Diet Water

that's awesome. Regular water is making me so fat!

I'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.)

Interesting. I doubt that it's as tasteless as water. Some of the chemicals that the Japanese makers added could surely have changed it.

I'm confused... is this just plain water?

what's the ingredient?if something else added,can we call it water?

Finally...Zero calorie water!

:-)

Brian

in 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??

I 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.

Okay, 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.)

I 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!

I'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.

Laura said:
that's awesome. Regular water is making me so fat![...]

*snorts*

I asked a Japanese friend of mine to tell me about the link Jim pointed to. Her comment was:

It says this is the water ... combines folic acid, bittern and carnitine, which helps in the consumption and disposal of fat in the body. It also says that this water taste just like regular drinking water.

Quito said:
It says this is the water ... combines folic acid, bittern and carnitine, which helps in the consumption and disposal of fat in the body. It also says that this water taste just like regular drinking water.[...]

Arh... it's all becoming clear... thank you, it's as clear as...

They 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.

To me this is more marketing madness. Why people buy this stuff totally escapes me. I am befuddled.

As far as not liking real water goes--we like what we know. Do it, you'll get to like it. Trust me :-)

Science has yet to prove that the human body is in need of any "product" whatsoever :-)

Stay Healthy Yall (is yall really a word?? :-)) On the subject of Yall, 24/7 is now common speak in the UK! Mainly thanks to Ricky Lake and Oprah :-)

~Mike.

There is really this water.
It is not photoshop Job!
But I do not understand whether this water is effective in a diet.

http://www.sapporo-inryo.jp/CGI/news/index.cgi?key=index&seq=552

My father used to have a joke about 'instant water' -- I think you get the picture!

Amazing.. I even heard once that there was water in powder, you just mix it with hydrogen... we live in a crazy world.. :)

The water contains bittern? Aren't bitterns birds? Now I'm confused.

Never mind. I just found out it's also the term for seawater with the salt removed.

"Water" is an English word. Japanese speak Japanese. "Diet Water" is akin to saying "Eau Santé" on a product in the U.S. There are lots of these "waters" where they use roman letters or katakana in the name. Nobody thinks that they are literally water. The Japanese on the packages usually identify them as "inryou," or beverages.

If you wanna try water with an all-natural appetite suppressant and a spash of fruit, visit: www.skinnywater.com -I've lost 10 lbs in two weeks with this stuff!

If anyone is curious, Skinny water: Each bottle/serving provides 500mg of L-Carnitine and 200mcg of Chromium.

That's funny, there's no way it's real though!

http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sapporo-inryo.jp%2FCGI%2Fnews%2Findex.cgi%3Fkey%3Dindex%26seq%3D552&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8

It looks like it could be a mis-translatoin of "Water Diet", where diet is meant as the literal meaning "The food and beverage a person or animal consumes." - Wiktionary

The link states that the carbinated water, while tasteless and odourless, contactins added nutrition.

If you're gonna get "diet water", order it in a drive-thru and get it "to go!"

Hi there. Can you tell me where this diet water is available. Thankyou. Stephen.

Cool thats ace!!

Japan is so cool i would love to go to Japan! If they make something better than water thier smart!!!!!

Thats FakE sAME AS wATer!!

where do you get the diet water?

I world like to try this water for diet who knows it just might work. And when I was a nurses assistant I got my hands on a water diet but lost it. I did use it tho and I lost 30 pounds.

LOL, this is fact or fake?? Must be joking, right :D
When it will be launched internationally? Seems interesting.

http://free-weightloss-programs.blogspot.com

Ha! I HAVE to buy some of this stuff!!

“Diet water” is really redundant since it is required in all diets.

Anna: omg are you freaking serious?! ha i told you it existed viv!!

Viv:japanese people are kool they have DIET WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!

this just proves that japanese ppl are stupid?

heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy i love diet water

Hooray! I was gaining too much weight with regular water.