Choose drinks that are reasonable and do not hurt

In our lives, we are filled with all kinds of beverages. Yoghurts, sodas, functional drinks, milk teas, fruit juices, and so on are countless. Their most uniform feature is their delicious taste, which makes you unable to stop. However, these beverages that make us feel "cheeky" really are the best for our body? Let's take a look at the formula and influence of various beverages today:


Carbonated beverages: Bubble-type beverages such as cola, soft drinks, etc. formed by mixing carbon dioxide gas with various flavors, moisture, syrups, and pigments. The main components of carbonated beverages include carbonated water, citric acid and other acidic substances, sugar and spices, and some contain caffeine and artificial colors.

Cokes and other carbonated drinks are popular with everyone, especially the “younger” and many children. Carbonated drinks have a variety of benefits, as long as they do not drink more than 5 liters at a time, they will not have an impact on health, but health experts have warned that it is beneficial to digestive function. However, if you drink too much carbonated beverages, high phosphorus may change the body's calcium and phosphorus ratio. People who drink carbonated drinks excessively increase their risk of fracture by about 3 times; and when they are struggling with excessive physical activity, the risk of fractures may increase by a factor of five when drinking carbonated drinks excessively.

Fruit and vegetable juice drinks: fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables (also some use broad fruit) as raw materials, after cleaning, selection, using physical methods such as pressing, leaching, centrifugation and other methods of fruit and vegetable juices, known as fruit and vegetable juice, so fruits and vegetables Juice also known as "liquid fruits and vegetables." Fruit and vegetable juice as the base material, through sugar, acid, flavor, pigment and other modulation products, known as fruit and vegetable juice drinks.

Such beverages can maintain the color and flavor of the original pulp and vegetables. The original vitamins are not destroyed. The selection of fruits and vegetables drinks should be based on fresh. However, during the processing of fruit and vegetable juices, a lot of dietary fiber necessary for the body is lost, and dietary fiber plays an important role in maintaining the health of the digestive system and helps prevent cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and other diseases. Excessive consumption of fruit and vegetable juice drinks is not conducive to the control of body weight and blood sugar and oral hygiene.


Functional beverages: Functional beverages are beverages that regulate body functions to a certain degree by adjusting the proportions and amounts of nutrients in beverages.

Dr. Ai Hua, a sports medicine expert, pointed out that because some functional drinks contain caffeine and other components that stimulate the central nervous system, they should be used with caution in children. While ordinary adults drink functional beverages without restriction, special attention should be paid to them. For example, sports drinks are suitable for drinking after intense exercise and heavy sweating. The electrolytes and vitamins can quickly supplement the body's functions. However, such beverages are not suitable for drinking without exercise, because the sodium contained in them will increase the burden on the body, causing an increase in cardiac load and blood pressure. Therefore, people with high blood pressure should pay attention to the choice.


Tea beverages: Tea beverages are teas made by immersing tea in water, extracted, filtered, clarified, etc., or added with water, sugar liquid, sour agent, edible essence, fruit juice, or plant (grain) extract in tea. Equally processed and processed products. Tea beverage has a unique flavor of tea, contains natural tea polyphenols, caffeine and other active ingredients of tea, both nutritious, health effects, is a refreshing thirst-quenching multi-functional beverage.

However, the composition of tea drinks is not the same as that of tea. Therefore, these functions of tea cannot be fully reflected, and they cannot completely replace tea. After the industrialized production of tea beverages, the main nutrients such as tea polyphenols, vitamin C, and vitamin B, etc. will be reduced, while the refined sugars, flavors, sorbic acid and other additives added to beverages are not nutritious ingredients. Drink tea beverages to pick the highest polyphenol content, the lowest sugar content, the other ingredients added the least.

Milk beverage: A beverage prepared by adding milk or dairy products as raw materials and adding water and sugar and/or sweeteners, sour agents, fruit juices, tea, coffee, plant extracts, and the like.

Dairy beverages generally do not contain carbon dioxide. Because of its sweet taste and milky taste, children particularly like it. Lactobacillus beverages in milk-containing beverages have more health care functions, especially products that use bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus acidophilus as a starter, which can inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria in the intestinal tract, regulate the intestinal microecological balance, and enhance Human immunity. In addition, milk proteins have a certain degree of degradation and become easily absorbed by the body. In the metabolism of lactic acid bacteria, some vitamins are synthesized and approximately 30% of lactose is degraded, thereby fundamentally eliminating "lactose intolerance."

However, the protein content of milk-containing beverages is only about 1/3 of that of milk, and milk, fats, vitamins, and other nutrients are also very different from milk. Therefore, the nutritional value of milk-containing beverages is much lower than that of milk; if parents use milk-containing beverages for a long time to give their children milk, they will definitely affect their growth and development.