7 Healthy Morning Beverages
A healthy day starts with a healthy morning drink. Our body is deprived of fluids when we sleep so it’s important to rehydrate when we wakeup. Although water is the best option to start the day, our body desire a warm and delicious drink to help us wakeup and energized to get ready for the day.
Aiming for a healthy and balanced diet must include healthy drinks as body fluids plays a vital role in our body. Here are 7 drinks to turbo charge your health in the morning.
- Coffee. The most popular morning drink is one of the best drinks in the world. It is rich in antioxidants that helps you fight free-radicals and diseases by repairing cell damaged and generating growth of new healthy cells in the body. The beverage also has abundant caffeine which helps burn fats and keep you active for the entire day.
- Hot Chocolate. Embracing a healthy lifestyle doesn’t mean giving up chocolate. You just have to choose the right chocolate. Studies shows that dark chocolates contain a special antioxidant that provide many benefits including weight loss and prevention of diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.
- Tea. Like coffee and chocolate,
tea is also rich in antioxidants that protects your body against diseases. The beverage helps in burning fats, regulate blood pressure, improve memory, boost immune system, aid digestion problems, protect the liver, and prevent cancer.
- Hot Lemon Water. This is not very common but is actually great to start your day. Hot lemon is rich in: vitamin C that helps boost your immune system, potassium which helps regulate blood pressure and stimulates cognitive function, and alkaline that balances pH level as it reduces total acidity in the body. Yes, lemon contains citric acid but it does not cause acidity once metabolized in the body.
- Chai Latte. This drink is a mixture of black tea and spices like turmeric, cinnamon, and ginger. You can also add lemon and honey. This sweet and spicy drink has incredible health benefits which includes weight loss, prevention of heart disease, reduction of blood sugar levels, and aid digestion problems.
- Turmeric Latte. The spice we commonly use for curries and sauces can actually be enjoyed as a morning drink. You’ll only need: a cup of milk, ½ teaspoon of ground turmeric, ½ teaspoon of ground ginger, a quarter teaspoon of vanilla extract, and honey to taste. Mixed all of the ingredients on a small pan, turn the heat to medium high, and continue to whisk until the mixture begins to foam making sure not to bring it to boil. When you achieve your desired thickness, turn off the heat and pour the drink into the mug. This drink improves immune system, lower cholesterol level, prevent Alzheimer’s disease, and lower the risk of developing cancer.
- Cinnamon Coconut Latte. This delicious and creamy drink is rich in nutrients that are good for your gut, joints, bones, and skin. To make the drink, just pour a cup of strong brewed coffee, coconut milk, coconut oil, unsalted butter, ground cinnamon, and vanilla extract on a blender and blend for 20 seconds or until creamy and frothy. Pour into a coffee mug to start enjoying the healthy drink.
