There are many different drinks that one can digest that will result in maintaining and improving your health. There is no one drink however that you should only drink, or drink too much, because too much of anything is not healthy for you (even water). A healthy medium is what you should look for when you go deciding what it is you want to drink, and keeping things in moderation is the key.
Hot Chocolate
Chocolate, along with tasting great, is also a known natural remedy for bettering your mood and increasing your happiness. It also has the ability to help reduce the risk of heart disease. It helps increase your mood by increasing your body’s level of the neurotransmitter serotonin. This hormone regulates your mood and low levels of it are often associated with depression. The ingredient that helps protect against heart disease is Cocoa, which is rich in polyphenols. These are derived from plants and protect cells against oxidative damage.
Green and Mint Tea
Tea is the perfect replacement for coffee (although a little bit of coffee everyday is known to be good for you as well) and there are all sorts of different kinds and tastes. These two types are associated with many health benefactors. Green tea helps reduce the risk of many different types of diseases like osteoporosis, cancer, and heart disease. It is also one of the few drinks that help protect your teeth from cavities. Flavonoids and polyphenols help reduce the risk of these diseases while the fluoride helps with your teeth.
Mint is known antispasmodic, and because of this quality it can help with muscle relaxation. It does this by easing cramps and allowing for better digestion by helping to promote the food you eat through the digestive track. both of these teas have zero calories.
Tomato Juice
Tomato juice is one of the healthiest things you can drink. Especially when you are drinking low-sodium tomato juice. A processed tomato drink is filled with the antioxidant lycopene, and it’s richness in this antioxidant is the reason why it can help prevent so many different types of cancers. Among these types are breast, cervical, pancreatic, esophageal, oral, stomach, and lung. Oxidative damage to the heart and lungs can also help be prevented by lycopene.
Orange Juice
Orange Juice is famous for not only being a healthy drink, but for bringing people back to good health when they are sick or under the weather. Vitamin C is very well known for its ability to improve immune-cell functioning but it has other health benefits as well like fighting off the kind of oxidative damage that can lead to cancer forming cells. And yet it is also a good source of folate, which protects against neural-tube defects in fetuses. In today’s world, you also have the option to get calcium fortified orange juice, which can add bone protection to an already impressive resume.
Water
Approximately 2/3 of your body is made up of water and even 90% of your brain is made up of water (which is why water is the best natural remedy for curing headaches). You should make it a rule of thumb to drink a glass of water as soon as you wake up and you should also try to drink about eight 8-ounce glasses a day. Water helps regulate your metabolism and appetite, and the most common types of daytime fatigue are actually a result of mild dehydration. There are thousands of reasons for drinking water regularly throughout the day – these are only a few!
All of the drinks help you in their own way. There are tons of different types of healthy drinks that you can add to your weakly intakes, but you should try to stay away from the most unhealthy ones like sodas, and if you are going to drink an energy drink you should stay away from the bad ones like red bull and aim for the more natural ones like MonaVie. Too much of anything is bad thing, but if you drink these 5 drinks moderately throughout the week (with an emphasis on the water) then you should be on a road to becoming healthier and getting in better shape.
This article was written by Philip Rudy. Philip helps to run and maintain www.MMun.com, which is a company that provides healthy energy drinks.