Best Healthy Drinks? (Aside from water)

[Afro]

On a scale of 1-10 how healthy is Arionza Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey?

and what else are very healthy drinks that you can buy at a store and dont have to mix? aside from Water and Life Water.. and Gatorade.

[Clint]

Diet Arizona is good probably an 8, regular not so much.

crystal lite is good, diet soda is okay in moderation. effectively avoid anything with more than about 25 calories in an 8 ounce serving unless it is PWO.

[Pythonfighter14]

Gatorades actually have a lot of carbohydrates, 26g per bottle to be excact. i don't drink them for that exact reason.

[DirtyDirtBiker]

Originally Posted by Pythonfighter14

Gatorades actually have a lot of carbohydrates, 26g per bottle to be excact. i don't drink them for that exact reason.

Sometimes you actually need it if you train really hard. I also heard that the powder is better since it doesn't have all the syrup or whatever bottled gatorade contains.

[Ramma]

Originally Posted by DirtyDirtBiker

Sometimes you actually need it if you train really hard. I also heard that the powder is better since it doesn't have all the syrup or whatever bottled gatorade contains.

True on both counts...



With Arizona Green Tea and Lipton Green Tea and such.... if you want to know how healthy it is.. look at the ingredients. Obviously, stuff like High Frutose Corn Syrup is a big no no..

To add on to Clint's suggestion, if you want to add some flavor to your water... stuff like Crystal Lite and Atkins products (they sell stuff just like Crystal Lite) is a good way to go because you can turn the water into virtually any juice product (but you don't want to mix stuff)

Juices and Low Fat milk are always good. There are products like Muscle Milk that are tasty and not too bad on the wallet if you buy it in quantity.

Unfortunately, healthier drinks are usually done via mixing

[Clint]

Be careful of juices. Many are packed full of sugar and not a whole lot of anything else.

[Ramma]

Originally Posted by Clint

Be careful of juices. Many are packed full of sugar and not a whole lot of anything else.

Yeah, I should have stated that, it is true. Keep an eye on those nutrition facts as well.

[Warchief]

Dried fungus from China, a herb uses by the chinese athletes...it's too expensive though (8000 dollars per box).



Or Green tea.

[Rufio]

There's a protein powder called Syntrax Nectar which is pure whey protein isolate, no carbs or fat and the cappucino flavored stuff is delicious. I love that mixed with 1% milk. IMO it tastes better than Muscle Milk. I'm pretty sure orange juice is fine too, since the sugars don't have a high insulin response.

[dudefella]

Just look at the side of the bottle. Most drinks you get, any carbs/calories you get from them will be simple sugars, which you want to keep to a minimum except first thing in the morning and after exercise. Milk being the obvious exception.

And for the record, water can't really be considered "healthy"... more like necessary.

There's some debate on this still, but excessive amounts of anti-oxidants can possibly inhibit muscle growth. So if you're trying to add mass, I'd cut back on the green tea!