Health drinks to cure what ails you

We all know about the 5 a day right? Five different servings of fruit and vegetables is a recommended quantity to make sure you get a good supply of vitamins and nutrients. We eat certain foods  to keep our  body healthy and hopefully less prone to diseases. We put a lot of thought into choosing [...]

Health Drink Alternative – Non-alcoholic beer

The morning after hangover is not the most pleasant experience even when you have a lazy Sunday morning in bed, but if you have a busy or important day ahead of you then you don’t want to be suffering the normal horrid symptoms. If you ingest too much alcohol for your body to cope with [...]

Power Drink Your Way to Fitness

While browsing the aisles of the local supermarket, you will now often find those brightly coloured bottles with words like energy, sports hydration and electrolyte mix on them. These are not beverages for everyday consumption but are well suited for physical exercise. On a non-exercise day water and your other normal drinks like fruit juice [...]

Drink Before You Are Thirsty

Knowing when to drink and how much to drink our questions that being thirsty can alone not answer. Taking on board fluids while exercising is important whether you feel thirsty or not. If you are not fully hydrated and taking on-board fluids while exercising you will never achieve peak performance. Hydration is critical to storing [...]

Is mangosteen the new superfruit health drink?

If you had the choice of one fruit to eat from now on, i.e. your desert island fruit, which one would you choose? Perhaps you would choose an orange, banana or apple. Or maybe you would opt for a plum, strawberry or grape. And yet, there is one fruit that you probably would not have [...]