better for your whole body. The jury is out whether a little alcohol is good for you or not, so I won’t try to take you to teetotal land. Sports drinks are another huge no-no!
They are loaded with tons of sugar, chemicals and colors that are toxic to your body. The ad- vertisers want to convince us we will be even more hydrated by that garbage, but in fact, it decreases our performance and adds to ill health. You do need electrolytes, especially when you work hard on stage, but using natu- ral ones will make you feel, look and sound better. A little salt and lemon or lime in your water will do wonders. I talked about high-quality coconut
water in my first visit with you. It’s a wonder- ful hydrator and electrolyte replenisher. The real ones have to be refrigerated and have not been heated in pasteurization. Pasteurization kills the nutrients. I love this article by Food Babe on how
to choose the best brands.
https://foodbabe.com/how-to-buy-the- healthiest-coconut-water-and-avoid-the- worst/
If you prefer good old clean water,
make sure it is just that! Start with where it comes from. Water in plastic bottles is a hor- rible choice. First, as I said before, water is a finite, dwindling and critical resource. Some bottled water companies are sucking up the water in very fragile areas, like here in Florida where our water table is sinking. People have to go further down in the ground to get water. Eventually, when the water table gets lower than the ocean, salt water rushes into the nat- ural water table and makes it undrinkable. Stealing our water also creates pockets where we then get sinkholes that swallow up the land and everything on it, including houses, streets and people sleeping in their beds in the middle of the night. Water doesn’t have to be refrigerated.
It can be stored in hot warehouses, trucks during transport and then kept in hot store- rooms. The chemicals in the plastic leach into
Electra (The Rock-n-Roll Health Chick) is an Inte- grative Health and Nu- trition Consultant and Coach, specializing in the health of musicians. She is the host of “Rockin’ Your Health,” which is heard on FM radio, streaming on www.Elec-
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the water that we drink. This can cause can- cer. So, please never buy or drink bottled water if you can help it! A stainless-steel water bottle can be
filled at home or in a store that has a machine with filters. Some bottling companies are using the same water you would get out of the tap, so why not use your own, but with filters for more purity? Most public water is con- taminated with additives, runoff from agricul- ture and industry, pharmaceuticals people pee out or dump down the toilet, and much more. A cheap charcoal unit is better than nothing, but reverse osmosis is the Cadillac of filtration. I always take my water bottle with me. It’s bright green and reminds me of na- ture, plus it stands out so I don’t leave it be- hind. The insulated bottles keep your beverage cold or hot for a long time, and that’s cool! Not only will your body thank you for
taking better care of its’ needs, but the planet we live on will too. So, drink to your health!
PS: Please! Always recycle!
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