Coffee, Tea and Other Drinks

Sports drinks. They show up every Saturday on the sidelines of soccer: The six-packs of Gatorade and Powerade in neon colors. And they make me crazy. Because the truth is, most kids don’t need them. Even if they just played a hard game. And even if they were sweating.

Do you drink diet soda? Maybe you know someone who is hooked on the stuff. As a former Diet Coke fiend, I can still recall the week long withdrawal I had when I finally kicked my habit 5 years ago. I had terrible pounding migraines, was irritable, and generally all around miserable until it got out of my system. It only reassured me further that I was making the right decision. Those calorie free cans were affecting my body in a big way, and that scared me.

Many of us have opted for healthier choices for ourselves and our family. It certainly isn’t an easy process to break bad habits and relearn everything you’ve been taught about food. This is why it’s even more important to stop bad habits before they start, whenever possible. We gave you 10 reasons to dump diet soda, which can be the hardest hurdle for some. Well, here are 10 reasons to never let your kid drink soda:

Kombucha, Kombucha, Kombucha! Say that three times fast and see if you can stop yourself from smiling or laughing. Although this funky, fermented tea has a funny name, it is a fount of fuel, fizz, and nutrition. Maybe you’ve heard of it or maybe it is completely new to you, but either way, it is likely already on your grocery store shelves (often in the produce section) or soon will be. But why should you pay a premium to give it a try? Here are 5 reasons why you ought give Kombucha Tea a try today:

This time of year often means refreshing iced tea to cool your child’s thirst as she plays hard in the summer heat. But not all iced teas are equal! While common sense dictates that brewed tea, sugar and water should be all you need in a glass, many brands do much more than just add a little natural preservative to make the shelf. And far too many brands have a high sugar content that will speed up your child. Let’s take a look at some of these additives and what brands to avoid – as well as suggestions on good and better iced tea choices for your family.

We’ve all got that one friend. The one who when you go out for coffee reaches for sweeteners to add to their mug. Or maybe it’s a friend who is alway jonesing for another diet soda. Well this is the post you need to slyly share to their social media so they get the hint. If you are realizing you’re that friend, then keep reading because you need to cut it out.

We were all taught that a glass of orange juice a day is a great way to get plenty of Vitamin C into your kids and to prevent colds and viruses. With its high sugar content, I recommend you limit quality orange juice as you would any sugary treat. But are you really getting pure orange juice in that glass you poured your child – or something cooked up in a lab?

At last coffee lovers can rejoice: there is a way to have your favorite morning wake up necessity and not feel so guilty about it: Bulletproof CoffeeTM allegedly provides a way for that morning cup of joe to be healthier. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? And what about the Bulletproof Diet? Let’s take a look behind the hype and see whether these new food fads can help you get fit.

You may recall the catchphrase, "milk, it does a body good." It was part of a campaign in the late 80’s and early 90’s to boost the sales of milk. There is truth to the idea that milk is good for you and your body, but this marketing has one flaw. The processed milk sold commercially today isn’t really milk by the time it reaches the grocery store. We’ve seen that highly processed foods can be a detriment to our health and even cause cancer. In oder to receive all the benefits milk has to offer, you need to drink it in it’s original state–raw.