Used to be the answer to “how are you” was “great,” or the more low-key Canadian “okay, thanks.” Ask the question these days and the answer is “crazed,” “insanely busy,” and “omigodoverwhelmedwhyareyouwastingtimewithstupidquestions.”
It’s a good time to try glacéau VitaminWater. I first heard of it when my friend Laura wondered how much I could bring back in my overnight case when I was heading to NYC on a press jaunt. I was no help to her, but that’s water under the bridge now that it’s crossed the border.
The range includes vitamin-infused flavours formulated to boost healing, immune support and tranquility. I’m no nutritionist (sheesh), so I can’t speak to how effective they are. Apparently, each 591 mL VW bottle contains 26 g of sugar/carbs, 40 to 100 percent of the daily recommended Vitamin C intake, and 20 to 40 percent of the daily recommended b vitamins. And they all contain electrolytes, which I don’t yet fully understand (hydration boosters?). Hit vitaminwatercanada.ca for details.
I first tried the stuff in the haze of navigating a new career lifestyle sans standard schedule. The kiwi-strawberry “Focus” actually seemed to help on mornings that arrived before I could get to the sleep part of the previous day. (I don’t love berry-esque drinks, but VW flavours are refreshingly light.) Of course it could all be about the power of the jaunty suggestion, but I still choose VW over a 250 mL glass of orange juice, which contains 23g of sugar. And in these omigodcrazed days, I’ll take the Rescue waters for tranquility, thanks. Tranquil = beauty right about now.
Wonder if Clive-O and Dan-C need restocking on their lemonade and fruit punch flavours?
glacéau VitaminWater retails for $1.99 CAN/$1.39 US wherever lots of beverages are sold.
UPDATE 06 August 2010: Rumours of VitaminWater’s overstatement of claims are true. According to The Huffington Post, Coca Cola, the company that makes it, is being sued for VitaminWater’s claims. And, “in a staggering feat of twisted logic, lawyers for Coca-Cola are defending the lawsuit by asserting that ‘no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitaminwater was a healthy beverage.’”
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Wow…that’s quite a bit of sugar/carbs for approximately 1/2 litre of the drink. What’s the sodium content like? That’s the thing about most “health” drinks, people can get caught up in the marketing and may forget what “bad stuff” is in it. If a flavoured drink claims to have no calories or sugar in it, it likely has aspartame. Unfortunately, for the flavour-craved, nothing beats good ‘ol fashion, plain, boring water and the daily intake of multi-vitamins/supplements and the abundance of wholesome fruits and vegetables….blah…
You’re right, Wynne! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/the-dark-side-of-vitaminw_b_669716.html?ref=fb&src=sp
No sodium. And no artificial sweetners, no added preservatives, no artificial flavouring. I’m okay with that sugar because I don’t put sugar in my coffee or tea and I don’t drink juice and I don’t drink soft drinks. And I don’t each much fruit — I’m allergic to a lot of them. I also don’t take multi-vitamins or supplements — I don’t know enough to do that safely, and have too much other stuff on my brain to think about that properly these days. I don’t drink Vitamin Water daily, either, but when I need a little sumthin’ sumthin’, a VW does the trick and feels like a treat.
Different strokes for different folks, though!
I love these.easy to carry, after a work or an infra sauna they are wonderful
Today I could have used a Tranquility… :-)