Tips for eating healthier drinks

Drinks are often the forgotten ones when taking care of our diet, so, today we dedicate a few lines to them and we give you some tips for eating healthier beverages that contribute to a better quality and a better balance in the daily diet.

Choose as natural as possible: commercial beverages and contain many additives, usually have some sodium and often more sugar than the same version of a natural juice, therefore, we should always choose as natural as possible. If you look, the most natural of all alternative water remains.

Search options with fewer calories: calories that often bring drinks are derived from sugars, alcohol and / or proteins and fats. Except milks; in soft drinks, alcoholic and other beverages, those calories are not accompanied by good nutrients, so try to choose lower-calorie options when buying a drink.

Prepare your infusions at home: if the tea or coffee as you elaborate with your own hands, you will less likely to be prey to the temptation to be in front of millions of coffee or other infusions with cream, ice cream, sweets, chocolate and others. Thus, infusions only offer antioxidants, low in calories and micronutrients. Always choose the simplest version of an infusion.

Choose according to your goal: if you just try to quench your thirst and stay hydrated, water is sufficient, but if you need besides drinking liquid is not fatigued and conserve energy because you're an athlete, maybe a healthier choice is a sports drink. What I want to convey is that sports drinks are for athletes, not for people with moderate level of physical activity.
Alcohol occasionally and in moderation: regardless of the calories you consume when you drink alcohol excessively and daily can be addictive and harmful to the central nervous system, therefore better occasionally and in moderation.
With these simple tips you can pick and eat more healthy drinks that promote a more balanced diet according to your goals.


drinks that will not derail your diet

a Guinness
A Guiness may seem the antithesis of a light beer. It has the color of molasses, with a rich consistency and almost like syrup, and a thick, creamy foam. Can you imagine that it is a one-way ticket to the treadmill. But this can be misleading. A glass of Guiness 12-ounce (340 ml) has 126 calories. This is less than a Budweiser, a Heineken or Miller High Life. In addition, drink a beer like Guinness stout can be more satisfying than a pilsner or lager with less flavor. So you'll be more willing to stop after one or two.
In addition, the health benefits of drinking Guiness go beyond the surprisingly low caloric content.

(Your favorite white drink) with sparkling water or diet soda or water
Cocktails can be the most caloric beverages you'll find a bar. But they can also be the less calories. You just have to know what to ask and what to avoid.

Most hard liquor, whiskey, vodka, rum, gin, tequila, brandy, have about 100 calories per serving. Add ice water or ice and sparkling water, or ice and Diet Coke, and have a drink 100 calories. But if you add orange juice or regular Coke, they multiply total calories.

Staying away from drinks containing fruit juice or are very sweet, like grenadine and sour mix, or sweet liqueurs like amaretto or Kahlua. If you can not live without a margarita or daikiri strawberries,  that the stores offer a growing selection of sugar mixtures. However, you are probably limited to enjoy at home, since most of the bars do not.

Mojito

If a light beer, wine or sugar mixture will not attract attention,  that can be considered a little more fun: the mojito.

The favorite drink of Ernest Hemingway, the mojito comes from Cuba and was created in the sixteenth century, although its exact origin is debated. In its current form, it combines rum with mint, lime juice and sugar or syrup, with a touch of sparkling water and served over ice.
Although it contains sugar,that it is not a big problem.


The teaspoon of sugar equals 15 calories only, meaning that the typical mojito reaches 115-130 calories. In addition, fresh mint used in this drink has its own potential advantages. Database of comprehensive Natural Medicine indicates that the mint is used to relieve headaches, gastrointestinal problems and common cold symptoms.

To your health!

The general concept is that a drink occasionally do not have to ruin your diet. It all depends on what it is you drink and how much. So the next time you go out, keep these ideas of low-calorie beverages on hand, and you'll be prepared when the bartender yell at you "What are you going to take?". If you order wisely and consume in moderation, you'll wake up the next day with your plans to lose weight intact.