Soul Soothers! Drinks for the Soul

A mood booster drink is the one everyone craves be it any season. A healthy mood booster drink is what everyone needs to drink for a cheerful morning and an energized day.

We all know that adopting a healthy eating regime benefits the body, helps us to lose weight, keeping us fit and can be linked to achieving a glowing skin. But what about drinking healthily? With as many nutritional values, it is just as important to sip on to healthy drinks to maintain a healthy body.

Water is the best choice for quenching your thirst. Coffee and tea, without added sugars, are healthy choices too. Some drinks should be consumed in less amount or in moderation, including fruit juice, milk / dairy based drinks, and those made with low-calorie sugars, like diet drinks. Alcohol in moderation can be healthy for some people, but not everyone. It’s generally best to avoid sugary drinks like soda, sports beverages, and energy drinks.

In its simplest form, water is the most common choice when it comes to drinks. It is an essential for human beings. Drinking water is essential for keeping the body hydrated, refreshed and full of energy. Drinking plenty of H2O regulates the body's fluid balance, which in turn helps to transport nutrients around the body, control temperature and digest food.

Smoothies on the other hand can help you lose excess body weight without skipping any meals. The fruits and berries that are used to prepare these drinks serve as the best companions for keeping your body healthy and feeling cooler on a hot summer morning. The enzymes present in fruits help dissolve body fat and clear up your circulatory system.

The summer season calls for refreshing and hydrating drinks which rejuvenates us within minutes. Curating these drinks does not necessarily require sugar syrups, aerated drinks, flavorings and all that jazz. These too can be prepared with low sugar content, calories and caffeine.

A versatile summer cooler can be prepared by adding watermelon, mint and lemon slush to a concoction that has been prepared by boiling ‘Giloy’, Ginger together with water (gives you a neutral base) and refrigerating it overnight. You can add cucumber, fresh berries, Golden Apple to convert it into a smoothie. See how simple it is? These drinks and smoothies are such a great snack and breakfast idea. You can enjoy the goodness of fruits, veggies, vitamins and minerals in one single serving that too under 5 minutes! Giloy is known to Boost immunity, Treat chronic fever, Help shoot up platelet count, Treat diabetes, Reduce stress and anxiety, Treat Arthritis, help fight respiratory problems, reduce Asthmatic symptoms, Improve vision and reduce signs of aging.

Ginger is Power packed with medicinal properties, Treats nausea, Reduces muscle pain and soreness, it is Anti-inflammatory and helps with osteoarthritis, Lowers blood sugar levels, Treats chronic indigestion, Reduces menstrual pain, Helps lower cholesterol levels, is used for treating various cancers, Improves brain function and also protects against Alzheimer’s disease

Watermelon, cucumber, fresh berries help us in staying hydrated as they have a huge amount of water content in them, they include Vitamins and Minerals such as Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin B1,B5 and B6, Potassium and Magnesium, help lower inflammation and Oxidative stress, help in relieving muscle soreness, Good for skin and hair and Improve digestion

Lemon too Improves immune system, prevents cancer, helps in maintaining a healthy complexion, Prevents asthma, Helps improve Iron absorption in the body, Helps in weight loss and Prevents scurvy disease.

Mint, Basil, Cilantro are rich in nutrients, they help improves irritable bowel syndrome, help relieve indigestion and give a cooling to our digestive system.