Thursday, November 24, 2011

Healthier Drinks Give You A Healthier Lifestyle

You need water to regulate body temperature and to provide the means for nutrients to travel to your organs and tissues. Water also transports oxygen to your cells, removes waste, and protects your joints and organs. That is why we have different kinds ofhealthy drinks available in the market. But most of the time, we are drinking highly sweetened drinks like coffee and tea, artificial fruit juices and high fat milks that we can easily buy from coffee shops or to your grocery stores.Keep in mind that the most important part of a whole food diet is to limit and get rid of refined sugars that are found in many of these drinks we take.
What do we usually have to start our day? The best two choices are coffee and tea. These are good early morning energy boosters. The trick is learning to make them yourselves.

Much has been written and said about the amazing health benefits of tea. When teas are properly brewed and made from high quality leaves, there is no need to add sugar to make it taste good. There are different kinds of teas that you can buy in the market nowadays. Loose tea is made from larger a leaf which usually has less bitter taste. When teas are less bitter, you don’t need to add sugar or you just need lesser amount of sugar. We also have teas in teabags. The main difference between loose teas and bagged teas is the size of the leaves. That’s what affects the resulting cup of tea. Tea leaves contain chemicals and essential oils, which are the basis for the delightful flavor of tea. When the tea leaves are broken up, those oils can evaporate, leaving a dull and tasteless tea. Typical tea bags are filled with the tiniest pieces of broken leaves, called fannings. Loose teas are typically whole leaves or at least large pieces of leaves. Moreover, black tea has the most caffeine, which many wants to drink in the morning. While green and white teas have less caffeine, these are used for dieting and losing weight. Many herbal teas are sold on the market too. It comes with different kinds of health benefits to choose from.

Another kind of morning energy boosters which most people can’t start their day without this is the coffee.Coffee is one of the world’s most popular beverages with a rich and interesting history. Coffee is one of the most consumed drinks after water. Coffee is one of the most traded commodities in the world after oil. Over 1400 million cups of coffee are drunk around the world each day. The majority of coffee is consumed at breakfast.

Most people think that coffee taste terrible if without cream and sugar in it because of its bitter taste. Little did we know that old coffee taste terrible without them. The popular coffee beans get their flavors from the essential oils that are released when they are ground and break down quickly. It taste best when used 2-3 months after roasting it. While it is best to use ground coffee within a few minutes after grinding.

The better way to healthier coffee is to buy the fresh beans and grind it yourself. Coffee stores will tell you on how to roast your whole coffee beans- you can have it light or dark. You may now start making your own coffee and have it taste the way you want it. Coffee making could well be considered an art.

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