Benefits of health drinks

 1. Satisfies the hunger and gives a sense of fullness. In a fast-paced, busy environment people are living in today, it is a must to have a source of energy at all times. One of the reasons why more and more people are into health drinks is to make up for the lost vitamins and minerals when they need to skip meal due to busy schedule.

2. Improves overall health. Since most health drinks are packed with vitamins and minerals, it can help you fight off common diseases by consuming it regularly.

3. Helps enhance mental stability. The nutrients in most health drinks are aimed to produce oxygen that keeps the blood vessels clear. Once a person takes in these nutrients regularly, it can help them have greater focus in the things that they do either at work or at home.

Tips in buying health drinks 

 Although many health drinks are available in the market today, not all of these can give you the nutrients that you need. Before you buy or consume a health drink, try to ask your doctor first which are the ones he or she can recommend that would best suit your needs.

 If you prefer to buy on your own, make sure that these do not contain ingredients that can be harmful to you such as phosphoric acid, high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors and sweeteners, artificial dyes and coloring, processed vitamins, and modified food starches.

Also, make sure that the health drink that you are about to consume is not liquefied or pasteurized, have live enzymes from chlorophyll to aid better absorption, has natural antioxidants that can help combat free radicals and are made whole food ingredients to be safe.

 

 Tea was first discovered in China in 2737 B.C.  According to Chinese records, the emperor would only drink water which is boiled to make sure that it is indeed clean.  During a trip, a servant boiled water and a dried leaf fell on the boiling water.  It turned the water brown but was still served to the emperor.  The emperor drank the concoction and found it very refreshing. 

 Coffee, on the other hand, can be traced as early as the 9th century.  Coffee was largely cultivated in Ethiopia.  Soon, the Arabs started trading it, bringing it to northern Africa where it was mass-cultivated.  After being popular in Africa , it started to enter Indian and European Markets. 

  Europe and Asia pioneered energy drinks.  In 1901, the first energy drink was released in Scotland called Im-Bru.  While in Japan, their energy drinks can be traced as starting as early as  the1960s.  Although they cite that there are already some attempts in mixing different minerals with water before World War II they released Lipovitan in early 1960s.  South Korea also produced “genki drinks” which are also energy drinks.

 In 1929, Lucozade Energy was used as a hospital drink in the United Kingdom.  This drink was primarily for helping the speedy recovery of hospital patients.  In the 1980s, this drink was commercially released as an energy drink meant to replace lost energy.

 The worldwide leading energy drink, Red Bull, was created and marketed by an Austrian entrepreneur.  This leading energy drink was created in Europe .  It was based on a Thai drink called Krating Daeng, which is also based on Lipovitan.  Red Bull entered the market in 1997, and currently the dominant brand.  Its approximate market share is as big as 47 percent. 

 For sports drinks, the first one created was for the purpose of improving the performance of athletes and sports stars for the Florida Gators.  That is why the first product, which was released during 1960s, was called Gatorade.  The main purpose of this drink is to provide and lengthen the performance levels and aid hydration of athletes.

As early as 1985, the United States started introducing energy drinks like the Jolt Cola.  While in 1995, PepsiCo launched the Josta.  This was the first energy drink made by a leading United States beverage company. 

 Since then, energy drinks have started to gain fair market share and popularity.  More and more companies are taking advantage of such popularity and high demand.  Most people who consume energy drinks are within the range of 13 to 35 years old.  Young adult and male drinkers comprise 65 percent of the target market.  Since 2001, the increase of the energy drink market has been increasing by 50 percent every year.  Since this market is relatively new, with 20 years under its belt, there is still much hype about it.

More and more people seek out energy drinks and new developments.   People are trying to be health conscious amidst all the pressure of a high and fast paced life.  With the demand increasing, there are unlimited possibilities.  We are trying to discover ways in fitting all the nutrients and more vitamins and minerals available in just one gulp.  Health can be just in one drink after all. Limu Plus has the potential to give you all this and more when it comes to being healthier.