Loving these Healthy Libations!!!

Over the course of the last few months, these healthy libations have become a regular part of my daily eating plan, commonly known to most as a DIET!  Okay, so if you just read libation and said,”What the heck is that?” I’ll tell you.

Libation is a another word for beverage!!   It’s my new-found word for beverages that are rockin’ my world these days!!  AND…for those of you who don’t know me, I don’t use a diet or even speak the word diet.  WHY??  Because, with a smile on my face, the first three letters of the word diet spell D-I-E!!  No need to say the word die every time we connect to a healthy way of eating…RIGHT?!?!  Okay…so lets get back to the libations.  Here they are.  Give’em a try. You might just start loving one of them too!! Enjoy!!

Coconut Water – Made from the juice of the young coconuts. Its perfect for re-hydrating your body since it contains many of the same essential electrolytes found in blood plasma. With its lower sugar content than most commercial sports drinks, it is being touted as “Mother Nature’s Sports Drink”.

Coconut water has been found to stabilize blood sugar, increase metabolism,  detoxify the body, fight viruses, clean the digestive tract, assist with weight loss, maintain alkalinity in your body and control diabetes. WOW…and it even tastes good!! Not too sweet and doesn’t leave an aftertaste. I love adding it to my healthy smoothies or drinking it straight from the container. Look for it the next time you at your local healthy grocery store!!

Kombucha -  Kombucha is a living culture from a mushroom, created from a 30 day fermentation process. (Alternatively it can be called a plant or a tea). If you’re thinking a fermented mushroom, yuck! I can understand! The description certainly does not make your taste buds want to stand up and motivate you to run out and purchase a bottle, right? I thought the same when I first read about how this bubbly beverage is created. And, then, when I read about ALL of its healthy benefits: active enzymes, viable probiotics, amino acids, antioxidants and polyphenols, which all combine to bring the body into balance, I HAD to taste this elixir. From the first sip, my taste buds got over the apprehension and thanked me with a feeling of WOW, this is energizing and delicious!! Drink it through out the day or as a healthy between meal snack. My favorite is Synergy’s Raspberry Rush or High Country’s Wild Root, which you can find in the beverage cooler of your local health food store.

Cool Brew Blueberry Green Tea – Strolling through the tea section, during one hot sweltering day here is SW Florida, boxes of Cool Brew Tea from Celestial Seasonings caught my eye. On the box I read you can brew a glass of delicious tea in five minutes. Okay, I was sold and into my grocery basket it went.

Wanting something different than my usual choice of raspberry or citrus, I chose to experience the antioxidant dense blueberry flavor. In a s little as five minutes I had all the health benefits of green tea, along with the most delicious taste of blueberries. My flavor buds have been asking me to drink this often and my body is enjoying all the health benefits from this delicious duo of blueberry and green tea!!

Some of the reputed health benefits of Green tea: it inhibits the growth of cancer cells, decreases cholesterol levels, combats infection, creates a healthy cardiovascular system, increases the fat burning process within the body and prevents tooth decay. Blueberries are thought to be able to counter the affects of free radical damage and chronic diseases from the aging process, promote a healthy urinary tract, and promote healthier motor skills.  Now, are you ready to do a cool brew of this healthy delicious lovely libation?? I am!! ENJOY!!

Photos:  Coconut Water courtesy Celebes Organic Coconut Water, Synergy Raspberry Rush courtesy Green Goods 2 Go!, Cool Brew courtesy Celestial Seasonings.

Editor’s note: We’d love to hear about your experience with one of these healthy libations.  Please leave a comment or email your libation recommendation to info@modernhippiemag.com.