://www.eatthis.com/best-worst-water-enhancers#fref
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial.
    How do you rate natural cancer and artificial chemo?
  • Nanogg55
    Nanogg55 Posts: 275 Member
    I just put a spritz of lemon juice in my water for the taste. Recently moved and the water here taste funky to me.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial.

    I'm not sure where you are getting the information that our body can't process water enhancers or that they kill brain cells, but I am not convinced that natural is always better than artificial. If I had the choice between being stung by a dozen bees (natural) or having a glass of water with a few drops of Mio in it (artificial, in your estimation), I think I'd be drinking some Mio. And I don't even like the stuff.
  • dolliesdaughter
    dolliesdaughter Posts: 544 Member
    edited August 2015
    Everyone that I have tried gives me gastrointestional distress. So I stick to plain water or water with "REAL" fruit.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial.
    How do you rate natural cancer and artificial chemo?

    Or natural herpes against an artificial condom?
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    I buy whatever's on sale and use them often. Haven't noticed much difference between them.
  • hekla90
    hekla90 Posts: 595 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial.
    How do you rate natural cancer and artificial chemo?

    Or natural herpes against an artificial condom?

    Just a nurse PSA but condoms aren't terribly effective against herpes since they aren't transmitted by vaginal fluid or ejaculate, and the lesions often aren't covered by the condom and can be transferred skin to skin contact, still better than nothing though!

    That said I like water enhancers! Walmart has ones made with coconut water in pineapple flavor that are pretty good. And the caffeine ones are a good boost instead of soda or energy drinks.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial. If you must buy them here is a list of best to worst (still not great) http://www.eatthis.com/best-worst-water-enhancers#fref

    Just no. Stop fear mongering.
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  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I like them. It gets me to drink more water. I keep a bottle at work. A lot cheaper to use that in my regular drinking glass than to spend loads of money on bottled beverages that contribute to making landfills more full.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    try em all and see which one you like best.

    i prefer plain water or water flavored with fruit but my daughter likes the mix ins
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    The only thing I put in my water is ice and occasionally, lemons or limes if I have extra to use. :)
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Personally, I like mine plain. If you want to add something, try lemon, lime, orange, strawberries or cucumbers.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    So is this cordial marketed at adults?
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  • ♥xenawarriorprincess♥
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ Posts: 440 Member
    edited August 2015
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial.

    I'm not sure where you are getting the information that our body can't process water enhancers or that they kill brain cells, but I am not convinced that natural is always better than artificial. If I had the choice between being stung by a dozen bees (natural) or having a glass of water with a few drops of Mio in it (artificial, in your estimation), I think I'd be drinking some Mio. And I don't even like the stuff.

    Lol, I think I'd rather have Mio than be stung by bees..hahaha! I'm just saying our bodies cannot identify some of these chemicals and has no idea what to do with them. So they may or may not be killing brain cells but they are not good for our bodies. Our bodies were meant to ingest natural whole unprocessed foods, as much as we possibly can, in this fake (meaning artificial chemicals) food & drink world anyway. Here is something about safety of artificial sweeteners in the long haul..

    'Whether non-nutritive sweeteners are safe depends on your definition of safe. Studies leading to FDA approval have ruled out cancer risk, for the most part. However, those studies were done using far smaller amounts of diet soda than the 24 ounces a day consumed by many people who drink diet soda. We really don’t know what effect large amounts of these chemicals will have over many years.

    And there are other health concerns beside cancer. In the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, daily consumption of diet drinks was associated with a 36% greater risk for metabolic syndrome and a 67% increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Aren’t these diseases that artificial sweeteners may help prevent in the first place? " http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030

    also..http://gizmodo.com/what-are-artificial-sweeteners-really-doing-to-our-bodi-1641319335

  • ♥xenawarriorprincess♥
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ Posts: 440 Member
    edited August 2015
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial.
    How do you rate natural cancer and artificial chemo?

    Well as a cancer patient I would say both suck. There are relevant views that eating a diet rich in whole food and unprocessed diets are better at combating cancer than chemo is. After all chemo is a toxic chemical mixture that kill both good and bad cells. http://gerson.org/gerpress/the-gerson-therapy/

  • ♥xenawarriorprincess♥
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ Posts: 440 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial. If you must buy them here is a list of best to worst (still not great) http://www.eatthis.com/best-worst-water-enhancers#fref

    Just no. Stop fear mongering.

    Sorry not fear mongering just informed and someone who prefers to be helpful rather than keep the good information all to myself. To be informed of all opinions and or facts is not to be feared but rather appreciated. You don't know me or my story. I am definitely all about educating and helping other.

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  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    The amount of sucralose you'd have to ingest to come close to the studies that have caused problems in rats is obscene and with the tiny amount in my water enhancer, I'm not too worried. I like any of them, honestly but Mio Strawberry Kiwi is a favorite.
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  • Cynthiamr2015
    Cynthiamr2015 Posts: 161 Member
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial. If you must buy them here is a list of best to worst (still not great) http://www.eatthis.com/best-worst-water-enhancers#fref

    AGREE 100% :)

  • mantium999
    mantium999 Posts: 1,490 Member
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    elphie754 wrote: »
    ♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »
    Tilly1285 wrote: »
    What's everyone's take on the small bottle enhancers available at all grocery stores? Dasani has one, WalMart's Great Value, Crystal Light, Mio, etc. What is the best one?

    I say resist the urge..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells. Stick with lemon water or plain water. Natural is always better than artificial. If you must buy them here is a list of best to worst (still not great) http://www.eatthis.com/best-worst-water-enhancers#fref

    Just no. Stop fear mongering.

    Sorry not fear mongering just informed and someone who prefers to be helpful rather than keep the good information all to myself. To be informed of all opinions and or facts is not to be feared but rather appreciated. You don't know me or my story. I am definitely all about educating and helping other.

    So how is saying "..too many chemicals that your body can't process and that kill brain cells" in one post, followed by "So they may or may not be killing brain cells but they are not good for our bodies" in another post supportive of being informed and educating others? I read that as "I don't know, so I'll type scary things", which is actually fear mongering.

    I don't know if water enhancers contain things that are bad for me, so I choose not to suggest that they do.
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