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Diet Water
From the strange-products-from-japan department comes Diet Water... the perfect weight loss beverage.
I wondered if this picture was a photoshop job - until I found another Japanese "Diet Water" product.
UPDATE: Sapporo Diet Water is most definitely real - and was released way back in 2004!
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Created / Updated: October 30, 2011
that's awesome. Regular water is making me so fat!
Replyare you kidding me. you are --- i don't have words to say it -- even if this is a joke, come on.
Replyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
ReplyARE YOU RETARDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyObviously you are the one who is retarded. When you ask a question you are supposed to put a single question mark, not eighteen exclamation marks. You also need to check your caps lock.
Replyu got told
ReplyActually, all numbers over nine should be written with numerals. So your "eighteen" should have been written as 18.
ReplyYou can't write numbers out in full? That's a load of crap.
Replyhave you guys ever heard of a joke? you are all RETARDED. grammar can be taken anyway, 18 or eighteen, both are valid, you're just trying to irritate each other, so grow up. Learn to have a sense of HUMOR!
Replyomg..r u stupid? ALL water is diet if its not the flavor one..even my 3y/o knows all water is diet LMAO
ReplyLOLOLOLOL. O gawd.
ReplyI think you should be put in the Darwin awards.
ReplyYou guys are all retarded. Laura clearly made a joke. YOU should be nominated for Darwin awards.
ReplySorry to burst your bubble, but you can't be nominated for the Darwin Awards unless you died a really stupid and hilarious death.
Replylong live the darwin awards =D
Replyur an idiot water dont make u fat food makes u fat
ReplySeriously people. Are you Effing stupid?! Laura was making a very blatant joke. The fact that so many of you are calling her stupid just shows how fundamentally retarded you are. Your three year old knows all water is diet? Do you think your kid could explain humour and sarcasm to you? Or perhaps the fact that water is NOT a diet beverage but a vital biological component that you would die without?
ReplyYou tell 'em! lol. Funny how the people on here who think they're smart are really the stupid ones. Dumb people.. can't live with them.. could easily live without them. :)
Replywell you are stupid yourself! You just tagged along with David's comment, and couldn't think of your own words, so you are stupid and we could easily live without you stupid pathetic fat idiotic dum Dion! go play dum games with yourself then get a life... and dont be so mean about peoples ideas and comments on diet water, it's their oppinion. You stupid mean idiot!
ReplyWell, you are stupid yourself! You just tagged along with David's comment and couldn't think of your own words, so you are stupid and we could easily live without you. Stupid, pathetic, fat, idiotic, dumb Dion! Go play dumb games with yourself then get a life... and don't be so mean about peoples' ideas and comments on diet water, it's their oppinion. You stupid mean idiot!
Replytl;dr,
I'm 12 and what is this?
LOL!!!! YOU SPELLED DUMB WRONG!!!!! XD YOU'RE SO HIPOCRITICAL!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!
ReplyP.S. that was to hanna
ReplyI'm totally on your side with this - but you spelled hypocritical wrong. lmbo
ReplyI KNOW hey? It's the Dunning-Kruger effect. (Is it spelled like that???) The dumber you are, the smarter you think you are, and vice versa.
ReplyThis is hilarious... If you're reading this comment go back to the top and read the whole thing! I lost count of how many times people said "you're stupid," or "you're retarded." I mean, this is just sooooo funny.
ReplyI know for real I counted like 7 stupid or retard words in all the comments this is funny
ReplySuccessful troll is succesful.
Replywow really? you're stupid. water helps you lose weight. not gain. get it right. diet water is a joke.
ReplyI'm not sure if it's the same thing, but some time ago, another blog shared a video about some kind of Japanese 'diet water'. It was quite, uhh... surprising. (Including the link to the blog post, because the YouTube one is too long: http://www.elasticwaist.com/elastic_waist/2007/05/japanese_commer.html.)
ReplyInteresting. I doubt that it's as tasteless as water. Some of the chemicals that the Japanese makers added could surely have changed it.
ReplyI'm confused... is this just plain water?
Replywhat's the ingredient?if something else added,can we call it water?
ReplyFinally...Zero calorie water!
:-)
Brian
Replywater is already zero calories!
ReplyYou're an idiot. It's a joke.
Replyin all seriousness... what makes water "diet" if water doesn't have any calories to cut to make it "diet"...? does that mean it is water that has been enhanced for a dieter??
ReplyI was in Japan, and while I don't remember seeing this, I can tell you that Diet soda was pretty rare. What I mean is, I doubt the word "Diet" on beverages has the same "zero calorie" implications that it would in America. When I saw this article, my first impression was that it was along the same lines as Propel, or the Special K water, or even Enviga.
ReplyYeah, I didn't see this in Japan either, but like New Zealand, in Japan and Australia ect. the word "diet" generally implies that the product is of 'less' fat or more commonly sugar. So this doesn't make sense. Perhaps they're stating its water and its good for your diet? lol
ReplyOkay, so after that post I actually became curious and did a little Google-Fu. I couldn't find the "Diet Water" on the Sapporo site, but I did find a product called "Let's" (http://www.suntory.co.jp/softdrink/lets/index.html) that's labeled as a "diet water". Apparently, it "contains carnitine and caffeine," with a "refreshing lemon flavor." And... yeah, it's advertised as low-calorie.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see this as being THAT bizarre. There are so many "waters" that are loaded with artificial sweeteners and sold for two bucks a bottle as "calorie-free" right down the street. Is that what we're chastising, here - the general idea? (I seriously don't want to start any drama, so forgive me if I got defensive too soon.)
ReplyI just came from Okinawa Japan and lived there for 1.5 years my husband is in the military. Anyways The japanese have water that is flavored and they have a lot of calories so they also have a water with flavor that is diet (which is what that pic is). The japanese have very few diet drinks to offer because they dont usually drink much else besides water, tea, and coffee!
ReplyI'm kind of with Amanda on this - The water aisle at the stores here is packed full of all this "healthy" water (it's right next to the soda) but have you ever looked at the labels on this stuff? I mean, I'm a Vitamin Water addict - but one 24 oz. bottle packs 150 calories. Sure, I'm getting all sorts of B vitamins as well as others, depending on the flavor I choose, but when it comes down to calories, the Diet Coke is the better choice. (Best choice, obviously plain, unflavored water - but this whole water thing comes from the fact that people don't LIKE drinking plain water so much.)
I can easily drink 5 or 6 bottles of Vitamin Water a day. That's upwards of 900 calories on just beverages! If I could find a water that had the same flavor with zero (or hell, even like 10) calories, I wouldn't even care about the vitamins in it.
Apparently this Japanese "diet" water isn't so much like "Diet Coke" but rather flavored water that has no calories. Frankly, I'd love to have that stuff here in the states.
ReplyThey do sell "Diet Water" in the USA...today I was at Wal-Mart. It was right next to the Seltzer water I was buying...Canadian Club brand! It is comical to have see diet water...but hey if one feels it will work, you never know...mind over matter! =)
ReplyI mean "Canada Dry Brand" not Canadian Club as I stated (My mind was on something stronger LOL). =)
Reply*snorts*
ReplyI asked a Japanese friend of mine to tell me about the link Jim pointed to. Her comment was:
Sounds like a product that might do well in the US.ReplyArh... it's all becoming clear... thank you, it's as clear as...
ReplyThey do make water with caffeine in it too...I guess that could theoretically increase your metabolism for a little while. I guess if I saw this product at the store, I'd figure it was like all those other vitamin-enhanced waters they make now.
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