What Shall I Drink?

One of the challenges we face is what and how much drink and I am not speaking of any alcoholic fluids here. We all preach water, water, water, but it, too, has its detractions. This confusion has us throwing our hands up and doing things we KNOW to be less than helpful, but we really don't KNOW what to do!

So let's discuss water first. It should be clean and not smelly or you won't drink it. However, there is much to water that you can't see or know about. I will write another article outlying this a bit more, but know water has its own set of problems and what you see is NOT necessarily what you get.

Tea is lovely if you like it, but its makeup is naturally chemical. Be very careful of the herbals. Many of those are the bases of drugs, so if you don't know what you are drinking, find out. Another misconception is that these have been around for thousands if years and are "safe". Maybe one or two cups are, but many people in their desire to drink something safe, will drink a lot of this…again, maybe not such a good idea.

Dizziness, fainting, and heart palpitations are common side affects. Do some research of your own.

The same goes for coffee. Now we hear dark chocolate has health supporting qualities, which makes hot chocolate very attractive as an alternative. It's very confusing, isn't it?

Personally I drink hot water, some (black) tea, some hot chocolate, and coffee when we make it, but mostly I heat normal "cold" drinks. I offer these as alternative suggestions for you to try. AND ONLY in small amounts at a time one glass or two, but not five or ten!

Frozen or canned lemonade, grapefruit, cranberry, tomato, Clamato, grape juices…diluted are all great warm alternatives. Become creative. If you like you'll drink it: if you don't , you won't!

March 27/02
Karin.

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Karin Henderson British Columbia, Canada (604) 463 8666