Coca-Cola argued in court that "no reasonable person" would believe that Vitamin Water was healthy or good for you.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-dark-side-of-vitaminw_b_669716
this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2024
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My high school took out our soda machines because they were “unhealthy,” and replaced them with Vitamin Water and Minute Maid juice (eg, sugar water). In fairness, I’d never expect a district administrator to be a “reasonable person.”
Vitamin water does have about half as much sugar as soda so that's a bit of an improvement.
Given the brands you mention I bet they have a contract with Coca-Cola or those machines produce a nontrivial amount of profit such that the machines removal is disincentivized.
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I remember reading this. Fuckers.
And here I thought faux news came up with that bullshit.
and ... did the argument pass? o.O
It was a civil suit, so it didn't matter that much.
They eventually reached a settlement where they would change some labeling, and attorneys on both sides got a few million dollars wealthier. https://www.cspinet.org/case/coca-cola-vitaminwater
What do you mean it didn’t matter much? The goal was to get this to make news so that people would talk about it. And I’d say they were pretty successful with that.
i'll never understand the people who absolutely can't stand drinking just plain water. though i guess they'll never understand how i will 100% of the time refuse water with any bullshit added for "flavor"
Same. Huge water slut here.
My second most important item that I keep near myself at all times (after my prescription glasses) is a 1.5 liter refillable water bottle.
I have to remind my spouse to leave some water for the fish sometimes.
Nah fish have had hundreds of millions of years to evolve lungs, losers need to get with the times /s
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I was this person for ages. Our tap water had a taste growing up, and all the water fountain water in school tasted like pennies. I assumed all plain water was disgusting. My first bottled water was Dasani, so yeah, more shitty water. I assumed all bottled water was just as gross as all the other water I had.
As an adult, I had to transition off of soda to flavored sparkling water. Then, from that, to flavored still water. Now, I can drink plain water. Most people don't even try to adjust their taste buds.
It depends on where you live, Tapwater at my dads place is great, tapwater where I live is like a swimming pool.
Get a carbon filter, makes toilet water taste like it's $5 a glass
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You joke but... in tech school cantine, there was this "Vitamine Well" drink i took, since it was the only one that's not too acidic (easily get heartburn). I had fissures in the corner of the mouth for years there and then it was suddenly gone. Later, i read that deficiency in some vitamin B variations (which were in that drink) causes said fissures. Since then i buy it once all one or two weeks and have no fissures anymore.
Long story short; they're not entirely useless.
Maybe. But you would get far more out of a multivitamin then you would out of vitamin water. Vitamin water only contains water soluble vitamins for obvious reasons. But your body needs so much more than just those. Especially since most water soluble vitamins get pissed out of you before your day is even close to finished. I'm happy it worked out for you but if you had been taking supplements (or just an overall improved diet of non-overprocessed foods) all along, you would have not had the problem in the first place. What vitamin water does contain that you don't find in supplements is large amounts of sugar and dyes. Hence the meme.
VITAMIN WATER: You'll get your daily dose of microplastics..
Vitaminwater in Canada is sugar-free so I'm surprised to learn it's full sugar in the states. I definitely grab them here and there when I'm at the hospital for an appointment or looking for something that won't fuck with the ol' diabetes in the store.
No it isn't? It has 32g of sugar per bottle unless you buy the zero sugar version
I have never seen the sugared version in western Canada, only the zero calorie ones.
We have both sugar free and full sugar. I want to say the sugar free is more popular but I don't pay that much attention.
It's not as much as soda and there is a "zero sugar" variant, but yeah the regular kind does have sugar in the US
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Just eat vegetables and then you don't have to worry about getting essential nutrients from random shit like water
what the fuck is iodine (it usually is in random shit like salt)
It's actually added to table salt iirc, but I don't remember the exact function it serves. I did have a boss once tell me she was getting depressed and thought she was dying... Went to her doctor and found out her substituting sea salt (which doesn't usually have iodine) was causing a lot of issues with her mental health. I can't recall the physical issues she had developed, if any at that point. I think she'd only made the substitution a few months or so prior to getting it figured out
Iodine is used by your thyroid for hormone production I believe. Hypothyroidism will cause loads of problems.
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Yeah untreated thyroid hormone anomalies will do a number on ya, fortunately it's easy and cheap if not obvious to diagnose and treat
Its the reason you dont see goiters everywhere these days
Powerade knows it’s place (1st in my heart).
To avoid plastic waste, I’m ready to have it piped to drink and to shower and wash my clothes/dishes in.
Still plain water for the toilet though right?
Vitamin Water does have a place
Even more sticky after showering. Bugs would love that. Enjoy!
How could Dr $0.50 lie to us?!
Hahaha this is exactly how I’ve always felt about those things. They’re cool aid for stupid people. It’s part of the reason why so many people are obese but think it’s just inherent because they always take the healthy option.
Vitamin water is not a healthy alternative to ANYTHING. It’s sugar water that markets itself by making you feel less guilty about drinking it.
God damn it, now I have to listen to it.
I don't even like it all that much. Not their best.
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