A friend of mine is a fan of drinking Vitamin Water. I was looking at the label and just astounded at how little this drink has to offer in terms of health and nutrition, and how much it offers to the contrary.
It’s an easy one from my perspective.
The first three ingredients are water, fructose and cane sugar, with a total sugars listed at 32 grams on the label.
I discuss at length in my program why this is an issue not only for people concerned about losing fat, but more importantly, why this can contribute greatly to poor health.
My friend who drinks this is almost six feet tall and approaching 300 pounds.
I also get a kick over how the label claims “”100% vitamin C.”
They use ascorbic acid as their vitamin C source, which I don’t have much problem with, but the Daily Value of vitamin C set by the powers-that-be is ridiculously low to maintain any real sense of health. The levels set are primarily there to prevent scurvy, and little else.
Preferring to get my C from a natural source like Camu, we get over 1000%, ten times, the daily value of C in a very small serving, and in natural form, and with its myriad of sub-components found only in a natural food source, micronutrients of which our science doesn’t even yet understand, is surely a far superior way to get vitamin C over a sugar drink that labels itself in what I feel is a rather deceptive manner.
After all: Don’t most people associate vitamins with superior health? That the proper intake of vitamins will likely lead to a greater sense of well-being, avoiding the pitfalls of malnourishment that are common even in well-fed societies?
Their is nothing wrong in my opinion with using vitamins for specific ailments, medicinally, if understood and used properly.
But to suggest that a sugar drink has something more to offer you than a whole food source or wholefood supplements (the vitamins in Vitamin Water are all lab-made) is silly…worst of all, misleading to the public who often does not know any better and places trust in what is being advertised on a mass scale as something that is actually beneficial and helpful to them.
Love, Happiness, Health and Peace………..Tim