30 January 2008

SoBe Life (-ending) Water

So I'm on my way to class today and I realize that I have about fifteen minutes before class starts. I pop into the bookstore for something to quench my thirst, something a little healthy and caffeine free. I walk to the end refrigerator and grab a grape flavored SoBe Life Water. Awesome, I say to myself, water with flavor to keep my taste buds occupied and all kinds of herbs and vitamins to boot! I twist off the cap (paying for it first, of course) and take a swig. Hmm, something's not right here. I take another swig and the problem is all too obvious. Each sip tastes like someone dumped a restaurant-type packet of sugar onto my tongue! Alarmed, I take a look at the nutrition facts on the bottle. 24 grams of sugar?!

Despite this disconnect between the name and the actual nutrition of the stuff, I soldiered on, knowing that every sip was bringing me closer to the dreaded "beetis". I managed to down the entire bottle. It did quench my thirst, but at what cost?!

1 comment:

Matt said...

But did you take into account the 250% of vitamin C, the 50% of Vitamin E, and the 25% of Niacin, vitamins B6 and B12, and Pantothenic Acid??!?!! No, you're right, you could just take a multivitamin. Very informative. And I'm sorry you got the Beetis.