Which Health Drinks Surpass Soft Drinks, Energy Drinks and Vitamin Waters?   by Everett Smith

in Health    (submitted 2012-01-12)

People don't sip sodas because they're health drinks, they slurp them because they're tasty, like candy, and they deliver a temporary elevation in attitude. Until the sugar and caffeine wear off. High caffeine energy drinks and sugary vitamin waters are just as bad as the body tries to adjust to the cataclysmic combination of glucose and caffeine in precariously high doses. Why are a lot of people still ingesting these very unhealthy drinks? Maybe because these candy-colored beverages taste good, offer a passing mood boost, and are readily accessible at convenience stores.

There are multiple sound reasons to consume natural health drinks instead of sodas, sugary vitamin waters or caffeine boosted energy drinks. First, sugar creates susbstantial challenges for the body. Consuming too much sugar leads to obesity, suppresses the immune system, and can unsettle the body's fragile mineral balance. An overload of sugar leads to arthritis and speeds the aging process. Plus, copious quantities of sugar in soft drinks, energy drinks and vitamin waters spurs the pancreas to generate an overabundance of insulin, which can lead to energy crashes.

Natural health drinks raise overall fitness levels. High caffeine energy drinks and soft drinks are exceedingly acidic, contributing to a pH imbalance in the body. Humans require 60-80% alkaline foods and only 20%-40% acid foods for a healthy pH balance. An unsuitable balance of acid to alkaline foods means the body must extract calcium from bones in order to hold the suitable pH balance. Natural health drinks, on the other hand, are characteristically alkaline by nature, leading to healthier bones, joints and tissues.

Energy drinks, soft drinks, and vitamin waters actually deprive the body of some of the health benefits of drinking water. All the phosphates, sugar, caffeine and artificial ingredients involve extra water to process. When the body does not take in enough water with critical nutrients then it experiences cellular dehydration, which in turn leads to rapid aging.

So, individuals who are guzzling soft drinks, caffeinated energy drinks and sugary vitamin waters are really walking around dehydrated while aging faster. On the other hand, people who choose natural health drinks that involve valuable nutrients from whole foods such as fruits and herbs are enjoying the various health benefits of drinking water added to the numerous benefits of consuming phytonutrients (from nature) in their water.

Explore the Internet for natural health drinks produced without sweeteners, artificial vitamins, chemicals or caffeine. Being aware of the differences between live, whole food nutrients and artificially enhanced vitamin waters, sodas or energy drinks, is paramount to making smarter choices. Most individuals feel better right away when they replace their overly processed, sugary, caffeine enhanced beverages with health drinks that are truthfully healthy.

About the Author

Author Cliff Everett Smith researched comparisons between natural health drinks, soft drinks, energy drinks, and enhanced vitamin waters in preparing this summary. His Free Alkaline Food Test is a must for anyone who wishes to be sure they are consuming the right blend of acid and alkaline foods.