4. Pomegranate Juice
Pomegranate juice is on top of the list of one of the healthiet juice drink. It gives you lots of good-for-you nutrients known as antioxidants. It is a fact that, pomegranate juice’s antioxidant power is greater than that of green tea or red wine.
5. Red Grape Juice
Drinking red wine in moderation can be good for your heart. So does drinking red grape juice. Red grape juice contains resveratrol and flavonoids.
The point is that red juice and wine are made with the entire grape, skin, and seeds. But you are not getting the fiber that you would get, from the fruit itself.
6. Vegetable Juice
Drinking your vegetables is convenient and good for you. The lycopene present in tomato juice may help lower the risk of prostate cancer. Beet juice on the other hand, may help curb blood pressure.
While pulpy vegetable juice has some fiber, but not as much as that of raw vegetables and fiber also cuts hunger. You also get fewer calories and far less sugar than in the typical fruit juice. But be sure to check the sodium or choose a low-salt version.
WORST
1. Diet Soda
Diet soda may have no or zero calories, but it also has zero nutritients. Also, if you are drinking diet soda all day, there is a good chance you are missing the healthy drinks your body needs, in particular water and tea.
Just one diet soda a day is fine, but if you are drinking 5 tp 6 cans, you may be damaging your body.
2. Flavored “Nutritional” Water
Is just like drinking sugar water, even if it does have vitamins added to the drink. Some bottles contain 30 grams of sugar or 7 teaspoons or more. These may not have added sugar, but they have to be flavored somehow, which means they may contain artificial sweeteners or Stevia. Just because it uses a more natural calorie-free sweetener, does notmake it healthy.
3. 100% Fruit Juice
What about 100% pure fruit juice AND with no added sweeteners? It’s true that 100% fruit juice is a good source of nutrients such as potassium and vitamin C. The problem is too much juice can be an additional source of sugar and calories.
Juice also does not contain the same phytonutrients and fiber that raw fruits have. That’s why many experts recommend drinking just 1 juice serving per day.
4. Energy Drinks
Energy drinks usually don’t contain lots of calories, but an 8-ounce serving can run you more than 25 grams of sugar. Also, just because they are fortified with B vitamins, does not make it healthy.
Skip these entirely, as energy drinks can raised healthy people’s norepinephrine or stress hormone and blood pressure.
5. Sweetened Yogurt Drinks
Probiotics is the popular word right now because, as research shows, the beneficial bacteria will help keep your gut healthy. So, you may be trying to get more of these in your diet.
Probiotic yogurt drinks or kefir are healthy choices, but flavored ones rely on sugar to decrease yogurt’s traditional taste. A small bottle contains about 26 grams of sugar, and contain multiple forms of the sweet things, including fructose, sugar and fruit juice.
Plain yogurts are your best bet since the only sugar they contain is from the milk itself. A typical 1-cup serving of plain yogurt has around 12 grams. If not, consider skipping non-fat varieties and choosing low-fat instead.
6. Blended Coffee Drinks
When blended with 2% sugar and milk, a large icy cup of coffee can contain 1/3 of the maximum recommended intake for saturated fat and up to 800 calories. At around 170 grams of sugar, you get more of a sugar shock than that of a caffeine buzz. Add some whipped cream and yo have a waistline-wrecking treat.
