Thoughts on Vitamin Water?

melindam

I'm increasing my water intake and honestly it's a little boring.  My husband suggested I try Vitamin Water but I'm worried about taking too many vitamins and if it will overload me on things that are already in the prenatal daily vitamin.  Any thoughts on the safety of Vitamin Water?  Any of you drinking it or not drinking it?

Ames0299

I have been drinking them.  I honestly haven't thought about the extra vitamins part. I have been only drinking a couple a week though.  Mine say they have 27g of sugar, so thats why I haven't been drinking too many as I do drink a pop a day to ease my headaches.

nmd242

Ive been wondering the same thing, Melindam. I've been trying to drink more water but it gets to the point where even thinking about drinking water makes me nauseous. I think it would help if it actually had some flavor!

AlmostMrsMayes

I've always had a problem with drinking regular water so I usually opt for flavored brands! If you just want the flavor without overloading on vitamins,calories, or sugar, I would recommend bottles of propel zero. Their flavor selection is kinda limited, or at least it is in my area but I've seen: strawberry kiwi, berry, lemon, grape, and another one I can't remember. I do recommend the already bottled propel though, the flavor packets contain aspartame  and the bottled water doesn't (it contains sucralose). I'm sure that propel zero bottles do contain some vitamins, but I'm sure its a pretty low amount. I doubt they focus so heavily on adding vitamins like vitamin water does.

I saw that Nestle Pure or whatever their brand is called also had some flavored waters too. It's usually stocked by the regular bottled water in our local store. I'm not sure if they contain sugar since I've never tried them or read the labels, but it might be another option for you. 

HTH!! 

amp61470

I have been adding a little Crystal Light to my water, and I also drink the vitamin water. I usually go with something with vitamin C in it. I think it's one of those things you can't get too much of. I don't believe most of them have iron in them which is what can be dangerous if you get too much. Of course I am craving red meat contastly and salt which tells me I probably need the iron.

ScarsnStarsX

I dont care for vitamin water but i do love crystal light. It is pretty much all water anyways.

smellymm83

I would be careful with which vitamins water you choose.  I was out and didn't want pop so my husband got me a vitamin water and the fine print said not to drink if pregnant.

Brittanykay15

nola78:

I believe all the vitamins in vitamin water are water-soluble, so any extras will be excreted in urine (so nothing to worry about re: the extra vitamins).  Apparently one flavor of vitamin water contains caffeine -- maybe that was the warning label the PP saw?

This. Vitamin water isn't really as "good for you" as it is marketed to be. It does contain vitamins, but mostly the vitamins that most people get plenty of through eating normal meals. The regular kind has a lot of sugar, and some of the flavors contain caffeine and taurine which are not recommended for pregnancy (taurine is also in a lot of energy drinks), but if you are just looking at drinking them for flavor, I don't think you have too much to worry about. Just pay attention to the ingredients. Water Soluble Vitamins include vitamin C, B vitamins, and others. Our bodies do not store excessive amounts of water soluble vitamins, so our kidneys flush them out when we go to the bathroom (with the exception of vit. B12 which the body will store in larger amounts). The vitamins that you can "overdose" on are the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K). That is because they are stored in our adipose (fat) tissue.