Fast Fitness Friday - Healthier Fitness Water

Friday, October 26, 2007

Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM

Trendy vitamin water for exercise is big business, adding cost, litter, and sometimes dyes, synthetic isolated vitamins, and questionable sweeteners. Instead, easily make your own sweet, whole-food vitamin water for pennies:

1. Put clean water in a blender
2. Add a few grapes with the skin and seeds and blend well.
3. Carry it with you in healthful containers - described in Green Water

Grape skins and seeds have been found to contain cancer-fighting and other disease-fighting compounds. Think of the money you just saved on expensive grape seed oil products.

For a different light flavor, squeeze in some fresh lemon. Helps keep the container cleaner, too. If you like tea, put a tea bag in the container. No need for hot water. Try a few strawberries with the green tops, watermelon with the seeds, or some raw sweet red pepper to make a variety of light, vitamin water drinks.

Energy drinks are different purpose and recipe - Healthier Sports Shake.

Experiment and have fun.

Photo of good idea and good sitting by greggoconnell

Labels: cancer, fast fitness, nutrition

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