Recently I’ve come across a few people who think that flavored waters are a healthy drink. They are promoted as having vitamins, herbs and as being ‘enhanced’ waters. These enhanced waters cost more than plain water, but often are full of artificial colors, flavors and preservatives. They claim to be healthy alternatives to soda, to boost your vitamin intake. But a closer look at the labels will show you that they have artificial sweeteners such as sucralose of splenda. They claim to have “proprietary blends” of vitamins of herbs, which means that there is no way to know the exact amount of the ingredient that is included in the drink. If your diet is not perfect and doesn’t include a variety of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, you are better off getting your vitamins from a daily multi-vitamin instead. If you are looking for a flavored beverage, consider adding a splash of juice to your water. Avoid drinks with artificial ingredients and if you crave something sweet look for a drink sweetened with evaporated cane juice or cane sugar.
I recommend that a healthy person drinks half their body weight in ounces of water a day. Thus, if you weigh 160lbs, you would need to drink 80 ounces of water a day. If you are not used to drinking this much water, you will notice that your body will require you to urinate more often until your body adjusts to the new amount.
Dr. Jaspreet Mundeir, ND is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor practicing in the East Bay Area. She is the owner of East Bay Natural Medicine where she focuses on helping patients achieve their optimal health state using homeopathy, hydrotherapy, nutritional supplements, botanical medicine and bio-identical hormones.
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