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Hi Doug,
My name is Darren and I recently kicked the craving for pop. I was wondering if drinks such as Aqua-T energy drink (it contains whey protein) and other ‘health’ drinks are actually good for you?
Hi Darren,
Congrats on kicking the pop habit! I’m not sure about the specific beverage you’re talking about, but I can tell you a few general things about claimed “healthy” beverages and how you can best decide whether they’re good for you. Here are five questions to ask yourself.
1. Is it from a whole food? Don’t be fooled by the added vitamins, minerals and antioxidant boasts — look for whole foods and juices. It’s questionable whether something like vitamin water, which is essentially just individual vitamins diluted in sugar water, promote health at all. Even if there are health-promoting ingredients in your beverage, you’re better off getting them from whole foods, where all co-factors and catalysts are present, instead of in fractionated forms as an ingredient in a processed food.
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