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Hot Weather Drinks That Are Cool and Smart
Dr. Thomas Stearns Lee
As the summer weather heats up, you get more
thirsty. Don’t get yourselves into a sugar crash from those
sodas and juices this year. Did you know that these sweets
could cause more colds and flus, fatigue, depressions, or even aches
and pains? Even "natural" or fruit sugars can be a problem.
Synthetic sweeteners like Aspartame or NutraSweet
could add some strange nervous system complaints to anyone's life,
with allergies and headaches being very common. Try some
refreshing beverages that will help you avoid these problems through
the hot weather months.
First, open your mind to new tastes. Try some
herbal teas as recipes or create your own. My suggestion is to
buy small amounts of bulk Lemon Balm, Hibiscus, Spearmint,
Chamomile, and Red Clover. Also pick some herbal sweeteners
like Stevia or Licorice. Make a family project of deciding
which of the top two or three are the winners for taste.
Then make a dilute tea or combination of teas as a
"sun tea" and keep it available in your fridge. Get used to a
more dilute, watery taste, and don’t drink a lot of it icy cold,
because with a high-volume thirst, a lot of cold liquid at once
would weaken your digestion and immune system.
If you are active, you’ll find these home coolers
work better than most sport drink routines, and they are a whole lot
more affordable. Be creative and make these drinks into
popsickles, ice cubes, or use them to stretch other juices and
sodas.
Here is a delicious recipe, and it is much cheaper
than commercial copies. Make a strong sun tea with a
gallon of spring water and 4 tea bags of Red Zinger for a few hours
in the sun. Have some grapefruit juice in the fridge with that
gallon of "Zinger." Put 1/3 glass of juice and 1/3 Zinger over
ice and fill with fresh water. Sip it over a long period of
time, after you first drink all you want of plain fresh water.
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