vitamin water
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bottled water in general is a scam. They were discussing this the other day
http://www.rd.com/health/diet-weight-loss/rethink-what-you-drink/
" yes most bottled water comes from sparking springs & Pristine sources. But more than 25% percent of it comes from a municipal source.The water is treated, purified and sold to us, often at a thousandfold increase in price. Most people are surprised to learn that they’re drinking glorified tap water, but bottlers aren’t required to list the source on the label "
Very interesting indeed. I am never paying for bottled water again.
http://www.rd.com/health/diet-weight-loss/rethink-what-you-drink/
" yes most bottled water comes from sparking springs & Pristine sources. But more than 25% percent of it comes from a municipal source.The water is treated, purified and sold to us, often at a thousandfold increase in price. Most people are surprised to learn that they’re drinking glorified tap water, but bottlers aren’t required to list the source on the label "
Very interesting indeed. I am never paying for bottled water again.
I can't believe the people still buy this stuff especially when it contains around 20 gr of sugar. :welcome:
Depends.
If you think it is better for you then no..... it contains a lot of sugar.
If you think it contains vitamins..... that's true.
If you think it is better for you then no..... it contains a lot of sugar.
If you think it contains vitamins..... that's true.
But are vitamins meant to be drunk? Does the body absorb them? We eat our minerals and vitamins we do not drink them.
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Vitamins in general are kind of a scam. You should be able to get all the vitamins and minerals you need from food. If your diet is bad enough that you need supplements, they aren't going to help much, if at all.
I'll join the "way too much sugar" crowd. I used to drink it, due to its compelling flavour, but dropped it after a bit of research. Too bad.
I think a vitamin D supplement in the winter is a good idea.
Plus,...some people have a natural B12 deficiency,...which also requires supplements.
But much more than that,...as you stated,...eat right,...but if you look around,...doesn't look everybody is.
That's basically it. Humans survived, evolved, and thrived without factory-made vitamins. There's no solid evidence we need or benefit much from getting more than is available in a decently balanced diet. Even the Vitamin D we make from sunlight hitting our skin, is available in liver, eggs and fish, and it's long been added to most dairy products in norther countries like Canada, not to mention we should all be getting outside daily, even in winter.
It is possible to take harmfully large doses of some vitamins, like Vitamin A, so anyone popping pills or casually consuming vitamins as if they were water should look into their overall numbers.
But it's only a scam if someone's told you this stuff is gonna 'improve' you in some way, or that you need it. Otherwise it's just a way of making a profit from selling cheap tap-water at a high price that you want to pay for whatever reason.
Just recycle the plastic bottles, OK?
Drinking or eating shouldn't make a difference. That's why if you have your jaw wired shut and and are on a liquid diet you can survive. Your small intestines does a large amount of the absorbtion and it doesn't know the difference between solid or liquid.
Multivitamins are a waste. If you have a deficiency you need to take that specific vitamin at therapeutic levels.
It is worth noting that not everyone process, digests and absorbs nutrients in the same way. So there are people that would benefit from taking vitamins but typically they would take one pill with over 1000 IU of what they are lacking in.
