3 Fresh drinks that are healthier than canned drinks

Canned drinks may have become one of your favorite drink choices to quench your thirst. Eits… Wait a minute. Canned drinks can harm your health - from the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, to obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Not to mention the danger of the BPA content in the cans which can increase blood pressure. Instead, why not just mix a fresh, healthier version of it yourself, and put it in a cold thermos so you can save money and be environmentally friendly? Check out the recipe here!

Recipes for fresh thirst quencher drinks that are healthier than pre-purchased drinks

1. Ice lemon tea with red pomegranate (pomegranate)

Apart from being refreshing, tea itself is armed with many health benefits for the body. Green tea and black tea, for example, can protect the body from heart disease, stroke and osteoporosis. Chamomile tea is even useful for relieving stress and relieving menstrual pain.

Well, you can create your favorite tea choices with lemon juice and fresh red pomegranate shells added with ice cubes. Red pomegranate or what is called pomegranate in English will not only make your lemon iced tea fresher, but also provide goodness for the heart.

Apart from its benefits for the heart, it turns out that pomegranate is also beneficial for prostate cancer. A study conducted in 2006 found that drinking a glass of pomegranate juice significantly decreased the progression of prostate cancer for those with prostate cancer.

2. Ginger Ale

If Indonesia has a warm version called wedang ginger, the fresh and cold version of the drink comes from England. This cold ginger “wedge” is known as ginger ale, which is usually fizzy. This drink can be an alternative for those of you who love to drink soft drinks.

How to make it quite easy. Boil water and add ginger and sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Wait cool and add fresh soda water and ice cubes. Your fresh ginger ale drink is ready for consumption.

Ginger has been known as a spice with many benefits. Ginger is known to have active substances that are believed to be able to treat various digestive ailments, such as irritation of the stomach and intestines. Ginger also stimulates saliva production, bile production, and encourages contraction in the stomach muscles, thereby promoting digestion.

In addition, ginger has been known to reduce feelings of nausea and control appetite control appetite. In fact, there is a study from the University of Georgia that has proven that ginger can also reduce pain. Research involving 74 people was successful in reducing muscle pain due to exercise by 25%. Ginger has also been shown to reduce menstrual pain.

3. Tropical fruit juices

Different types of fruit have different contents and benefits. To get it all, have you ever made mixed fruit juices? Of course this can be a good alternative when you are busy.

You only need a few ingredients, all of which you just have to put in the blender. The ingredients are a few slices of mango, a few slices of banana, yogurt and one glass of milk. It would be better if the milk is low-fat milk. Combine all ingredients and blend to taste. It will be fresher if you add a little ice.

The nutrition you will get from this fresh drink is vitamin C. In addition, the calories it produces are quite low, only 98 calories. You will also get an additional 138 mg of calcium and 49 mg of potassium. Apart from getting refreshed, you will get the energy to go through your busy day.