An article by John Carney in the April 6-12, 2006 TimeOut New York explains that sellers of Vava and some other bottled waters claim the products have healing powers:
But Todd Seavey, publication director of the American Council on Science and Health, dismissed such claims: "There are magnets for wearing on the body, in shoes, and in your mattress, not to mention claims that homeopathic solutions somehow empower water molecules to heal in a similar fashion. None of it is backed up by replicated, peer-reviewed studies in credible journals," Seavey says. "In a just world, the people selling this stuff would be in jail"...
My own tests seemed to bear out Seavey's skepticism. I lost no weight after drinking Slim. Voom didn't provide enough of an energy boost to pry me away from the Battlestar Galactica marathon on the Sci-Fi Channel. Joy of Life didn't put a spring in my step.