“Energy” Does Not Mean What You Think it Does

Every time I think I’ve seen it all, something new blows me away: For those with trouble reading the fine print, this is “Energy Wataah”, on the shelves along with regular “Wataah”. As soon as I saw that word “Energy”, I thought “caffeine”. But no. Here’s what that green fine print on the label says: Forget about caffeine and sugar. Ultra pure water with just enough oxygen is all the clean fuel your body craves. WTF? Water and oxygen are both critical for proper bodily functioning, but “energy”? “Energy” or “fuel” for the body comes from calories, found in carbohydrates (like sugar), fat, protein, and alcohol. Nothing else contains calories. Water and oxygen are necessary for burning them properly, but no matter how you twist the semantics, they’re not “energy”. Here’s the thing, though: anyone know what you get when you add oxygen to water? Anyone? Hydrogen peroxide. ( 2 H2O + 02 –> 2 H2O2) Not really. That equation is thermodynamically backward. Bubbling oxygen through water will just give you water with bubbles of oxygen, which will probably come out of solution, collect at the top of the bottle, and escape into the atmosphere the moment you open it. Besides, drinking oxygen isn’t going to do a thing. Oxygen is transported through the body attached to hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells. Red blood cells pick up oxygen when bloo...
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