The most useful drinks

Green tea

Green tea has become common with us relatively recently. It differs from the usual black tea in that it is subjected to minimal fermentation (oxidation). Useful properties of green tea are in themselves drawn to a separate article - not for nothing that popular medical publications listing the most useful drinks invariably include green tea on their list.

Green tea helps reduce the risk of largethe number of diseases, from cardiovascular to cancer, from kidney stones to dental caries. It is useful in high cholesterol, atherosclerosis, liver and intestinal diseases. Green tea contains an antioxidant polyphenol, which neutralizes the negative impact of free radicals on the cells of the body. By the way, green tea can be brewed several times - In this case, he does not lose his useful properties.

Mint tea

Useful properties of mint - for anybody not a secret. For making mint tea, peppermint is used. It is necessary to chop 4 leaves of fresh mint and pourtheir two cups of boiling water. Counting to 20, you need to drain the water, pour again the mint with boiling water and insist for two minutes. Mint tea is ready! Prepare it very simply - but who said that useful beverages must necessarily be difficult to prepare?

Mint tea drink warm. It helps with problems with digestion,upset stomach, nausea. But it can not be drunk with heartburn, tk. mint stimulates the secretion of gastric juice. Mint tea helps to fight with increased blood pressure, calms the nervous system, helps fight insomnia. It is useful for women to drink mint tea during the onset of menopause.

Natural juices

Almost all natural juices are useful drinks. They contain, if not all, many vitamins and trace elements. The most useful juices are usually:

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  Orange juice;
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  tomato juice without salt;
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  cranberry juice or mors;
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  pomegranate juice;
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  Apple juice;
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  juice of acai berries;
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  cherry juice;
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  blueberry juice;
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  grape juice.

Each juice has its own "sphere of application". Pomegranate juice is useful for cardiovascularsystem, grape drink well for the beauty of the skin, hair and nails, blueberry - for good vision and diabetes prevention. Cranberry juice is useful for colds, orange - to strengthen immunity, apple - to normalize the work of the intestine. And these are only examples, in fact, the useful properties of each juice is much greater.

But useful drinks can be harmful in some situations. For example, sour juices (orange, cranberry, pomegranate, etc.) It is not necessary to drink, if at you the raised acidity of a stomach or, God forbid, peptic ulcer. A pomegranate juice can adversely affect the state of tooth enamel, so it is better to drink it through a tube.

And keep in mind that natural fruit juices and some nectars and fruit drinks are useful, but of all kinds juice drinks are not of particular health benefit, whatever the manufacturers claimed.

Other healthy drinks

Different authors and publications include in their ratings and other healthy drinks: cow and goat milk (unless you haveallergies to lactose), soy milk, cocoa or hot chocolate, red wine in small doses (not more than 30 ml per day), tea or sinters from ginger, natural home-made lemonade, kefir and other sour-milk drinks, from ayran to yoghurt.

Well, do not forget that The most useful drink is ordinary water. Whatever super-healthy drinks you drink during the day, you must drink several glasses of the most ordinary water - the body will say thank you for it.