| Look at the ingredients in most commercially | | | | look at what it did list, along with some things to think |
| advertised sport drinks and vitamin waters, and you will | | | | about when choosing health drinks: |
| quickly see they are far from being health drinks. If you | | | | · Sucrose Syrup (this is sugar) |
| are trying to stick to a diet high in alkaline foods, then | | | | · High Fructose Corn Syrup (more sugar) - A |
| these drinks are even more detrimental to your health. | | | | total of 56 gms of sugar |
| Here are a few things to avoid the next time you are | | | | · Phosphoric Acid (the opposite of alkaline |
| shopping for health drinks, especially for those on an | | | | foods) |
| alkaline food diet. | | | | · Glycerol ester of wood rosin (acid forming) |
| · High Fructose Corn Syrup - This is | | | | · Modified Food Starch (how was it modified?) |
| concentrated sugar that contributes to weight gain and | | | | · Natural and Artificial Flavors (your guess is as |
| abnormal blood sugar levels, which can also lead to | | | | good as mine) |
| diabetes. Excess sugars have no place in health drinks, | | | | · Yellow 6, Yellow 5 and Red 40 (artificial |
| and you certainly won't find processed sugar in any | | | | dyes) |
| alkaline foods. | | | | Another bottle of this not so healthy drink says |
| · Phosphoric Acid is just what it says it is - | | | | "Specially Formulated for Tiger Woods" with the same |
| acid. It is often defined as, "A clear colorless liquid used | | | | ingredients, but blue dye instead of yellow. I guess that |
| in fertilizers, detergents, pharmaceuticals and food | | | | secret blue stuff is what makes Tiger play so well. In |
| flavoring, irritating to the skin and eyes and moderately | | | | fact, experts could argue that Tiger's recent knee |
| toxic if ingested." When your diet is supposed to be | | | | problems are because of too many acid forming |
| 80% alkaline foods and only 20% acid forming foods | | | | foods and not enough alkaline foods in his diet. Many |
| for proper pH balance, this really puts you upside down | | | | medical and health specialists now believe that an acid |
| quickly. | | | | alkaline imbalance can contribute to weak bones and |
| · Artificial Flavors - Some experts call them, | | | | damaged joints. |
| "Excito-toxins!" When artificial flavorings are in health | | | | When shopping for a good health drink, here are some |
| drinks, they begin to resemble soft drinks and candy. | | | | important considerations to keep in mind. |
| These artificial substances interfere with your pH | | | | · Is it liquefied, pasteurized or otherwise heated |
| balance and force you to consume more alkaline | | | | in the bottling process? If so then the enzymes have |
| foods to neutralize the acid from the toxins in your | | | | been destroyed and the nutrients will not easily be |
| blood. | | | | absorbed by the body. |
| · Artificial Sweeteners - These are so | | | | · Does it give you chlorophyll from plants to |
| unnecessary in health drinks today. In addition to the | | | | help your cells absorb more oxygen? |
| acid forming properties of artificial sweeteners, | | | | · Does it provide natural antioxidants to destroy |
| nutritionists express concerns about their effects on | | | | free radicals? Natural antioxidants are essential for |
| the human body. Many consumers now believe that | | | | anti-aging. |
| artificial sweeteners may play a factor in diseases of | | | | · Is it made with whole food ingredients like real |
| the brain, such as Alzheimer's. That is one reason why | | | | fruit or other alkaline foods? |
| corporations such as Pepsico and Coca Cola are | | | | Now, let's take a different look at health drinks on the |
| beginning to market health drinks and other products | | | | market today that are not advertised with flashy TV |
| containing Stevia, an all natural sweetener that is | | | | ads or filled with colorful dyes: Here are some of the |
| actually beneficial. You can learn more about Stevia | | | | characteristics of these truly healthy drinks: |
| Sweetener and discover alkaline foods for pH balance | | | | · Not liquefied or bottled, but in powder form |
| by taking the Alkaline Food Test at | | | | · Processed at low temperatures |
| BestHealthFoodStore.net. | | | | · Contain live enzymes from whole alkaline |
| · Isolated Vitamins - When isolated, processed, | | | | foods and chlorophyll from plants |
| heated, liquefied and bottled, vitamins and minerals | | | | · Complex structures of the whole food |
| break down before your body can use them. You | | | | ingredients are fully intact |
| need vitamins and minerals from whole foods, not | | | | · Loaded with natural antioxidants to combat |
| from so called health drinks that are really bottled, | | | | free radicals |
| heated, highly processed waters with colorful dyes and | | | | If you buy your health drinks in a convenience store, a |
| artifical ingredients. | | | | grocery store, or in the health food store at the mall, |
| Someone showed me a well-known sport drink the | | | | then you are falling short of a truly beneficial alkaline |
| other day and I couldn't believe the ingredients! This | | | | food diet. You will find far better choices online by |
| tropical mango flavored health drink didn't mention | | | | Googling all natural health drinks. |
| mango anywhere in the ingredients, but let's take a | | | | |