The Controversy of Vitamin Drinks According to F.D.A., vitamin enhanced beverages and sports drinks account for sales of more than $18 billion a year in the United States alone. Throughout the past year there has been an addition of vitamin content in many vitamin drinks. Companies are increasingly adding vitamins and minerals to vitamin drinks. This addition of vitamins can be beneficial to people facing vitamin deficiency and people who just don’t have the time to get their vitamins in their system throughout the day. Although many believe that vitamin drinks should be consumed due to their dietary benefits and an easy source to obtain the daily dosage of various vitamins, there are many who think that vitamin drinks can be harmful to health
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According to Mara Z. Vitolins, a registered dietitian and professor of epidemiology, the addition of vitamins has clearly aided some people, including women who are pregnant and people with vitamin deficiencies. Over the past several years, many individuals have lacked in obtaining their daily dosage of various vitamins due to not paying attention to what he or she eats. There are many nutritional fruits and vegetables that contain these vitamins but people tend to not have the time to consume each of these veggies and fruits every day. People want to just have it in a bottle where they can get it all from one source. According to Dr. Kristie Leong, a nutrition specialist, if vitamin drinks are properly selected meaning vitamin drinks that contain normal amounts of each vitamin and a low level of sugar they can be very beneficial for us. Vitamin water can also be beneficial to people who don’t really count their daily dosages of various vitamins. Many people come home from a long day of work and don’t really focus on what vitamins they need to get into their bodies. Vitamin drinks is a positive source for these types of individuals as long as they consume these enriched vitamin drinks moderately and according to the serving size. When vitamin drinks are consumed over the recommended serving size, that’s where it can be …show more content…
“You have vitamins and minerals that occur naturally in foods, and then you have people taking supplements, and then you have all these fortified foods,” said Mridul Datta, an assistant professor in the department of nutrition science at Purdue University. “It adds up to quite an excess. There’s the potential for people to get a lot more of these vitamins than they need.” Each year people are consuming millions of bottles of these vitamin drinks even though they have already obtained their daily amount of vitamins through the foods they eat each day. This causes an imbalance within our system due to having a high exposure to unusually high levels of vitamins and minerals. According to a study done by the Institute of Medicine, people who take dietary supplements, including vitamin enhanced drinks, are often the ones who need them the least. Vitamin drinks can also be harmful to us due to the high amount of sugar they contain; vitamin drinks with small amounts of sugar are difficult to find and if you find one that contains a reduced amount of sugar it may not taste good. Another study was conducted this month on vitamin beverages; 46 beverages were analyzed- both with sugar and without sugar. It found that many of these drinks contained excess amounts of vitamins B6, B12, niacin and vitamin C. Eleven had more than 3 times the daily requirement. This has caused a large amount of
According to Mara Z. Vitolins, a registered dietitian and professor of epidemiology, the addition of vitamins has clearly aided some people, including women who are pregnant and people with vitamin deficiencies. Over the past several years, many individuals have lacked in obtaining their daily dosage of various vitamins due to not paying attention to what he or she eats. There are many nutritional fruits and vegetables that contain these vitamins but people tend to not have the time to consume each of these veggies and fruits every day. People want to just have it in a bottle where they can get it all from one source. According to Dr. Kristie Leong, a nutrition specialist, if vitamin drinks are properly selected meaning vitamin drinks that contain normal amounts of each vitamin and a low level of sugar they can be very beneficial for us. Vitamin water can also be beneficial to people who don’t really count their daily dosages of various vitamins. Many people come home from a long day of work and don’t really focus on what vitamins they need to get into their bodies. Vitamin drinks is a positive source for these types of individuals as long as they consume these enriched vitamin drinks moderately and according to the serving size. When vitamin drinks are consumed over the recommended serving size, that’s where it can be …show more content…
“You have vitamins and minerals that occur naturally in foods, and then you have people taking supplements, and then you have all these fortified foods,” said Mridul Datta, an assistant professor in the department of nutrition science at Purdue University. “It adds up to quite an excess. There’s the potential for people to get a lot more of these vitamins than they need.” Each year people are consuming millions of bottles of these vitamin drinks even though they have already obtained their daily amount of vitamins through the foods they eat each day. This causes an imbalance within our system due to having a high exposure to unusually high levels of vitamins and minerals. According to a study done by the Institute of Medicine, people who take dietary supplements, including vitamin enhanced drinks, are often the ones who need them the least. Vitamin drinks can also be harmful to us due to the high amount of sugar they contain; vitamin drinks with small amounts of sugar are difficult to find and if you find one that contains a reduced amount of sugar it may not taste good. Another study was conducted this month on vitamin beverages; 46 beverages were analyzed- both with sugar and without sugar. It found that many of these drinks contained excess amounts of vitamins B6, B12, niacin and vitamin C. Eleven had more than 3 times the daily requirement. This has caused a large amount of