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Dr. Sahelian does not endorse any particular system of water filtration device or water filtration company. The following is for general information only and is an excerpt from Dr. Sahelian's website at www.raysahelian.com
Healthy Fluids as the Globe Warms
I used to drink bottled water until I bought a high end water purifier.
Now, I just drink this purified water and rarely drink bottled water unless
I am traveling. I hope more people try this method rather than spending so
much money on bottled water. With the price of fuel going higher, the
transport of bottled water will raise prices and also contribute to
pollution from fuel use and the dumping of these bottles in the trash.
Other types of fluids introduced in recent years include water with added vitamins and minerals. I really don't think these are necessarily, it is just a marketing gimmick to charge more for the water. There is no
scientific evidence to support that drinking 'super oxygenated' water
enhances athletic performance or wellbeing. So-called super oxygenated
water -- water in which the oxygen content is increased significantly -- are
marketed by various companies as a way to improve athletic performance by
feeding extra oxygen to the muscles through the blood stream.
Besides water, have you considered what fluids you normally consume? Here are some suggestions for healthy fluid alternatives to soft drinks:
Fruit juice - there are so many to choose from. Why limit yourself to orange or apple? Try mango, guava, cherry, prune, grape, pomegranate,
berries, watermelon, mixed juices, and others. Make sure the juice you buy
is 100% fruit rather than a sugared version. Consider diluting the fruit
juices in water. For extra antioxidants, you could open a capsule or two of
acai, goji, mangosteen, pomegranate, and other fruit extracts to mix with
your fruit juice.
Vegetable juice - you can drink tomato juice in a bottle or can, and also V8. If you are ambitious, you can make
your own juice adding carrot, beet, parsley, spinach, ginger, etc. If you
live near a health food store, you can get fresh carrot juice, greens, and
other fresh, mixed vegetable juices. Offer your children vegetables juices
rather than sugared drinks and sodas. Herbal teas - there are countless herbal teas you can choose from, and make sure the tea you buy is the actual herb rather than artificially flavored regular tea. Have you ever tried licorice tea? It is so sweet. You
can buy licorice root from a health food store and soak it in water and then
filter it. You can add ice and make it a delicious cool summer drink. I have
at least a dozen different teas on my kitchen counter and I alternate them.
Some of them can be made into cool summer drinks. You can sweeten iced tea
with stevia. Lemonade sweetened - you can have delicious lemonade, sugar and calorie free. Squeeze your own lemons or buy lemon juice from the store, add water and stevia. Health food stores now carry organic lemon and lime juice. Stevia goes very well with lemon juice. Once you get used to lemonade with
stevia, you won't miss the sugar. I prefer the clear liquid stevia.
Soy milk, almond milk, rice milk - these are good alternatives to milk. I am not against milk consumption, I just think many people drink too much. One glass a day of milk is plenty. Substitute these other drinks instead.
Most of the soy milk in stores has added sugar. You can buy the unsweetened
soy milk and add stevia. Or, sometimes I buy the sweetened ones and use a
small amount of this sweetened soy milk mixed with a larger amount of the
unsweetened. Coffee - I suggest not more than 2 cups of caffeinated coffee a day, and preferably in the early part of the day. At times, when I am having breakfast at at restaurant, I ask them to pour half the cup with regular
coffee, and the other half with decaf. Regular coffee may have more
antioxidants, but the caffeine is not that helpful if used in excess. Sports Drinks - Most of the sports drinks, energy drinks and enriched drinks on the market are laden with sugar. I am not against the use of these sports drinks or soft drinks when used infrequently.  |