vitamin water tastes terrible in actuallity, the only reason people like it is because it's endorsed by 50 cent and has become a status icon. People see celebs they want to emulate drinking it and assume that if the want to be famous and popular they should drink it too. It's more like an accessory than a beverage.

I think coke is beginning to wise up and try to duplicate what most of us are aware. Sugar in the drinks shut down your immune system... aspartame destroys your brain cells. Vitamins and nutrients RULE!! Call me @ 866-481-7823 and we can TALK...

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I love vitamin water but can never get the flavors i want. how come?

I love the Dragonfruit Vitamin Water. Very refreshing and thirst quenching. I have at least a bottle a day. Found it to be my favorite after trying all the different flavors I could find including their Fruit Water. Vitamin Water is great for people who don't like drinking plain water and trying to stay off the sodas.

I first drank vitamin water after a serious illness this past Spring (I'm not even sure who 50 cent is!) and it was a miracle product for me. I had been throwing up for days (kidney problems) and was totally dehydrated...I had lost 15 pounds. I could feel a definate difference in my energy level when I drank this stuff. Perhaps because my body was SO depleted of vitamins. I don't know. Anyway, I'm a believer.

I used to see this product on the shelves an think why buy that when u can just take a vitamin! Then I tried it and became hooked! I drink about a bottle aday... and so far have not gotten sick since doing so!... The Triple X one is my favorite! It has kept me healthy and fighting free radicals for months now! By far the best way to take your vitamins!

I stay away from it for the most part- quite honestly, it's neither good for you, nor is it much better than soda. Although there may only be 50 calories per serving, a bottle contains 2.5 servings- that's a quick way of taking in a lot of empty calories (not to mention sugar). Also, it has not been proven that vitamins are even absorbed by the body in this form. Here is an article on the subject with more info:
http://www.wpxi.com/health/14362206/detail.html

Power C used to be my fave. Now XXX is. My hubby HATES it. Then again, he has to spend 8 hours a night making it. I showed him that it's one of the hottest products of 2007...he mocked anger. "Great, now I have to keep making it!" LOL. It does take some getting used to as it can, at first, taste like watered down juice, but it's still better tasting than Gatorade or anything with sucralose or other artificial sweeteners.

Vitaminwater: WOW, The Jokes on all of us!
The stuff is sugar & water. Marketing is EVERYTHING......How could anybody let their children drink such a thing? How could anyone who is trying to to be healthy drink such Junk?
Energy Drinks......More Garbage....Caned Soft Drinks contain the worst Acidic Water on the Planet...Shame on all of us!!

There is however a new trend to drink alkaline beverages to detoxify the body from the above mentioned drinks. And, as always, leave it to the Japanese to be a few hundred years ahead of the game. They have just ordered $9 million dollars of "The World's Most Functional Water" It's called Anri-Ageing Water. Check out the Press Release at www.HeartHealthyWater.com
So don't believe the Hype, Start Believing Science.

Any proper ratio of sugar to water will create and electrolyte - you can make it in your own kitchen. The popularity of these fake energy drinks is frightening, it's no wonder our country is having a health crisis!

Readers may be interested in reading these...

Sports Drinks, Salt, Sugar and Electrolytes - making sense about what we really need during activity
http://aromatherapy4u.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/energy-drinks-salt-sugar-and-electrolytes-making-sense-about-what-we-really-need-during-activity/

and

The Truth About Non-Nutritive Sweeteners
http://aromatherapy4u.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/the-truth-about-non-nutritive-sweeteners/

I absolutely love Vitamin Water and am proud to say that I've tried almost all of the flavors. As for the sugar content: it contains NATURAL sugars, people. Which, at least in my mind, is better than sucralose or high fructose corn syrup or saccharine or something like that. People see sugar as the enemy, but if it's natural it really is not that bad.
And as for the calories, if you're concerned that 125 little calories will obstruct your ability to fit into that size 0, fear not! There's 2.5 servings in the bottle, and once you know that, you can have half the bottle or a third of it or whatever. I wish everyone would stop saying how "deceptive" that is, because really anyone with half a brain knows how to look on the side of something for nutrition facts. JUST HAVE ONE SERVING. Not that hard. Who said you have to drink the whole bottle?
Oh, and it's not carbonated, so it doesn't leave you bloated like soda does. And it doesn't have caffeine. See? Better than soda.
And besides all of that, it tastes good! And the vitamins...I always drink the Power-C, with Vitamin C, when I feel like I'm getting a cold, and it helps me every time. So the vitamins DO work! Imagine that!
And for those people that say everyone is drinking it because of 50 Cent: that's not all the way true. I didn't even know he endorsed it or anything before I tried it. I heard about it through a friend and got curious. It was yummy so I did some research about it, and found out about the 50 Cent thing AFTER I started drinking it. So there!

I LOVE Vitamin water; I actually think it tastes VERY good. Of course there are like 2 flavors i don't really care for, but I can say...Power C, Watermelon, Fruit Punch, and Citrus are my favorites! I CAN LIVE OFF THIS STUFF!! :D