Pure Clean Water

The most widely consumed beverages, in order of preference, are coffee, sodas, diet sodas, milk, alcoholic beverages, carbonated fruit drinks, and teas.  Where is water on this list?

There are many reasons to add water to your beverage list, and bump it all the way to the top.  Probably the best reason to make water your #1 beverage is that very few of the alternative liquids are good for you.

We are all now familiar with the many and varied problems associated with each of the drinks in the above list, not the least of which are empty calories and artificial chemicals. (Read The Facts About Artificial Sweeteners) Years ago, I stopped drinking almost all drinks containing calories and switched to diet products.  I didn’t want to waste precious calories guzzling down a soda; I much prefer to eat my calories!