Tired of (drinking) Water? Read This!

[AsahinaKimi]

You already know that drinking water is key to your health. Downing at least six cups of water daily can minimize bloating, prevent headaches, help prevent you from getting sick and smooth the appearance of wrinkles. It may even temporarily rev your metabolism, if you drink it on the cool side (72 degrees). That's a lot of benefit from a beverage you don't even have to pay for! But H20 isn't the only sip that can safeguard your health. Coffee, which some people accuse me of being addicted to, is basically liquid gold. It may lower your risk for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, breast cancer, skin cancer, diabetes, gallstones, even oral cancer. P.S., java drinkers make half as many errors in daily life compared with decaf fans, according to a study from Cardiff University in Wales, because caffeine helps you process information quickly. It's also linked to a reduced risk for depression. Those pit stops at Starbucks aren't just perking me up—they're protecting every part of me! Not a java junkie? Read on to learn the hidden health bennies of your favorite bevy:

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/healthieryou/tired-water-read

So glad I have given up soda's to drink Green tea now!

[arcane1]

1. Interesting...

I wasn't aware that coffee had any benefits at all, besides the obvious wake-up effects.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Me either. who knew

[whistler162]

3. A lot better than Dihydrogen Monoxide.......

That stuff is deadly.

http://www.dhmo.org/

[LaurenG]

4. it certainly can be.

We have to watch for corexit in it now. At least in the gulf states.

[TalkingDog]

9. Only if you drink it by the gallon.

How old are you, anyway? That was tired 5 years ago....

[AnArmyVeteran]

5. I only drink filtered water and nothing from water bottles.

Most of the water in plastic water bottles seems to be from city water supplies, or the same thing as tap water. That's a lot of money for something you can get for free.

[Thav]

6. Prepared teas

Generally are processed to take out the health benefits, and then are loaded with HFCS or other sweeteners, so basically you get something similar to soda pop.

The processing takes out many of the good parts of the tea, because those good parts may be offensive tasting to some palates. In an effort to maximize returns, beverage makers have crafted many of these teas to hit the lowest common denominator to maximize market coverage. So before you plunk down your money before buying the beverage, read the label. Your tea shouldn't have many calories, and shouldn't have High fructose corn syrup listed.

Quite a few mass market teas are like this. Granted there are good prepared teas out there, but the overly sweetened and processed teas are in abundance.

I make all my tea the old fashioned way, using hot water and leaves.

[ThomCat]

10. Yup. The best tea is the tea you make yourself from

real tea. Whether it is loose tea, or in a tea bag, or whatever way you like to get your tea, as long as it isn't pre-made in a can, go out there and find all the wonderful kinds of tea that are out there!

[REP]

11. Trader Joe's has some very good UNsweetened teas

I drink a LOT of tea, and while I do brew my own, sometimes I don't want to wait. Their green/white unsweetened tea and black unsweetened tea are both very good (and strong). My favorites though are Drunken Princess Oolong and Six Summits Oolong, unfortunately ($$).

[Codeine]

27. Their black tea in the big ol' jug is great when I'm too lazy to brew my own. nt

[AsahinaKimi]

15. Yes thats how I do it, Making my own tea but

This stuff is really good, on the label
it says: Purified Water, Green Tea, ascorbic acid.
Brewed from whole tea leaves not tea concentrates or
powders. This is great stuff if you have never tried it!

There are:
0 calories
0 fat
20mg Sodium
0 carbs
0 Sugars
0 protein
Vitamen c 120%

It is a product of Japan, but bottled in Honolulu Hawaii and in Brooklyn, NY.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. I've been reading/hearing lately about all of the anti-oxidants in coffee and in

chocolate. Today I made mocha coffee and not only was it yummy, it was good for me! I do alternate between coffee and Lipton's tea in the AM.

In the afternoon to evenings I drink water or seltzer. Sometimes I'll have blueberry/pomegranate juice cut with seltzer. More anti-oxidants.

[mdmc]

8. and how is the smoke free thing going?

I am glad that you didn't try to give up chocolate, coffee, and ciggies..

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

16. On my 6th day of being totally tobacco free!!!! Thanks for asking!!!!

:hi:

[AsahinaKimi]

18. Hey congratulations...

Keep going, you can do it!! ganbatte kudasai!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

25. Domo arigato!

[AsahinaKimi]

28. Kochira koso!!

you are welcome!^^

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

29. Thank you for teaching me another way to say "you are welcome"

in Japanese.

When I was a teenager, my best friend at the time came here from Japan and she taught me
"do itashi mashite". :)

:hi:

[mdmc]

19. chin up!

Keep up the goooooooddddd work!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

24. Thanks mdmc! The ecig is amazing. :)

[ThomCat]

14. I only drink coffee with chocolate,

either with a bit of chocolate soy milk, or with a bit of chocolate syrup added. Either way, chocolate with coffee is awesome!

I still drink mostly water, followed by a lot of OJ (lots of OJ!), with Tea and Coffee coming in 3rd.

Avoiding sodas is easy with very little effort. I don't think I've had one in years.

[awoke_in_2003]

21. I don't indulge in chocolate often...

but I like to bite some chocolate, take a drink of coffee, and let the two flavors mingle in my mouth. Pure heaven.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. I love oj but it doesn't love me.

:( and :hi:

[stuntcat]

12. I get my water by mixing it with grape juice

or any kind of juice, I mix it 50/50 fruit juice and water. That way I get a LOT of water because I'm so hooked on juice. And now if I try to drink juice without the water added it's way too sweet for me.

Water/juice coffee & wine are all I drink.

[damntexdem]

13. I figure that although coffee is a diuretic, one still retains about 2/3 as much liquid ...

as if one had drunk water. So, rather than six cups of water a day, one merely needs nine cups of coffee.

Right?

;-)

[MattBaggins]

17. If only coffee didn't give me headaches

that feel like someone is squeezing my eyeballs

[NBachers]

20. I'm back to coffee after a several-year hiatus

I occasionally detox myself off coffee. It's not that easy; I figure anything I can't leave alone gets too much power over me.

I have one big coffee each morning. One reason I'd quit is because of the emotional up / down of when it wears off. I seem to be controlling that by having raw chocolate nibs at breakfast. They're concentrated cocoa-bean particles with no sugar added- just a straight chocolate fix. It fortifies me throughout the day, and evens out the up / down coffee roller coaster. I grind them up with flax seeds and other good stuff and make kind of a juice-porridge.

I get chocolate nibs at our local Rainbow Grocery co-op; you can find out about the nibs here: http://www.amazon.com/Navitas-Naturals-Organic-Chocolate-Cacao/dp/B001ELL9GI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=grocery&qid=1283288563&sr=8-1

and here: http://www.hidalgofoods.com/functional-foods-cacao-organic-c-1_8.html?zenid=aea79c72227a9fadee6474119cdf79ff

The chocolate nibs don't taste that great, but there are dark chocolate-covered ones that are like brown crack. A few handfuls after a hard day at work brings me right back.

I grind my coffee up at night before bed and put it in a big glass with water. I set the glass into the slow-cooker and set the cooker to start up about an hour before my wake-up time. It's all ready and waiting for me when I get up. Yes, I could get one of those timed coffee brewers, but there's a limit to my kitchen space. This method works out pretty well with stuff I already have.

At work, we recently gave up on the cooler with big bottles of water. We got a cooler-filter that's hooked up to our water supply. Exquisite water- way better than the bottle stuff. No lifting big bottles and splashing it; no people draining the cooler and failing to replace the empty bottle.

[beforeyoureyes]

22. Can't drink coffee...the second I was pregnant with my kids, I couldn't stand the smell or taste

And, I never really got over it....

I have always thought that a drink that a pregnant woman's body tries to protect her fetus against, it is no drink that should probably go in there.

[SoCalDem]

30. When my best friend was pregnant she craved BACON!!

We used to tease her about her crazy boy baby bacon hound..Once he was born, she no longer even wanted it:)

[Flying Squirrel]

23. Read the book "Caffeine Blues" and get back to me. eom