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Drink to Your Health: The Best Substitutes for Juice and Sodas
That sugary 3 p.m. soda may keep you moving during a long shift, but it’s wreaking havoc on your body. A single can contains nearly double the recommended daily amount of sugar for women and more than 100% for men. While your morning fruit juice contains vitamins, it’s also very high in sugar and lacks the beneficial fiber of whole fruit.
Consuming these drinks increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, tooth decay, and other conditions. And sugar causes dehydration, so there’s really no benefit.
If sugar-laden drinks are your downfall, you can crush those cravings with palate-pleasing alternatives that keep you hydrated and energized.
Your Action for Today
Replace your fruit juice or soda with these healthier beverages:
Nursing is physically and mentally demanding. Choose better ways to stay hydrated, and you’ll experience more energy and improved brain function — so you can better care for patients.
Join us on day 5 sneak peek: Learn tips to conquer midday and late-night cravings.
Missed day 3? Catch up here.
That sugary 3 p.m. soda may keep you moving during a long shift, but it’s wreaking havoc on your body. A single can contains nearly double the recommended daily amount of sugar for women and more than 100% for men. While your morning fruit juice contains vitamins, it’s also very high in sugar and lacks the beneficial fiber of whole fruit.
Consuming these drinks increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, tooth decay, and other conditions. And sugar causes dehydration, so there’s really no benefit.
If sugar-laden drinks are your downfall, you can crush those cravings with palate-pleasing alternatives that keep you hydrated and energized.
Your Action for Today
Replace your fruit juice or soda with these healthier beverages:
- Fruit- or herb-infused water: For a sweet refresher, combine water and slices of cucumber or frozen berries. Squeeze a lemon or lime into your ice water to help with digestion and get a boost of vitamin C. Add a few sprigs of mint or rosemary to water for a cool, herbaceous flavor.
- Flavored sparkling water: Add a splash of 100% fruit juice to plain sparkling water to cut back on sugar. Or flavor your fizzy beverage with exciting combinations like slices of pineapple with ginger or peaches with fresh basil.
- Breakfast smoothie: Blend whole fruits and leafy greens with plant-based milk and Greek yogurt. You benefit from filling fiber and protein, plus vitamins and minerals — without the blood sugar spikes of straight juice.
- Herbal iced tea: Sip on your favorite herbal tea poured over ice or make your own from exotic ingredients like hibiscus flowers, lavender, and rose hips. Learn about the health benefits of tea.
Nursing is physically and mentally demanding. Choose better ways to stay hydrated, and you’ll experience more energy and improved brain function — so you can better care for patients.
Join us on day 5 sneak peek: Learn tips to conquer midday and late-night cravings.
Missed day 3? Catch up here.
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