…milk contains antibiotics, unnecessary fat, cholesterol, and calories. Who would want to add all of that to their daily intake right after a meal?
Powdered Mixtures
Do you love to add powders like Crystal Light to your bedside glass of H2O? The ingredients may make you think otherwise. These packets are filled with artificial flavors and sweeteners such as aspartame. The side effects of drinking these ingredients include anxiety, headaches, nausea, and abdominal pain. If you ask us, that doesn’t sound like good night’s sleep.
Flavored Water
Drinking water any time of the day has been proven to help your health in many ways. However, flavored water is a different story. Take vitamin water, for example. The average 20-ounce bottle of Vitamin Water contains about 30 grams of sugar and 120 calories. If you’re drinking water before you go to bed, stick to the original.
Apple Juice
Considering chugging a glass of packaged OJ right after dinner? Unfortunately, most store-bought fruit juices contain unnecessary amount of fructose. Though fruit juice contains naturally occurring fructose, it’s the added sucrose from juice concentrates that can pack on the pounds. For example, Natural News reports that a typical glass of commercial apple juice has as much fructose as you would find in six apples. However, it doesn’t have the enzymes the liver needs to process all that fructose. After just a couple of sips, your stomach will be hanging onto nothing but sugar and fructose, which is never the ideal situation you want your stomach in.
Sports Drinks
Sports drinks give the body electrolytes, and that’s about it. Unless you’re training for a marathon or heading to the gym right after dinner, you’re really just filling up on carbs, calories, and sugar. Most sports drinks contain a lot of ingredients we never want to put into the body, and downing one of these after dinner when you’re not being active just multiplies the negative effects.
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