Health tips you should know when choosing beverages

Summer is here, and the scorching heat makes people want to have a bottle of drink to quench their thirst from time to time. What kind of drink would be a healthy choice in summer? In addition, there are some points to note when drinking. For example, purified water should not be consumed frequently; you should rinse your mouth promptly after drinking fruit juice.

Purified water should not be drunk frequently

Bottled water drinks

Its main function is to replenish water to the human body. Among them, mineral water can provide a certain amount of trace elements, while purified water is not suitable for frequent drinking because it lacks essential minerals, trace elements and probiotics for the human body.

Carbonated drinks

The main ingredients include acidic substances such as carbonic acid, citric acid, white sugar, spices, etc. Some also contain caffeine and artificial colors. Apart from sugar, which can replenish energy for the human body, carbonated drinks contain almost no other nutrients. The carbon dioxide in carbonated drinks is irritating to the stomach. If you drink a lot of it, the released carbon dioxide can easily cause abdominal bloating, affect your appetite, and even cause gastrointestinal dysfunction.

The high acidity of carbonated drinks is one of the important reasons for corroding teenagers' teeth. Carbonated drinks can also affect calcium absorption. Childhood and adolescence are important periods for bone development, so excessive drinking should be avoided.

Tea Beverages

It is a beverage made from tea extract, tea powder and concentrate as the main raw materials. It has the unique aroma of tea and contains natural tea polyphenols, caffeine and other effective ingredients. It has nutritional and health benefits and is a multifunctional beverage that is refreshing and thirst-quenching.

Rinse your mouth immediately after drinking fruit juice

Fruit Drinks

It is a juice product made from fruit by physical methods. Juices from different fruits contain different vitamins and other nutrients, and are therefore considered a drink that is beneficial to health. The disadvantage is that it lacks all the fiber of fruits and has too high sugar content. In fact, in addition to carbonated drinks, fruit juices that people often drink can also damage tooth enamel. Therefore, when drinking beverages, try to reduce the contact time between the beverage and teeth, and rinse your mouth immediately after drinking the beverage.

Milk drinks

Lactic acid bacteria beverages in milk-containing beverages have health care functions. They can inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria in the intestines, regulate the balance of intestinal microecology, enhance the body's immune ability, and degrade certain milk proteins to make them easily absorbed by the human body. In the process of lactic acid bacteria metabolism, they can synthesize some vitamins and degrade about 30% of lactose, fundamentally eliminating lactose intolerance. Some milk drinks contain appropriate amounts of inorganic calcium, so they have a certain calcium supplement effect.

Compared with ordinary beverages, milk beverages are richer in protein. Of course, the protein content of milk-containing beverages is relatively low compared to pure milk and yogurt, and they cannot replace milk.

Functional drinks

There are two main types of energy drinks: one is supplemental and the other is functional. The role of supplementary functional drinks is to specifically replenish the nutrients lost by the human body during exercise. Functional beverages mainly aim at certain specific effects, such as refreshing the brain, invigorating the mind, etc.

Consumers should choose functional beverages according to their actual needs and pay attention to the product description to see which specific groups of people it is suitable for. For example, some functional drinks contain sodium, which will increase the burden on the body, causing increased heart load and higher blood pressure. People with hypertension and heart disease should avoid drinking them. In addition, functional drinks can easily affect appetite and food digestion and absorption. Some also contain ingredients such as caffeine that stimulate the central nervous system. Therefore, children and the elderly should use functional drinks with caution. Even for ordinary people, long-term drinking of functional drinks is not good for their health.

It is best to drink 100% pure fruit juice

Many people have the habit of drinking tea before dining out. In fact, drinking tea on an empty stomach can dilute gastric juice and reduce digestive function, so don't drink a lot of tea before meals. Do not drink strong tea during or after meals, because tea contains a large amount of tannic acid, which can react with the iron in food and cause iron absorption problems. But if you have eaten a lot of greasy food, light tea can help relieve the greasiness.

When dining out, pure fruit juice, vegetable juice and fresh soy milk are good choices. This is because fruit juice is rich in vitamins, minerals, a certain amount of bioactive substances and dietary fiber, which can make up for the lack of nutritional intake when drinking alcohol, but it is best to drink 100% pure fruit juice, such as homemade fruit juice, corn juice, pumpkin juice, etc. Soy milk contains a variety of nutrients and a small amount of soluble dietary fiber, which can help diet and promote gastrointestinal motility and prevent constipation. Sugar-free or low-sugar soy milk is better.

If you must drink alcohol, you can drink a glass of yogurt first to act as a buffer in your stomach. Yogurt contains a large amount of probiotics that aid digestion and is rich in calcium, so it is suitable for children and women. It should be noted that if the food is rich in fiber or oxalic acid, try not to drink milk and dairy products.