Chilled Inflammation Fighting Drinks

We all know that green tea can have health benefits that are wide ranging from helping to reduce cholesterol, lower cortisol, and reducing inflammation. For those who don’t want a hot cup of tea sparkling teas are all the rage. Sparkling teas are basically a mix of soda and tea to produce a cold and carbonated version of a healthy classic that health experts are recently raving on about, although one needs to keep an eye on those added sugars and additional calories from other ingredients. “These beverages can provide the benefits of the tea in them. Also, if you’re sensitive to caffeine, take that into account.

While it’s not as much as coffee, black tea and green tea (and therefore, matcha) do provide caffeine.” says Jessica Cording, R.D. SOUND was one of the first to bring these to market by blending sparkling water with organic tea, botanicals, and fruit extracts while not adding artificial sweeteners or added sugars. Their tea infused sparkling waters are more subtle than soda but are more nuanced and sophisticated.

Minna also avoids sugars on their lightly brewed blends in trendy packaging. Teatulia fits more into the soda category with their green tea blends that are flavored with 100% organic herbs, botanicals and sweetened with cane sugar; each of these contains about 16-20 grams of cane sugar providing that more soda like flavor, which is a red flag to some. Even better than buying one of these drinks may be to make it at home where you can control what you are drinking. If you own a sparkling water maker you can play around with flavors and combinations and carbonate your own tea to sip away your inflammation all day long. To make a strong brew do as you would a normal ice tea […]

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