Think before you drink, and not just what you think
Water should be your first choice when it come to liquid refreshment, but a recent report shows that this is becoming increasingly rare.
The study found on average people were consuming 20 percent of their calories from liquids. This is a staggering amount when you consider water would be 0 percent of your daily calories.
While some beverages can offer good nutritional value and convenience, such as protein shakes, the study found that nearly all of these calories were coming from liquids with little or no nutritional value like soda and the increasingly popular energy drinks.
This is certainly not just an adult problem. Among children aged one to three, water, milk and fruit juice were the top three beverages consumed. But the report found that as children
age, they tend to incorporate more sweetened drinks into their diets.
For example, boys aged four to eight drank approximately 68 ml of soda
on a daily basis, while boys aged 14 to 18 consumed about 376 ml. The
daily soda intake for girls was about 47 ml and about 179 ml for
teenage girls.
When people are trying to reduce their weight and increase their wellness it seems taking 20 percent of your daily calories and replacing them with water would make good sense. Bottoms up!
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