Stay Hydrated and Healthy: Refreshing Drink Ideas for Wellness!

Looking for healthy drinks besides water? Here are tips for making healthy, low-calorie beverage choices as well as what drinks to avoid.

We have been learning since our childhood that 70% of our body is water and our body daily loses water through urine and sweating. So, consuming healthy drinks is advised to recover the daily loss.

In the earlier times water was one of the most refreshing and pure fluids to replenish the water loss. For millions of years, humans relied only on water as the only beverage.

Then other options were slowly introduced like milk, beer, wine, coffee, tea, etc and we started making a choice of what I feel like drinking at different times. Infact the type of beverage we choose is now also associated with the type of our social gatherings. And this is where we had a major shift, unable to choose healthy drinks wisely for us and even for our children.

So, if it is advised to drink a lot of fluids, is it okay to drink any fluid to replenish the needs?

Definitely not.

10 Drinks to Keep You Healthy & Hydrated

Making sure you're staying hydrated? You can drink way more than plain water. So let us discuss few healthy drinks options that we can consume and offer our children as well:

1. Coconut water: Coconut water is one of the most nutritious and healthy drinks to quench thirst. It provides sugar, protein, free amino acids, vitamins, minerals and certain growth promoting factors.
2. Fresh Fruit Juice: Fresh fruit juices are definitely a very healthy option. Studies have proved that vitamins, minerals and bioactive compounds from juice get easily absorbed by the body. Therefore, providing good nutrition. It has also been proved that drinking fruit juice daily is not at all related to obesity or diabetes.
3. Green Tea: Green tea contains polyphenols, which include flavanols, flavonoids, and phenolic acids. Its consumption helps to prevent many types of cancer, including cancers of lung, esophagus, mouth, pancreas, etc.
4. Lemon water: Lemons are a rich source of citric acid, vitamin C and polyphenols which offer certain health benefits like relieving fatigue, anti aging affects and reduce the risk of heart diseases and certain cancers.
5. Milk: Milk and dairy products are rich in calcium, protein and certain vitamins and minerals and also protect against certain chronic diseases like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and also improve bone mass density.
6. Home-made smoothies: Home made smoothies can be made by blending fruits, vegetables, greens and nuts. They are too rich in nutrients and quite filling.
7. Hot-chocolate: Hot chocolate without added sugar can be a healthy drink. Cocoa elevates mood and also reduces the risk of diabetes.
8. Soy milk or Almond milk: This is a great alternative for vegans. This is rich in fiber and protein, and helps in lowering bad cholesterol levels thereby reducing the risk of heart disease.
9. Black coffee: If taken in moderation, black coffee is also a healthy drink. It reduces the risk of several chronic diseases.
10. Kombucha: Kombucha is a fermented drink and fermentation helps increase the amounts of bioactive compounds, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, and some essential minerals like Iron, Magnesium, zinc, etc.

Make sure to avoid sugary beverages like soda, energy drinks and sports drinks which provide unnecessary calories and no nutrition.

Source:-1 .https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353603073_An_Overview_on_Coconut_Water_As_A_Multipurpose_Nutrition

               2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353603073_An_Overview_on_Coconut_Water_As_A_Multipurpose_Nutrition