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I've seen fizzy candies to tickle your mouth, and Alka-Seltzer for your tummy, but now there is another fizzy product that's good for your whole body. FIZZIT fizzy vitamins are a vitamin and mineral supplement to help you stay healthy and energized. They come in several varieties and are made with natural flavors, vitamins, minerals, herbal extracts, antioxidants and electrolytes. The nutrients are supposed to support immunity strength, physical and mental energy, heart health, good metabolism, cell defense and healthy joints, bones, hair, skin and nails.

They are sold in boxes that contain 24 individual packets, the main vitamin and mineral formula comes in three flavors- lemon lime, strawberry, green tea; as well as a combo box containing 8 packets of each flavor. They also come in three different "functional formulas," Women's Health Formula in cranberry flavor, Immune Support Formula with orange flavor, and raspberry flavored Joint Formula. Each type contains contains 1000 milligrams of Vitamin C which is equal to the amount in eight glasses of orange juice, and also has 32 mineral complexes and B vitamins.

Directions are that each packet of FIZZIT be mixed with 4-6 ounces of cold water or juice. Adults can take 1-3 packets daily as needed. The suggested retail price is $7.99 per box, $9.99 for the functional formulas, and is available at select pharmacies, supermarkets, and health food stores. You can also order it online at Drugstore.com for a slight mark-up, or slightly discounted in bulk at Amazon.com.

Say it fast... Fizzy Gin, fizzy gin, fizzy gin! Why? Because it's fun to say, and soon it may be fun to drink. Diageo has come up with a way to make gin, vodka, whiskey, rum, or any other spirit carbonated naturally, using yeast and a "fermentable carbohydrate." In the patent registered with the European Patent Office they say they have a "method for preparing alcoholic beverages having natural effervescence, wherein a blend comprising a distilled spirit is fermented with a microorganism". It sounds like the way real champagne and some beers are carbonated, but I always thought that yeast died off at around 17-18% alcohol by volume (abv.) Vodka, gin, and most spirits are usually bottle at 40%-50% abv. I read the patent, which left me completely confused and with a headache, and it seems they can carbonate spirits up to 30% abv., though preferably in the 8%-12% abv. range. Anyway it seems they have figured out a way for the yeast to live at high alcohol levels. Boy those must be some robust and happy yeasts.

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