Drinks that are good for you, and taste good.

**Like A Bird Without Arms** · 08-21-2009 04:37 AM

I am a huge fan of tea and am going to join damn near everyone else in suggesting it.

Otherwise, there is a very tasty lemonade recipe to sip on when you get bored of all the tea and water (originally intended for detoxification.)
It involves mixing freshly squeezed lemon juice with water as you normally would when making lemonade, and adding maple syrup and cayenne pepper. Maple syrup is pretty good for satisfying your sweet tooth without consuming actual sugar. However, it's quite calorie-laden, so if you're a couch potato I definitely wouldn't recommend drinking more than one of these a day.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Say what?

Do some Googling, it's good for you.

Milk is a wonderful source of calcium, but pasteurization makes calcium and other minerals harder to absorb. One method of testing to see if milk has been adequately pasteurized is to test to make sure that phosphates have been completely removed. Phosphates are essential for the absorption of calcium.

milk is then pasteurized so that all valuable enzymes are destroyed (lactase for the assimilation of lactose; galactase for the assimilation of galactose; phosphatase for the assimilation of calcium).

Pasteurization also profoundly affects the bioavailability of the calcium content of milk. In wholesome food, calcium is present in a bioavailable form that serves to strengthen bones and teeth, while supplying enough ionic, or dissolved, calcium to meet the normal metabolic needs of literally all the cells in the body. Calcium should NOT be depositing diffusely throughout the body in rocklike deposits. Yet this is exactly what happens in the habitual drinker of pasteurized milk.

**Robot_Butler** · 08-21-2009 05:54 PM

If you don't want to make your own iced tea, I like Tejava tea. I think it is Crystal Geiser, so it might just be a west coast/ California thing.

**Universal Mind** · 08-21-2009 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by Like A Bird Without Arms

Do some Googling, it's good for you.

Golly gee, it is! Why ever respond to anybody who makes a surprising claim?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...=f&oq=&aqi=g10

**CoLd BlooDed** · 08-22-2009 02:16 AM

Also, see wheatgrass.

Doesn't taste good, but it's not classified as a superfood for no reason.

**sephiroth clock** · 08-22-2009 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Golly gee, it is! Why ever respond to anybody who makes a surprising claim?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...=f&oq=&aqi=g10

**bradxx4** · 08-22-2009 06:00 PM

STRAWBERRY-BANANA V8 FTWWWW !!

seriously v8 drink have a serving of veggie and fruit per 250 mL glass, and the strawberry-banana taste is very good

**bradxx4** · 08-22-2009 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by kingofclutch

My best suggestion would be V8 fusion drinks. They all contain a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and you won't even realize that it has all of those fruits and vegetables. They are actually quite delicious and are much better for you than drinking soda or regular fruit juice. My favorite would have to be peach mango, yummy.

im quoting you now cause i didn't read the whole thread first but i totally agree with the v8 as i previously said x]

**Mes Tarrant** · 08-22-2009 06:06 PM

GREEN SMOOTHIES.

Or, just fruit smoothies.

They are amazing. They fill you up and give you tons of energy.

But these must be made yourself, not bought in stores. Nothing can substitute the taste and nutrition of naturally made smoothies, not even that V8 crap, which is pretty good unless you've tried your own homemade ones.

**bradxx4** · 08-22-2009 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

GREEN SMOOTHIES.

Or, just fruit smoothies.

They are amazing. They fill you up and give you tons of energy.

But these must be made yourself, not bought in stores. Nothing can substitute the taste and nutrition of naturally made smoothies, not even that V8 crap, which is pretty good unless you've tried your own homemade ones.

you got me there , i always do that to , making them yourself is alot more nutritious then store made . but dont diss v8 , their still awesome > :-D

**Replicon** · 08-22-2009 06:57 PM

Get a Juicer, and make your own fresh-squeezed fruit juice. Drink it right after you make it (or put it into a chilled thermos to bring to school). It has to stay very fresh.

Pros: Delicious, and might just be the best way to maximize the vitamins you consume from your fruits and veggies
Cons: It's kind of a pain to clean, and you go through a lot of fruits/veggies just for one glass. I combine carrots and apples (I call it crapple juice

) and it takes half of a medium size of baby carrots, and two full apples for a single glass of the stuff... but oh so good.

Here's another one you can make at home: One bag of black tea + one tsp ground ginger + a squeeze of lemon juice + 2 tsp honey. It's pretty strong, and slightly burns your throat going down, but you learn to love it, and it's good for you.

**khh** · 08-23-2009 02:36 AM

Milk is awesome, I'd drink that if I could.
Water is good. Water is great.
But anything made out of fruit juice is healthy - and often good.

**Bizarre Jester** · 08-30-2009 11:51 PM

Mango Juice, tastes great. But if you're trying to avoid sugar you're fucked.

**Noogah** · 09-08-2009 07:25 PM

I know it sounds gross, but V8 fusion has a good serving of vegetables, and fruit juice combined. It's actually pretty good. I thought it looked really gross, but it tastes mostly like juice.

**CoLd BlooDed** · 09-09-2009 02:23 AM

V8 is incredible.

**kingofclutch** · 09-09-2009 03:13 AM

Yes it is. Can't even taste the vegetables, although after having the acai mixed berry one a ton, it now has a wierd flavor to me... But thankfully I also have peach mango or something!

**Replicon** · 09-09-2009 04:13 AM

Heh there was a frosh event in university where they take a bunch of random veggies (random as in, "each card has a veggie on it and you pick a bunch"), but them into a blender, added salt and pepper, and it's amazing how much it tasted like V8

**JamesLD** · 09-09-2009 04:31 AM

cant go wrong with Arizona Ice Tea.

**CoLd BlooDed** · 09-09-2009 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by JamesLD

cant go wrong with Arizona Ice Tea.

Uh, yeah, you can. Read the OP.

Arizona Iced Tea is nothing but sugar.

**grasshoppa** · 09-10-2009 12:04 AM

V8 is nothing but sodium

**ninja9578** · 09-10-2009 03:02 AM

Acia juice
Blueberry juice
Grape juice
Milk
Soy juice (if you call it soy milk people expect it to taste like milk so they hate it)
V8
Gatorade (after a workout)
Red wine (1/2 glass / day)