Health Drinks
Health drinks are very popular and efficient way to take in important nutrient, vitamin C and antioxidant and to provide fiber in the diet.
These combination drinks, often with such names as Cider Vinegar and Honey, Wheat Orange and Papaya Blend, are mixed and sipped on the go, helping busy people get their minimum daily five servings of fruits and vegetables.
Most health drinks made from fresh produce are good for pregnant women-especially if the produce is organic. But there are two reasons to be cautions about health drinks.
First reason
They may be too much of a good thing. The prenatal vitamin supplements often prescribed to expectant are packed with 100 percent of recommended daily allowances.
The vitamin intake from a balanced daily diet to the vitamin supplement pushes those levels to the upper limit.
Adding a nutrient packed health drink to the mix can easily push the daily dose of vitamins over the limits of safety. This is especially true with vitamin A.
A proper levels, vitamin A is important for your baby’s brain and eye development. But too much (more than the USDA recommended) can cause brain development to be slowed and can lead to neural tube defects.
In this case, vitamin A overload is definitely too much of a good thing.
Second reason
They may not healthy. Not all products with worlds “healthy” or “fruit” or even “vegetable” in their names are actually good for you.
Fruity soft drinks, flavored ice teas, sugary fruit juices, fruity wine coolers and energy and sport drinks as well as fruit “flavored” drinks may not be healthy drinks.
They often contain excess sugar, calories, caffeine and artificial sweeteners and flavorings that can easily cross the placenta.
Health Drinks
