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Originally Posted by lara
Be sure to read the labels on additive water (vitamin water, fruit water, etc) and drinks that claim to have antioxidant properties (Lipton green tea, etc) and check the sugar levels per serving and per 100ml. Lipton Peach Tea has 40+ grams of sugar per 600ml bottle, H2GO kiwifruit water has more sugar per 100ml than 100ml of original Coke. Vitamin enriched waters can have neglible health benefits, as the vitamin amount can be as low as .005 percent of your RDI and have high sugar and sodium levels. There are healthy water-based drinks out there, but you really have to look for them.
Your best bet with flavoured or enriched water is to make your own brew - add a good squeeze of lemon juice to your water, or use a small bit of low-sugar/low-energy light cordial. My partner grinds up his daily vitamin/calcium tablets and makes water suspensions - a common trick in the navy, it means they're more likely to get their daily vitamins this way, as whole tablets can be easily regurgitated should they get seasick.

just as a side note - http://vitaminwater.com/ - most/all the vitaminwaters have 13g sugar. i prefer them not so much because the vitamins are TEH MAGIC - their actual effects are probably negligible - but because they taste fab, and they're not full of sugar/salt/etc. like you said, most are. and when i'm drinking tea or whatever it's not the same - i want something thats more water than juice. vitaminwaters arent as sweet as most of the "flavored" waters out there. it's a good idea to make your own, but i hate lemon water 
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