The only problem with the vitamin waters is the dubious amounts of vitamins that are in it and the
High Fructose Corn Syrup.
High Fructose Corn syrup seems to be in everything these days! Including refined sugar, high
fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners, the average American
wolfs down 142 pounds a year, or roughly 2.5 pound a week. That is up
23 percent in the last 25 years, and is a major factor in soaring rates
of obesity and diabetes.
High fructose corn syrup is highly processed and consequently it is highly concentrated. This
is different than the sugar found in an apple. It's a commercial,
refined sugar. The advantage of HFCS, from the standpoint of food
manufacturing, is that it's much sweeter than sucrose, it's easier to
handle during processing, it has a longer shelf life - and it's cheaper
than sucrose. Americans consume 16 million pounds of it every year.
That translates to about 60 pounds of fructose per person.
While it does not spike your blood sugar as much as glucose and sucrose, it has shown itself to raise cholesterol levels in studies by more than 7% and the bad LDL cholesterols by 11 %.
Fructose and other sugars contribute to heart disease in yet another
way. Dietary sugars increase an unnatural tendency toward blood
clotting. But according to a study published in the Aug. 1, 1990,
Thrombosis Research, fructose promotes abnormal clotting much more than
does any other common sugar does.
Vitamin waters are very expensive. There is no way you can be assured that the vitamins listed on the label are even in there at all. All of that sugar counter acts any health benefit they might provide. My suggestion is to take a high quality multivitamin and drink a glass of bottled or filtered water. It will be cheaper and you will be getting more of what you paid for and getting less of what you don't want.
Here is a link to an independent study on vitamins and how to choose a quality supplement.
Comparative Guide To Nutritional Supplements
If you are still looking for something sweet to drink, there are better sugars out there than HFCS, Splenda, Sucralose, Equal and Aspartame. Try Stevia, Agave nectar and others. Here is a link.
Sugar Substitutes and Your Health