Are water flavoring packets healthy?
Water is necessary for life to exist, and the amount you drink corresponds to the healthful function of your body and its various systems. Your tastebuds associate the taste of this flavored water as something pleasing – simply a trigger to your mind defining it as a sensation you like. Crystal Light is a human generated substance – therefore your body wasn’t actually intended to be consuming this. Does it hurt you? Not really….but could you do without it? Yes. Anyone can advertise something to have vitamins and antioxidants, but there are other natural sources that are probably better for you. The most shocking part of your post is that you mentioned a total number of calories and low carb content. It’s good to be smart with your health and understand food labels but at 13 (if you are average weight) I wouldn’t spend too much time over-analyzing things like this. Consume approximately what you burn in a day – there will be days where it’s more and less, exercise, eat quality, not qu