Healthy Money Saving Drink
December 4th, 2008 | 
Healthy Money Saving Drink
Your body requires you to drink at least 60 ounces of liquid a day to function at its optimum. If even buying a cup of coffee seems out of your budget these days, read on to find out which beverages will give you a health bang for your budget.
1. Drink filtered water
How many bottles of water do you buy during your week? The cost really begins to add up, especially when you consider that the water that comes out of your tap is free. Since studies show that tap water is filled with contaminants, antibiotics, and a number of other unhealthy substances, I suggest you invest in a good quality carbon-based filter for your tap water.
2. Make the switch from coffee to tea
Tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world after water, and for good reason. Whereas coffee hotwires your nerves and depletes your life force in the long run, tea gently lifts your energy, and offers many health benefits, too. Black, green, white, and oolong teas all contain anti-oxidant polyphenols, with green and white tea taking the lead for the highest amounts.
3. Drink your veggies
When you consider the cost of getting sick to your health and your wallet, there are a lot of reasons to keep your immunity up this cold season. Boost your immunity with a healthy dose of vegetables. Make your own vegetable juice at home in a juicer or blender for a satisfying drink.
4. Light juice blends: more for less
The healthiest and most economical way to enjoy juice is to dilute with filtered water. This may initially require you to change your palette, but after a couple of weeks, you will no longer miss the sweetness of sugary concentrated juices. Buy a jar of organic 100% juice, especially cranberry, acai, pomegranate, and then dilute three parts filtered water to one part juice. You will get a tasty subtle sweetness and the benefit of antioxidants while saving money on buying juices for you or your kids all the time
5. Skip the soda and try tea
If you are a chronic soda drinker, you may want to consider the health and monetary costs. Buying a can or bottle of soda a couple times a day adds up, especially when compared to water or tea. Health-wise, sodas are loaded with unhealthy amounts of sugar.
Try making the switch from soda to tea or herbal tea. Hot or cold, tea or different blends of herbal tea are satisfying and healthy ways to hydrate your body. If tea simply doesn’t satisfy your sweet tooth, add some honey, which has important health benefits that refined sugar lacks.
