Hi, a lot of new soft drinks fortified with vitamins are being sold as healthy drinks in the market nowadays . Do you think it is really healthy and will you buy the idea?

Hello _boat
personally i dontlike these soft drinks or energizers so i never used them as a part of my diet.but i have some information about these drinks so letme share it with u hopefully u will get ur answer.
There are three basic types of energy drinks:
Refreshment energy - formulated to replenish energy levels for someone who's perhaps run down or recovering from illness.
Sports drinks - formulated to rapidly replace fluids during exercise and maintain the body's blood glucose levels.
Functional energy - aimed at anyone who wants to gain a quick burst of energy and alertness.

Such drinks are crammed full of sugars and acid that attack our teeth and may result in dental decay.
Tooth decay happens when teeth are attacked by acid, and this can happen in two ways. Acid attacks can happen as a result of plaque bacteria acting on the sugars in our diet, or as a direct result of the acids in food dissolving away the enamel on the surfaces of our teeth. As carbonated soft drinks tend to contain high amounts of both sugars and acids, they're the worst possible combination for dental health.
Even drinks labelled 'sugar free,' 'reduced sugar' or 'low sugar' can still contain enough sugar to cause damage to your teeth, and have the same acids as the standard carbonated drinks.i think the people should include some fruits in their diets because fresh fruits are not that much caloric and they contain much of fiber so helps our body to be healthy Therefore, it's recommended that you replace carbonated drinks in the diet with other options.
Regards

Great topic banana boat! Healthy soft drinks? I don't think so We've so far written reviews on 3 drinks - Coke's Enviga, Lipton Iced Green Tea and 100% Natural 7 Up and we are not impressed. Personally I will not buy these 3, what is your opinion?

I won't buy too!
I've gone in and read the 3 reviews, they are great articles with real information, thanks! I just wonder if others will buy them. Thanks to laloona as well for sharing.

i won't buy them too! do you notice that green tea is so popular that even the soft drink companies want to have a piece of it?

Why not brew your own green tea? Leaf tea and tea bags are a fraction of the price of any ready prepared drink. Beats anything you can buy in a bottle hands down and you know what is in it.

Good tip David. Time to brew some green tea and chill it to make a refreshing drink!

“Healthy carbonated drink” is something like a “healthy doughnut”

Yes, I also read about the famous brands' efforts to invent "healthy" carbonated drinks fortified with vitamins and minerals. But it's quite a sceptic experiment, isn't it? Let me cite Mike Adams, executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center (http://www.newstarget.com/021729.html): Fortifying unhealthful beverages with synthetic forms of vitamins does not magically transform them into healthful drinks. You cannot counteract the harmful effects of sugar, phosphoric acid and aspartame with tiny quantities of synthetic vitamins.

Agreed totally! And also to add one more information - do you know that when sodium benzoate (a preservative in soft drinks), is combined with ascorbic acid (fortified vitamins), the reaction between the two additives will actually create benzene, a chemical linked to cancer risks? China has been reported to be paying close attention to claims that some soft drinks may contain excessive benzene.

So we might want to think twice before buying a vitamin fortified soft drinks!

Nice discussion guys!

Hey what about some form of sports drink for right after cardio to replenish your glycogen stores? I'm not talking about carbonated drinks, but more like a Powerade or Gaterade, like right after a workout, while drinking regular water the rest of the time. Any takes of stuff like Smartwater or those vitamin water drinks?

I trink seltzer water frequently. It is water with carbonation. The carbonation adds a zing that really hits the spot when you are thirsty. Kind of like a beer, but without the beer.

bredmond, where do you get the seltzer water? i'm interested to try it.

you can get seltzer water at Safeway. Or you can get club soda which has a few mg of sodium.

it is like $1.25 per six pack

Hi, just to add some updates on the preservative in soft drinks - sodium benzoate.

A new research in UK further reveals on another danger of sodium benzoate last Sunday. Professor Peter Piper, an expert in aging at Sheffield University in Britain, told The Independent that these chemicals have the ability to cause severe damage to DNA. "There is a whole array of diseases that are now being tied to damage to this DNA — Parkinson's and quite a lot of neuro-degenerative diseases, but above all the whole process of ageing."

So, think twice before you pick-up one

Hi, back to fatal fitness's question.

Generally, sport drinks are helpful only when we're sweating a lot, or vomiting. As the main ingredients for most sport drinks are salt and glucose, thus replacing the minerals that we lost during workout or severe vomiting. Hope this helps