Mangosteen, Acia Berry, Noni, Pomegranate – The Ascendancy Of Functional Health Beverages

Worldwide, the beverage industry is huge overall, yet highly segmented. In
the soft drink segment alone, 84.5 litres (or 22.3 gallons) average per person
are consumed globally each year. The world’s population is about 6.0 billion.

Major beverage market segments include alcohol, beer, bottled water, coffee
and tea, juices, milk and dairy, nutraceuticals, soft drinks, spirits, nutritional,
wine, as well as health and wellness.

Underneath health and wellness, there is a sub-segment– functional health
beverages. These include products made from mangosteen, acia berry, noni,
and pomegranate-regional fruits used for thousands of years by local people
under the guidance of their native doctors.

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Healthy Retirement – Best Beverages

You’re thirsty. What do you reach for? Your options are many: water, soda, fruit juice, coffee, tea, and the list goes on. Chances are that you choose several of these at different times and in different circumstances. Which of these are best for you? Which should you avoid? This article does not rank beverages, nor is it all-inclusive of benefits and drawbacks. But perhaps it will start you on your way to better choices. As seniors in retirement, we might be ready to make some changes.

We can begin with the most common beverage for all of us: water. Day in, day out, water is probably the best choice for quenching your thirst. Who would ever have imagined the explosion in marketing water? Bottled water is everywhere and in countless forms: flavored, sparking, or with minerals, to name a few. The U.S. has the safest water supply in the world-why are we buying bottled water? Although water bottles are recyclable, few enter that stream, and most end up in landfills.

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Antioxidant Beverage – An Overview

As per the antioxidant beverages are concerned, they are quite good for health. These antioxidants are the molecules that slow down the oxidation of the other molecules. The oxidation produces the free radicals and this leads to the start of the chain reaction that can badly damage the cells. The antioxidant certainly minimizes the chain reactions and thus saves the cells from getting damaged. Some of the antioxidants are the thiols, ascorbic acids and polyphenols.

The antioxidant beverages can be made by mixing the antioxidants to the beverages. There is one more method to make the antioxidant. You can make this kind of juice from the fruits which are rich in it. The second method is the more common one and you will certainly be quite happy to note that it is more advantageous as well.

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