“Vitamin Water” is simply expensive water, sugar (usually in the form of High Fructose Corn Syrup) coloring, artificial “vitamin” isolates (not the whole complex as would be available in real raw food) and  flavoring.  Synthetic chemicals are not food, but they are cheap.
Synthetic vitamins are made in a laboratory setting from coal tar [...]

The body processes the fructose in high fructose corn syrup differently than it does old-fashioned cane or beet sugar, which in turn alters the way metabolic-regulating hormones function.
Fructose  bypasses the digestive process that breaks down other forms of sugar. It arrives intact in the liver where it causes  the following reactions:
When fructose [...]

A four-year study in which researchers followed the soda-drinking habits of more than 6,000 subjects showed that those who drank one or more sodas each day were nearly 45 percent more likely to develop obesity, increased waist circumference, impaired fasting glucose, higher blood pressure, high triglycerides, and higher LDL cholesterol.  Results were the same for [...]

Aspartame  is a synthetic chemical consisting of two amino acids: phenylalanine (50 percent) and aspartic acid (40 percent), and a methyl ester (10 percent) that becomes transformed into methanol, which further breaks down into formaldehyde, both of which are well-known poisons.
Senior FDA scientists and consultants  protested [...]