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Recently, Coca-Cola’s Vitamin Water has come under fire for its “deceptive and unsubstantiated” health claims, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)

For more than a year I’ve personally tried to explain to my weight loss clients that drinking Vitamin Water during their workouts and throughout the day is not going to be beneficial to attaining their goals because of all the added sugar.

Did you know that each bottle contains 33 grams of sugar and only about 1% fruit juice?

Here is what else CSPI had to say, “This amount of sugar in each drink is more likely to promote, diabetes, obesity and other health problems, compared to the benefits claimed by the added vitamins listed on the bottles.”

Also, according to Medical News Today, James Koh, plaintiff, a San Francisco, California resident, who used to purchase and drink Vitamin Water after a work-out at his local gym, said "When I bought Vitamin Water, frankly I thought I was doing myself a favor health-wise. I was attracted by the prospect of getting extra vitamins. But I had no idea that I was actually getting almost a Coke's worth of sugar and calories. There's no way I would have spent money on that, had I known."

The lesson to be learned here is that just because a product sounds healthy or is marketed that way, doesn’t necessarily mean that it is… make sure you read the ingredients and substantiate any claims before trying a product.