What is the best way to quench your thirst in hot weather?

In the summer heat, you are especially thirsty. In addition to the psychological effect, thirst quenching is also important in a physiological sense: dehydration of our body can lead to various undesirable consequences. The fact is that the human body consists of 70% water, which performs many functions in the body: water fills tissues and cells, participates in biochemical reactions, provides transport for most nutrients, decay products, and also removes excess heat from the body. All body water is renewed in about a month, and intracellular water - in a week. The daily water requirement of an adult is 30-40 g per 1 kg of body weight, and this is a very decent figure (for an average man weighing 75 kg, this is 2.5-3 liters)!
Loss of water by the body very quickly affects well-being. With a short-term loss of water over 2-4% of body weight, physical performance is significantly reduced, since the blood thickens and does not supply enough energy to the muscles. A prolonged lack of water in the body leads to dangerous metabolic disorders, and the loss of water in the amount of 20% of body weight leads to inevitable death. The average loss of water per day by a healthy organism through urine, gastrointestinal tract, sweat and respiration is 2-3 liters, and in the heat it can increase by 2 times. Naturally, these losses must be compensated without delay.
With profuse sweating, our body also loses a certain amount of vitamins and minerals, especially the loss of such important minerals as potassium, calcium, sodium, chlorine, magnesium and phosphorus. Otherwise, these substances are called electrolytes - because they form electrically charged ions when dissolved in water. In particular, the most important electrolytes - potassium, sodium and chlorine - through the mechanism of osmotic pressure regulate the water balance in the body, calcium and potassium play an important role in muscle neuroregulation, magnesium and phosphorus are participants in a number of important processes of energy metabolism. If you quench your thirst only with water, the concentration of the remaining ions will decrease even more, namely, their concentration plays a decisive role in the most important processes of muscle neuroregulation and energy metabolism.
What is the best way to quench our thirst for the benefit of our health?
Water in different bottles, mineral and carbonated, tea, coffee, beer, energy drinks, kvass, soft drinks, juices, milk and lactic acid products - the choice of a city dweller is huge, but do all drinks equally quench their thirst? Let's figure it out.
Water. The most common, affordable and cheap drink. And: - the most physiological to prevent dehydration. In any form, it perfectly quenches thirst. Typed from the tap or in a plastic container - we need water. Water with the content of mineral salts - mineral water - quenches thirst better. But you need to know the measure, a high salt content, more than 10 grams per liter, turns mineral water into medicine.
mineral water it is better to choose natural (the number of the well where this water is extracted must be indicated on the label), and not artificially mineralized. There is another minus of mineral water - carbon dioxide dissolved in it. In principle, it facilitates the fight against thirst, but you cannot call it useful for health. In general, one must be very careful with mineral water, especially with medicinal and medicinal table waters. They can be drunk not as God puts on the soul, but only as directed by a doctor. For example, the process of salt deposition may begin.
Useless in the fight against thirst distilled and melted water. It is delicious and effective to add a little lemon juice to the water. If drinking water sources are ranked by priority, then:
- in the first place there will be water from its source (well, well near the house, previously checked for the absence of harmful impurities and microorganisms),
- in second place, despite the popular belief, there will be tap water (preferably passed through a household filter and boiled),
- then you can put water from various "mass" sources ("holy" and not so), and it is also recommended to filter and boil it. Whatever holy water there may be, it must be remembered that such sources are usually located in places of mass residence of people with all the ensuing consequences;
- and only in fourth place - bottled, incl. mineral water, because, unfortunately, there are a lot of low-quality products from unscrupulous manufacturers and even more dangerous low-quality fakes for well-known brands. As soon as they realized in Russia that the water business was profitable, fakes arose - it's so simple: turn on the tap, substitute plastic bottles and stick a label. According to various experts, from 20 to 50% of the total volume of bottled water produced in Russia is fake.
Pure drinking water has only one drawback - it is fresh, therefore, for a person spoiled by the "benefits of civilization", it often seems "tasteless".
Lemonade, soda, pepsi, cola, etc. A consumer product, it is difficult to find another name. Whether it's the famous cola, or the forgotten Pinocchio, the essence does not change. A minimum of natural substances, sugar (or sweeteners), dyes and preservatives. Not only useless for quenching thirst, but also a potentially harmful mixture in a beautiful package. Thirst almost does not quench, even - on the contrary! The presence of a large amount of sugar and some other substances in them, on the contrary, increases thirst, which stimulates sales and lightens our wallets. Why, despite this, soda is perhaps the most popular drink among the population? Because delicious! Especially cold: 1.5 liters of different colored liquids during the day are much easier to drink compared to plain water.
Everyone knows that sugar is the "white death", as well as the fact that there is nothing wrong with sugar, if you do not overeat. On the contrary, a person needs to eat a certain amount of sugar every day. But, if you calculate how much sugar is in a standard plastic bottle, say a 1.5 liter sprite or forfeit, then it turns out - almost a whole glass !!! Do not believe me - count for yourself - everything is indicated on the label.
It must be understood that a large amount of sugar deposited in our body with the frequent use of sweet carbonated drinks, among other things, is a risk factor for the development of various metabolic diseases (diabetes, obesity, etc.).
Recently, lemonade manufacturers, responding to a flurry of complaints about the high calorie content of their products, began to use various non-sugar sweeteners instead of sugar, from the long-known saccharin to the newfangled aspartame. The result is the same cola, only "dayet" or "light". This is even beneficial for manufacturers: instead of kilograms of sugar, you can add grams of sweetener - cheap and "angry"!
But, despite the fact that now drinking lemonade with a sweetener does not overload itself with extra calories, the body gets extra nutritional supplements immeasurably! And, most importantly, such drinks also do not quench your thirst. After drinking drinks with sweeteners, a rather persistent aftertaste remains in the mouth, which you just want to remove: with a new portion of the drink. And everything is explained very simply: firstly, saliva poorly removes the residual sweetener from the oral mucosa, and secondly, the sweetener and other additives that make up the drink excite thirst.
Beer. Unfortunately, in our country, it is also considered the number one drink for quenching thirst: if children are on vacation in the heat - with lemonade, then adults - almost always with beer! Although not everyone can afford intoxicated drinks during the day at work, and few people will drink them during working hours in quantities corresponding to weather conditions, nevertheless, after work, the people "break away".
It should be noted that alcoholic beverages cannot fight thirst due to subsequent manifestations. What do you want in the morning after yesterday's libation? That's it, I'm thirsty. It turns out, drink to drink thirsty? Alcohol, getting into our body, replaces water and gradually penetrating into tissues and cells instead of water, poisons the pericellular space, disrupting normal metabolism.
In addition, the so-called has now become very common. "beer alcoholism", because the drinker imperceptibly gains a large dose of alcohol, while the body slowly and gradually rebuilds its work on the "alcohol rails". This is especially dangerous for teenagers.
For the rest, it is important to recall that beer is a strong diuretic, i.e., on the contrary, removes fluid from the body, and when consumed in large quantities (as it usually happens), it puts a heavy burden on the kidneys.
Tea. Tea, especially green tea, will be a good help in the fight against thirst. Tea is rich in natural biologically active substances: vitamins, organic acids, minerals, pectins, etc., which are extremely beneficial for the body. The use of tea has a beneficial effect on a variety of human systems and organs, which allows us to talk about it not only as an everyday drink, but also as a prophylactic. It is better to use tea without flavorings and put tea leaves no more than a third of the volume of water. Hot and cold tea quenches thirst well, making up for the loss of mineral salts and vitamins with sweat.
In the East, hot freshly brewed tea has long been drunk in the heat. The secret is that it contains the so-called "cold" elements, which lower the body temperature and are activated when the tea is hot.
Cold tea can also be successfully used to quench thirst, it is good to add herbs, lemon, honey to it. Here is just one example of such a recipe: for 0.5 liters of strong tea, add 4 slices of lemon, 1 tbsp. l. honey, sugar - at will and taste. Honey should be added to an already cooled drink.
Bottled industrial iced tea (not sweet) is gaining more and more popularity among consumers. Many admit that it quenches thirst better than soda. However, both doctors and the producers of this drink themselves do not hide the fact that ready-made iced tea is much less useful than natural, homemade.
However, despite all the advantages of tea, its consumption should still not be unlimited - nutritionists advise drinking no more than 2-3 cups of green tea per day, since the sour theine contained in it can irritate the stomach walls.
Therefore, for people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, and for everyone else, we can recommend herbal teas (tea drinks from garden plants): drinks from currant leaves, raspberries, rose hips, etc. are very good both hot and cold. Here is one of the recipes for a tea drink that not only quenches thirst well, but also has a beneficial effect on the body: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of blackcurrant leaves, linden flowers, mint per 1.5 liters of water, sugar or honey - at will and taste: chop all herbs and leaves and pour boiling water, let it brew for 1-2 hours, after which you can cool in the refrigerator.
Coffee. No less popular drink than tea. However, it is not so harmless and can hardly be considered a good thirst quencher. Many people cannot imagine their life without drinking coffee regularly. Coffee contains a large amount of caffeine (up to 1500 mg / l), which, when systematically consumed at the level of 1000 mg per day, causes a person to have a constant need for them, reminiscent of alcohol addiction. In addition, coffee has a strong diuretic (diuretic) effect, therefore, when drinking coffee, it is desirable, on the contrary, to compensate for the loss of fluid. There are other unwanted side effects of drinking coffee, such as increased blood pressure.
Kvass. Definitely worthy of a recommendation. It was thanks to kvass that epidemics did not go around Russia so often. Kvass has been known to the Slavs for over a thousand years. In Russia, kvass was a ubiquitous and everyday drink: it was prepared by peasants, landowners, military men, and monks, and its presence in the house was considered a sign of well-being. Russian peasants, going to work in the field or other hard work, took kvass with them, as they believed that it restores strength and relieves fatigue. This is confirmed not only by folk proverbs and sayings, but also by modern research. Kvass was even considered a miraculous drink that helps with all diseases. During Lent, especially in the summer, the main food of the common people was kvass with green onions and black bread. In addition to simple, so-called wheat, prepared from barley or rye malt, there were copper and berry kvass.
Due to the rich amino acid composition, the presence of organic acids, kvass is a good warrior on the battlefield with thirst. It has a pleasant refreshing taste, is good for digestion, improves metabolism, has a high energy value, and thanks to carbon dioxide, it facilitates easier digestion, absorption of food and increases appetite. It also contains vitamins, sugars and trace elements.
However, kvass has one, even two "BUT". Firstly, kvass, by definition, is a low-alcohol drink with a volume fraction of ethyl alcohol of not more than 1.2%, made as a result of incomplete alcoholic or alcoholic and lactic acid fermentation of the wort. According to the classification of the Beer Judge Certification Program, which trains and certifies judges for beer tasting competitions, kvass is a beer, and belongs to the category "Historical, traditional, local beer". So, it is also not recommended to abuse kvass, especially for drivers - after the adoption of the new "Rules of the Road".
The second, no less, and perhaps more significant problem: where is it, real kvass? A pop from a bottle with a bright label is a very distant relative of the noble Russian drink - a synthetic substitute for kvass (the so-called "kvass drink"). It smells similar, and the taste is somehow familiar. But, as a rule, such a drink consists of soda, sweeteners, flavorings - imitators of the taste of kvass.
Juices. Natural juices and nectars, of course, can and should be drunk. In order to combat thirst, it is better to choose liquid juices, without pulp. Better yet, dilute them with water. But, this is about natural juices, i.e. - a liquid product obtained from fruits or vegetables by mechanical action and preserved by physical means. A product containing sugar, citric acid, preservatives, dyes, and artificial flavors cannot be called juice: other names (nectar or drink) must be used for such products. Be careful - juices reconstituted from dry concentrate are almost as useless as soda, many commercially produced juice drinks and nectars contain high amounts of sugar.
Milk products(including juices). Milk and dairy products (kefir, curdled milk, fermented baked milk, ayran, tan, koumiss, bifidok, and many others) can also be considered as thirst-quenching drinks in hot weather. Their beneficial effect on the human body has long been known. The lactic acid present in them delays the development of putrefactive organisms in the intestines and has a positive effect on the digestive processes. Thanks to their pleasant taste and aroma, fermented milk products improve appetite by stimulating the secretion of gastric and intestinal juices. But their big disadvantage is that they need to be stored in the refrigerator: otherwise we risk getting an upset stomach or even food poisoning. In addition, nutritionists still consider dairy products more food than drink.
Separately, I would like to say about specialized functional drinks, designed specifically for various categories of people who need a plentiful drinking regimen: athletes, workers in hot shops and some other professions.
As a rule, such drinks, in addition to water, contain in a balanced form minerals, vitamins, "fast" and "slow" carbohydrates (glucose and dextrins) to restore the carbohydrate, mineral and energy balance in the body. Sometimes such drinks are called isotonic (having an osmotic pressure the same as that of blood plasma), because. the concentration of carbohydrates in them is close to 4.5% as in human blood plasma.
Consuming isotonic fluids is more physiological than drinking pure water for several reasons. First of all, the isotonic fluid that enters the body maintains the composition of the blood constant and at the same time replenishes the loss of electrolytes with sweat and urine. In addition, it activates the mechanism of diuresis to a lesser extent, that is, it does not increase urination. And the vitamins and microelements contained in such drinks within the daily intake allow you to make up for their deficiencies. Replenishment of fluid in the body occurs slowly and constantly.
However, such drinks are quite complex and costly to produce, so their quality representatives are not cheap and their constant consumption will be an expensive pleasure. In addition, there are many cheap fakes on the market, which, by and large, are all the same banal lemonades.

Finally, some general recommendations can also be made.:
- the best drink to quench your thirst is pure water, but plain water is not as tasty as fruit juice and practically does not replenish the body's loss of mineral salts and vitamins during sweating in hot weather, in this case it is recommended to use mineral (but not much) water;
- any natural drink (green tea, juices, kvass) is better than artificial analogues, no matter how beautiful the latter look;
- natural sweet drinks (juices, kvass), as well as specially designed specialized drinks, actively compensate for the loss of biologically valuable substances for the body through sweat, but quench thirst worse than just water;
- do not buy carbonated drinks with sugar and sweeteners - they do not quench your thirst at all, but on the contrary - excite;
- any alcoholic drinks, including beer - also do not quench thirst, dehydrating the body;
- cold drinks in the heat can very easily provoke a sore throat or other inflammation of the nasopharynx, so you need to be careful with the cold, especially since quenching thirst and cooling the body are completely different processes.

It's no secret that the human body is almost three-quarters water. Therefore, in case of its shortage, metabolic processes slow down significantly, cells begin to experience a deficiency of trace elements, and the person himself suffers from lethargy, apathy and lack of tone.

The question of how to quench your thirst worries not only lovers of intense physical activity and fans of the bath, but also the vast majority of people throughout the year. There are many ways to fill the lack of fluid in the body, but not all drinks do a good job with this task.

How does thirst arise and why is it dangerous?

To answer the question of how to properly quench your thirst, it is worth analyzing the mechanism of its occurrence. The record holders for the content of fluid in the human body are muscle tissue, as well as the circulatory and lymphatic systems. In addition to water, they also contain such trace elements as sodium, potassium and magnesium salts, which are necessary for full-fledged metabolic processes in the body. In the event of a change in the ratio of water and salt, the blood vessels have to suck fluid from the surrounding muscle tissues.

At the same time, muscle fibers, experiencing a shortage of fluid, transmit certain impulses to the brain. It is he who causes the larynx and throat to contract intensely after receiving the appropriate signal, which provokes a reduced production of saliva. As a result, it becomes difficult for a person to swallow, and he is clearly aware of his desire to replenish water supplies. If you do not quench your thirst in a timely manner, you can experience the following unpleasant consequences:

1. There is a violation of the production of elastin and collagen, which significantly accelerates the aging process of the skin, making it more wrinkled and outwardly similar to dry parchment.
2. Muscle tissues in case of lack of fluid begin to dry out and slowly degrade.
3. Blood viscosity indicators change, which can provoke the appearance of blood clots that clog blood vessels. The consequences of such disorders are usually strokes and heart attacks.

The daily rate of water consumed can vary from 1.5 to 3 liters, depending on the physiological and other characteristics of a particular person. Fluid from the body quickly leaves both with urine and through the gastrointestinal tract, as well as with breathing and sweating. Therefore, in the hot season, you need to drink much more water than in the cold.

How can you quench your thirst in summer? The best way to say goodbye to thirst in the summer heat is to drink a couple of glasses of a suitable liquid, with a pause between doses of 10-15 minutes. A few minutes after the first portion was drunk, you need to make sure that the feeling of dry mouth has passed without a trace. If the thirst still makes itself felt, it is worth drinking another glass in unhurried sips after a specified time period. Thanks to this method, you can most effectively eliminate the feeling of lack of fluid, but which drink quenches thirst best?

Contrary to the opinion of many people, ordinary water is not the best way to quickly remove thirst. Why? The fact is that in the hot season, a person has to sweat very intensively both during the day and at night. This provokes an excessive loss of both moisture and a mass of important trace elements such as potassium, magnesium, sodium and phosphorus.

It is for this reason that the body needs to replenish directly water and salt reserves. If a person drinks ordinary water in sufficient quantities, there is an increased loss of various salts, while the feeling of thirst disappears only for a short period. Therefore, we can say that the more water you drink, the more and more you want it.

How can you quench your thirst in the heat? Is there a way out? Yes! Drink mineral water. The salts dissolved in it will replenish the balance in the body in the required amount. However, read the label carefully. The fact is that excessive mineralization is suitable exclusively for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract, so choose water in which the salt content is not more than 10 g per 1 liter.

There is another good way - cool water with lemon. Try adding a slice of lemon to a glass of water: natural acid will help to quickly get rid of the feeling of dry mouth.

Warm herbal tea helps to quickly quench your thirst. The composition of this drink is extremely rich in essential vitamins and mineral salts, which can slow down the absorption of fluid through the intestinal walls, so you can forget about thirst for a fairly long period of time.

Of course, we are talking exclusively about self-brewed herbal tea, and not about ready-made sweet drinks from the supermarket. Cold tea allows you to create a feeling of coolness, and hot tea stimulates the release of sweat, which entails a cooling of the body due to the intense loss of excess heat that leaves with evaporation.

It should be noted that black or green tea will only exacerbate the problem. They contain too many tannins that irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa, in addition, these drinks contribute to the rapid removal of fluid from the body, which provokes dry skin and the appearance of early wrinkles.

Other drinks

Speaking of thirst-quenching drinks, we should not forget about natural juices. However, you will help your own body get rid of thirst and get a portion of vitamins and microelements only if we are talking about natural freshly squeezed fresh juices that do not contain sugar, sweeteners, preservatives and other harmful ingredients.

How to quench your thirst instead of juice or tea? For such tasks, a compote of dried fruits or fresh apples, pears and seasonal berries, supplemented with a sprig of mint, is quite suitable. It is very good and useful to drink fruit drinks from sour fruits or berries.

So, what is the best approach to solve such a problem? How to quench thirst without harm to health? As it turned out, this can be done perfectly if you drink herbal or ginger tea, natural juices, compotes, fruit drinks. But the satisfaction of dry mouth with the following drinks should be neglected:

• Packaged juices, sweet carbonated drinks are definitely a bad decision, since such drinks can only quench your thirst for a short time, but soon this feeling will return and become much more disturbing. And the huge amount of sugar in these drinks contributes to rapid obesity and the development of diabetes.
• Coffee (like black or green tea) is a strong diuretic, so it can cause excess moisture loss.
• Any alcoholic drinks (like beer and kvass) increase the acidic environment in the body, which leads to severe dehydration. In addition, such drinks disrupt the potassium balance, which often leads to various problems with the cardiovascular system, up to cardiac arrest.

Drink only natural healthy drinks. Do not harm your body, and then all day you will feel only health and vigor.

On hot summer days, when the temperature is higher than average, it is especially important to maintain the body's water balance. For this purpose, there are kiosks with chilled drinks at every step, the assortment of which will satisfy everyone. But which drinks will quench your thirst, and which, on the contrary, will make you drink even more liquids? Let's figure it out.

Drinks that quench your thirst

1. Water. The first natural element that quenches thirst. Quite often, when the air temperature is too high, you have to drink more water than the average daily norm, and this can cause swelling of the limbs.
2. Mineral water. It is quite useful for the body if it is natural water from a deep well, the number of which is indicated on the bottle. Healing mineral water is prescribed by a doctor, and you can drink it in certain quantities.
3. Tea. An excellent thirst quencher. Tea has long been drunk exclusively hot. The peoples of Central Asia use tea to save themselves from the heat. Hot tea promotes sweating and when the sweat begins to evaporate, the body naturally cools down. It is now customary to drink iced tea as we are just used to cold drinks on hot days. Drinking cold tea is no less useful than hot tea, as it contains a large amount of useful substances.

Important

Make your own iced tea by cooling the brewed hot tea. Ready-made iced tea in, which is offered in stores, is an ordinary drink with the addition of chemical additives that will only increase the feeling of thirst.

1. Lemonade. In the good old days, lemonade was sweetened lemon juice diluted with water. Such a drink perfectly stimulated the immune system and quenched thirst.

Important

Now on sale there are carbonated lemonades, in which dyes, flavors and citric acid are added. Such a drink will not only not quench your thirst, but can also cause indigestion.

1. Freshies. Natural freshly squeezed juices perfectly quench thirst and give energy to the body thanks to the vitamins they contain.

Important

Nutritionists recommend eating fresh juices in the morning, before going outside. Do not drink more than one glass of fresh juice a day, it can cause heartburn. In order to avoid heartburn, the juice can be diluted with water.

1. Compote. Quite an effective drink to quench your thirst. Compote contains many useful vitamins. You can drink compote both hot and cold. It has a similar effect on the body as tea.

Important

Cold compote is useful not only fresh. Rich in vitamins, which can also quench your thirst.

1. Kefir. A fairly useful product not only for the whole body, but also for the stomach. Kefir restores the intestinal microflora, helps the body break down excess fats and helps maintain the desired weight. Thanks to lactic acid, kefir perfectly quenches thirst.
2. Kvass. It has long been the first drink that was offered to workers in the fields, soldiers, and sick people. Kvass not only saved from thirst in the summer heat, but also gave strength to a person.

Important

Make your own drink. It is this kvass that can become an indispensable drink for your family, which can be served not only as a drink, but also as a seasoning for okroshka.

1. Smoothies. Now it is the most popular drink in every restaurant. Smoothies are made from fruit puree, which is diluted with a fermented milk product. Such a drink is already included in some as one full meal. Pineapple smoothie is included in the top. Natural smoothies are very healthy and perfectly quench your thirst.
2. Isotonic. Quite popular among athletes. They not only quench thirst, but also help regulate the body's water balance.

Important

Going to the gym, try to cook natural and you will not only not feel thirsty, but also improve your body,.

On a hot summer day, remember that only drinks made from natural ingredients that you can prepare yourself will save you from thirst. Chill your favorite drink in the refrigerator, take it with you on the road and you will no longer be thirsty.

Water. The most common, affordable and cheap drink. In any form, it perfectly quenches thirst. Typed from the tap or in a figured plastic bottle - we need water. Water with the content of mineral salts – mineral water – quenches thirst better. But know the measure, a high salt content, more than 10 grams per liter, turns mineral water into medicine. And not from the heat. The pitfalls of mineral water are carbon dioxide dissolved in it. In principle, it facilitates the fight against thirst, but you cannot call it useful for health. Distilled water is useless in the fight against thirst, and also, contrary to popular belief, ice water. It is delicious and effective to add a little sour juice to the water. For example, lemon.

To quench your thirst, you must use non-carbonated water without additives and sweeteners, i.e. natural. Mineral water quenches thirst better, but you need to know the measure in everything.

Well quenches thirst drink made at home.
Peel the lemon, cut it, put it in a jar and cover it with sugar. When thirsty, dilute with water and drink. It cools very well and quenches thirst.
Kvass also helps with thirst, it not only has a high energy value, but can be an independent food product.
In Spain, iced coffee is common to combat thirst.

What kind of water quenches thirst better, and what is thirst in general? Thirst, as a physiological process, is the body's reaction to a lack of water in it. Water leaves as a result of vital activity through the excretory organs. Also, the salt that enters the body with food takes away water, so we can’t get drunk by eating salted fish or herring.

A person should drink at least 2 liters of ordinary clean drinking water per day. In the heat or with intense loads of water, you need to drink more.

Thirst should be quenched with ordinary water at room temperature. In Moscow, you can drink water from the water supply, having previously settled it to remove bleach. Melt water quenches thirst very well. How to cook it see www o8ode ru

Saturated cold water also quenches thirst very well, but, unfortunately, regular use of such water can cause serious harm to health - see the discussion of the question "Why is soda harmful in the heat?"

When drinking certain drinks, thirst recedes only for a while, and then again makes itself felt with renewed vigor. ToWhen it's pretty hot outsidethirst quenching drinksvery much in demand.

Thirst quenching drinks

• The universal and most effective remedy for combating thirst is ordinary drinking water. It quenches thirst better than others, allows you to replenish fluid loss and at the same time contains no calories at all. On a hot day, you can carry a bottle of water with you and drink it in small sips throughout the day.
• You can drink in the heat and lemonade but only natural. It consists of two simple ingredients: water and lemon juice (pieces of fruit are added if desired). However, you can add a little natural syrup or honey to natural lemonade.

• Tea is a very effective remedy for eliminating thirst. Quenching your thirst with tea, you also make up for the loss of trace elements. Tea helps to strengthen blood vessels and normalize the processes of thermoregulation in the body. Mint, lemon, apple and other fruits or berries can be added to homemade iced tea.
• : fermented milk products contain organic acids that quench thirst well. In addition, all of them are quickly absorbed: in an hour, kefir, for example, is absorbed almost completely, while milk is only a third.
• Like kefir, a real classic kvass is a product of double fermentation (lactic acid), only prepared from other raw materials. The thirst-quenching properties in kvass are also determined by lactic acid. Its action is enhanced by the presence of carbon dioxide (carbon dioxide). Unfortunately, fakes are common on the market, which are drinks prepared on the basis of artificial ingredients without the use of double fermentation technology.
• Freshly squeezed juices saturated with vitamins. However, when using them, you need to know a simple rule - it is not recommended to drink more than two glasses of freshly squeezed juice per day. According to the recommendations of nutritionists, freshly squeezed juices generally belong to food. In this regard, it is still not worth considering them as a full-fledged remedy for combating thirst.
• Morse or compote. These drinks will only help quench your thirst if you make them with as little sugar as possible. Morse or compote from fresh fruits, berries or dried fruits is easy to prepare at home.

Thirst does not quench:

• Soda. Due to the content of a large amount of sugar, thirst only intensifies, and plus, you get empty calories, which lead to weight gain. Carbonated mineral water is also not recommended for thirst quenching.
• Coffee. This drink has a tonic effect and removes fluid from the body. Therefore, to quench your thirst, you should not drink coffee and cold drinks based on it.