Open up your taste buds to a wide variety of health drinks.

Water

• The majority of Americans are chronically dehydrated
• Mild dehydration will slow down your metabolism
• Your thirst mechanism can be weak enough that you mistaken it for hunger
• One glass of water can shut down midnight hunger pangs
• Lack of water is the #1 trigger for daytime fatigue

Other benefits of this popular health drink are:

* Drinking the proper daily amount of water could significantly ease back and joint pain

* A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page

* Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, breast cancer by 79% and bladder cancer by 50%

* Drinking water is good for the mucus membranes in your lungs and colon which helps with allergy relief, cleansing and elimination

* Our bodies are made of around 60% water

* I drink water when I get up from sleeping. The body has been without water for some time and has been busy making repairs, it is dehydrated

* To measure the amount of water to drink by your size, take your weight and divide it by 2, the answer is how many ounces of water to drink a day.Example: 160 pounds ÷ 2 = 80 ounces a day

* I do not drink my water really cold

* A pinch of salt added to the water will help keep electrolytes in balance

* I do not like drinking tap water. I use filtered water by reverse osmosis or carbon filters. Lemon or other citruses are helpful for purification. I use a container that is made out of safe material and I can refill, so I don’t have to recycle or add to the landfill.

Food and drink container material that has been tested:

BAD

• Polystyrene(PS): Material - benzene, butadiene, and styrene known as a human carcinogen - energy intensive and poor recycling. Products: foam insulation, cups, some toys
• Polycarbonate: Material - biphenyl-A known as a hormone disruptor, stimulates the action of estrogen. Products: baby bottles, microwave ovenware, eating utensils, plastic coating for metal cans
• Polyvinyl chloride(V or PVC): Material - di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) known as a human carcinogen. Products: most cling-wrapped meats, cheeses, grocery and deli wraps

OK

• Polypropylene(PP): Hazardous during production not as widely recycled. Products: ketchup bottles, yogurt and margarine tubs
• Low-density polyethylene(LDPE): Not as widely recycled. Products: some bread and frozen food bags and squeezable bottles

Good

• Polyethylene terephthalate(PET or PETE): Products: health drinks, soft drinks, water, sports drink, ketchup and salad dressing bottles, peanut butter, pickle, jelly and jam jars
• High density polyethylene(HDPE):Products: milk, water, juice bottles, yogurt and margarine tubs, cereal box liners and grocery, trash and retail bags

Do you drink water? How much? What do you drink when you are thirsty?

The other beverages that I consume when I am not drinking water:

Occasionally

• Fresh squeezed lemonade, lemons are good healthy drink for cleansing
• Drinks with high concentrations of antioxidants; A glass of red wine. If I don’t want the alcohol, I look for the healthiest pure cranberry, red or purple grape juice that I can find. They work as well, maybe better, than red wine. In this case, fresh grapes do not have as high a concentration of antioxidants as processed grape juice or wine
• Black, green or white tea (all the same just different stages of the process, white is the best, an then green) is rich in catechin polyphenols,particularly epigallocatechin gallate. They may be more beneficial than wine for reducing heart disease, cancer and other diseases. Two cups of tea have an equivalent antioxidant as 2 glasses of purple grape juice, one glass of red wine, 12 glasses of white wine, 7 glasses of orange juice, 12 glasses of beer, or 20 glasses of apple juice.

I enjoy my green tea and drink it every day. I wasn’t sure the first time I drank it, the taste was very different. I would add honey to it, gradually used less honey and then reached the point that I liked it better without the honey. A few of the benefits of green tea; reduces the risk of cancers, helpful with rheumatoid arthritis, high cholesterol levels, infection, cardiovascular disease, headaches, depression, immune function, burns fat, destroys bacteria – example- plaque and tooth decay.

Read the labels, health drinks that are manufactured can be loaded with sugar, HFS or artificial sweeteners.

When I am working out, gardening, sweating a lot, USANA Health Sciences Rev3 Energy Drink is the only energy health drink that I will have.

I like to have USANA Health Sciences shakes or Smoothie King’s smoothies for a meal a few times a week. These are the only two I buy because a lot of them are too sugary, high in calories and artificial.

I purchase Aloe Vera Gel that you can drink from Nature's Sunshine, I can be sure I am getting enough of the pure aloe vera gel. It is naturally high in water so it would be easy to get mostly water if it is not properly processed. I drink 2 to 4 ounces a day of this health drink to receive all of its benefits.

To list a few:

• May help with digestion health
• Digesting and absorption of nutritional supplementation including the amino acids and proteins
• Detoxifying
• Bowel regularity
• Decreases unfriendly bacteria and yeast which helps with immune support and function and also has natural immune enhancers
• Body cleansing which helps you lose weight, feel better and have more energy
• Soothing and cooling
• Collagen and elastin repair for healthy, anti-aging skin
• Anti-inflammatory properties
• Joint and muscle mobility
• Dental health and hygiene, good for mouth and gums

You can mix it with something else, for me it is easier to drink it alone. We have taste buds, I like using them for different tastes.

I drink very little with a meal, I want to keep the enzymes and acid in my stomach to digest my food. Now that you have read all the great benefits of these health drinks for your body, let's check out the different types of un-healthy drinks flooding the market today. On the next page, I'll look into non-health benefits popularity of soda, energy drinks and other un-healthy drinks.

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