So - I decide to read the label on a bottle I'm drinking, it says:

Serv. Size 8fl oz (240 mL)
Servings 2
Amount Per Serving:
Calories 0
% DV*
Total Fat 0%
Sodium 0g 0%
Total Carb 0g 0%
Protein 0g
*Percent Daily Value (DV) are
based on a 2,000 calorie diet


I'm thinking to myself- "Sheese, I ain't believing I'm actually seeing this..."

WHY?

It's a bottle of purified WATER!!!

-But then I notice the ingredients:
PURIFIED WATER, MAGNESIUM SULFATE,
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SALT*
*ADDS A NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT OF SODIUM

So now I'm thinking: "Do they really have to put preservatives and stuff in everything?"

Skip to the other side of the label, and I see:

NON-CARBONATED
Crisp, fresh taste.
****** is filtered
through a
state of the art
purification system
and enhanced with
minerals for a pure,
clean taste that
can't be beat.


This would be laughable if I didn't suspect someone somewhere was serious...
First of all, water has no calories. NO DUH!!! It's water -
No fat, no carbos, no fiber, no polyunsaturateds, WELL NO KIDDING!
It's just plain water!!!

But it has to have a label on it to tell people this. As if nobody ever suspected it in the first place, right?

But now what? Okey dokey;

"We the manufacturers of (WATER!) have completely and totally purified, filtered, cleaned, and sterilised the daylights out of this stuff by means of a sophisticated system that no average person could possibly afford!

- And then we dumped more crap right back into it..."

Is it just me, or does this boggle the mind?

It isn't just the idea that lots of people everywhere buy this kind of stuff. It's the thought that someone somewhere thinks up things like this, a corporation lines up behind it and produces it, an advertising campaign is spun up, promotions go on at stores all over the place, and you guessed it...

IT SELLS.

Personally, I think I'll stick with a plain old RV filter. It's twenty five bucks for a filter that will last ten years if it's only to fill a water bottle, and then I can add whatever garbage to the water I want to. Such as caffiene for example.

Speaking of...


~Wolfie

 

Those labels Wolfie, is the government protecting us! Don't you feel safer now?

 

Just drink beer. There's more food value in beer than beer value in food.

 

I doubt it really protects anyone, except from developing the natural immune system they might already have had if they just settled for tap water. Or in my case - went to Tiajuana a few times in their lives.

But you gotta have bottled water, man! It's part of the whole "Cell Phone" gig.

 

It's all marketing. Take an everyday commodity like water that's found free all over the planet and by marketing hype and interesting labels, entice people to fork over their hard-earned money for it.

Yeah, I'm guilty of buying water. I take a large bottle to work with me everyday, partly because my well water is so bad that it's almost undrinkable until it's been filtered three times but also because of the convenience of the bottle it comes in. The vast array of bottled water available is staggering...I usually go for the cool looking bottles (as well as the ones that fit nicely in the small ice chest I use for my lunch and drinks!)

 

i buy bottled water just for the fact i can't stand the chlorine taste thats in the tap water. (and why the need to put floride in it?)

and i buy it because i really don't drink anything else other than gatorade or water, so if i am out and about and get thirsty, i stop at a store and grab me a bottle of water.

 

And some people actually buy the stuff.

 

yeah,I buy water also,but only use it when I am going some place where I don't want to drink from the water fountain,like the gym when I work out.

 

I did not notice one person complain about the price, which is more that the price of fuel, that everyone complains about? Especially when it litterly costs pennies from the tap at home.

Makes you wonder.

 

which is more that the price of fuel,

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

Not anymore

I can buy 5 Gals of R/O water for $1.00 .....and do.

 

Tap water for me.

Supposedly we have some of the best water here in the country.

And it's only 6/10 of a penny per gallon.

Some of that bottled water is from a tap.

If I drink gatorade, I'll delute it. Maybe add 3 times more water.

I can't even read some of the ingredients in that stuff.

 

This is a very important subject in my life.

Yes there are great sources of water around the world but they use chlorine sometimes to the extreme.

If you drink too much chlorinated water..... over time, you will develop cysts in your intestines ......and that's no fun.

remember...you're drinking ...Bleach

Giardia cysts from drinking water.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/wate...oridium_e.html

Removing Giardia cysts
http://www.age.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/f/F134.pdf


I drink up to 5 Gallons of Reverse Osmosis water every 3 days.

I refill 3 ...5 gallon jugs every week.

Concerns regarding Drinking water.

This is a MUST read

http://www.cyber-nook.com/water/concerns.html



Gatorade
Gatorade is filled with sodium and really only quenches the thirst for a short time and usually only for Athletes who are using massive amounts doing their sport.

 

We stopped using chlorine in our water system a few years back.

Now they're using chloramine. Suppose to be a bit safer.

http://sfwater.org/detail.cfm/MC_ID/.../399/C_ID/2213

 

that mcdonalds "hot coffee" thing comes to mind.....

 

jake00, I wonder how much her lawyer got.