“Implied healthy:
Flavored water may be the new soda”
~ Cynthia G. Creel
5-24-2013
I love the taste of water, I drink glass after glass. This was not always so I used to have to have a flavor. For me I loved sodas coke flavored. I know many people just don’t like the taste of water. Now there is flavored water.
Flavored water maybe sweetened:
Water with flavor has the sound of being healthy. I am doing great things for myself we all need water, so I will just grab the flavored water, that’s healthy isn’t it? Is it the best choice and is it just like drinking a glass of water? Maybe, maybe not.
According to the Daily News (1) 300 million liters of flavored drinks are being sold by one company. Some companies have as much as 46 grams per 500 ml. Listed on a bottle of coke is sugar 39 grams per 355ml.
According to the Coca-cola site (2) they talk having a sweet drink is normal an natural:
“Sweeteners Play an Important Role in Our Food and Beverage Selection
and Enjoyment.
Research shows that we are inherently drawn to sweet tastes – more than any other taste sensation. In fact,
it is sweetness that directs newborn mammals toward safe and nourishing foods and drinks. Because of
this, humans have sought sweet foods and drinks throughout history and sweetness continues to be a strong
factor in our food and beverage selections. Today, our inherent desire for sweetness can be satisfied by a
variety of regular, low- and no-calorie sweeteners.
Benefits of Sweeteners
• Studies show people consume more liquid when it’s flavored, versus plain water.1
This helps us consume
greater amounts, making it easier to keep the body fully hydrated. Sweeteners help provide flavor to
sparkling beverages. Most sparkling beverages, both regular and low- and no-calorie, contain between
85 percent and 99 percent water.
• Some sweeteners, such as table sugar and high fructose corn syrup, provide glucose. This simple sugar
is the primary source of caloric fuel that your body uses for energy, and in fact, glucose is the primary fuel
used by the brain.
Important to Remember
• It’s important to remember that the energy obtained from food and beverages, such as the energy
provided by table sugar and high fructose corn syrup, is measured in calories, and all calories count,
including those that come from our beverages.
• All foods and beverages can fit into an active, healthy lifestyle that includes a sensible, balanced diet
combined with regular physical activity”
Listed on the Coca-cola site (3) for vitamin water essential has Cystalline fructose, cane sugar and Sorbitol. According to the Coca-Cola site (4) Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol. Crystalline Fructose is a sweetener, which provides approximately 4 calories per gram, as do other carbohydrate sweeteners. It is much sweeter in taste than other sugars, so a smaller amount can be used. Cane Sugar is sugar made from the sugar cane plant.
There could even be artificial sugars listed in some products.
Final words:
Many companies want to sell their products and do not market them by telling about anything extra in the product, instead they talk about all the best parts. When drinking a flavored water if it has sugar, a modified sugar or artificial sweetener than it is more than water you are drinking. This may or may not be helping. Pure water has no added sweetener buying a flavored water may have more than just water.
The more proactive we can all become the more likely the negative results in life can be avoided. Stand up tall with an upright posture and be proactive. The solution helps to keep moving the best direction is to step onto the path of True Health. Discover a new world. Help yourself, help the world, step on to the Path of True Health and vote with your dollars company you want to support to create a world you will love to live in. I do, and I like the world I am helping to create. Together we can create a better life for all to remember over their entire lifetime Together we can protect what we have so we don’t need to live in a world that is second rate.
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Sources:
(1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1358999/The-healthy-flavoured-water-sugar-doughnuts.html
(2) http://assets.coca-colacompany.com/d3/68/7597a280413d910f97ca57d3eb4f/sweetener_fact_sheet.pdf
(3) http://productnutrition.thecoca-colacompany.com/products/glaceau-vitaminwater-essential#ingredients
(4) http://productnutrition.thecoca-colacompany.com/ingredients#sorbitol
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