True*View: Drink Packets

Hey Lis, what about those drink packets?

These days it seems little drink packets are everywhere--energy, vitamin, greens, teas, some all-natural, some with antioxidant rich ingredients and most with claims to great taste...these products are designed for those of us "that just can't seem to consume all the good stuff that we know we should everyday."

But can healthy really come in a small plastic packet? 

This isn't a sponsored product review, nor is it a product hate-a-thon.  

But, if you're wondering if I would walk in to a store and buy these, I'd likely say no.  Yet, if someone had one and offered it to me, I'd likely say yes.  

And here's why:

To me, health and convenience meet up by throwing an apple in your purse (plus they're all-natural).  There's something about whole foods that just can't be recreated.  We know so much about the good things in fruits and veggies, but we don't know everything.  So while it's possible in today's world to extract the good things and put them into a powder, by doing this we miss out on all the other components of an apple that might be beneficial to us, but that we haven't discovered yet.  Not too mention the feeling of fullness that's naturally found in fruits and veggies. 

It's hard to outsmart nature.

But I get it.

Drinking straight-up water all the time can get boring.  

Sometimes it's nice to switch it up.  

And that is where I'd say these packets fit.  At least in my mind grapes.  

 As a drink flavoring, not as a nutritional supplement.