Loving, Loving, Loving Glaceau Vitamin Water 
  Sunday, April 20th, 2008

glaceau®, vitaminwater®, tryit™, bottle design and label are all trademarks of glaceau. neither glaceau nor its affiliates are responsible for the content of a tryit™ submission. the content was created by the user of the tryit creator and does not represent the views of glac? or its affiliates. by accessing this content, you acknowledge that glaceau will not be liable in any way for the content or any loss, damage or expense of any kind arising from or related in any way to the review and/or use of any tryit submission or its content. please be advised that tryit submissions are not private messages and can be viewed by others on the internet.

This is probably TMI, but yesterday morning I woke up to sugarfree Red Bull and then a Diet Pepsi, and ten minutes later my stomach rejected it.  So I got to thinking what beverage I can stock the fridge with that would actually be healthy, for a variety of reasons.  I first heard that diet pop or soda contains chemicals by reading it on Rosie O'Donnell's blog, to be honest.  A friend of mine told me (although I haven't tested this) that if you leave a piece of steel inside a glass of diet soda, that it will corrode it.  Do I want that in my stomach?  Probably not.

Some scientists and medical professionals believe that Aspartame, one of the sweeteners in many diet sodas, can cause serious illnesses like cancer, brain tumors, brain lesions, lymphoma when consumed in large quantities.  Some also have produced findings that sodium benzoate (another ingredient in many diet beverages) combines with ascorbic acid to form a carcinogen - and God knows I get enough of that through my cigarettes.

There are all kinds of other things about soft drinks that make me wary, so I'm finally choosing to make a permanent switch, and this week I have begun drinking Glaceau Vitamin Water.  No one is paying me to say this so you'd better appreciate it!

It is delicious.  No harm to the American brand Coca-Cola, either, because they actually own Glaceau and The Center For Responsible Hydration, which they purchased in May of 2007.  Each drink has its own vitamin purpose.  Power-C (Dragonfruit) has Vitamin C and Taurine; Energy (Tropical Citrus) has Vitamin B and Guarana; Revive (Fruit Punch) has Vitamin B and Potassium; Multi-V (Lemonade, which I'm drinking right now) has Vitamins "A to Zinc;" Focus (Kiwifruit-Strawberry) has Vitamin A and Lutein; Essential (Orange) has Vitamin C and Calcium; all of the other flavors (Formula 50 Grape, Defense Raspberry-Apple, Rescue Green Tea, Endurance Peach-Mango, Vital-T Lemon Tea, Balance Cran-Grapefruit, B-Relaxed Jackfruit Guava, Charge Lemon-Lime, and XXX Acai-Blueberry-Pomegranate) have their own nutrient, vitamin, and antioxidant purpose.

I have yet to taste them all, you guys, but the ones I've had so far I L-O-V-E.  I highly recommend trying them:  we all have to drink a lot of liquid to live, so why not hydrate responsibly?

Comments > >