Home energy drinks

Aside from diet and training, health of our body depends on what you drink. Instead of sodas, juices from the store, we offer several recipes for home energy drink that will quench your thirst in the hot summer, but without compressing your body with unnecessary sweeteners and colorings. 

Cocoa beverage

 

For magical and medicinal qualities of cocoa know more Mayans and Aztecs. Cocoa beans contain a lot of vitamins and minerals (iron, zinc, potassium). The active ingredients have a positive effect on the cardiovascular and nervous system.Cocoa is an antidepressant, improves blood circulation and metabolism. Eat dark chocolate. Cocoa is recommended for athletes because it helps muscle recovery.

All these qualities have only pure cocoa, not advertised mixtures based on cocoa.The proportion of cocoa drink 2 tsp cocoa 1 tea cup of milk or water. The drink may be hot or cold. Cocoa helps to burn fat, but do not add sugar to drink, and if any milk, then let it be skim milk.

Energy drink

 

Suitable for those who want muscles and endurance training. In 1/2 liter of water add 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon of rosehip syrup, lemon juice to taste, 100 mg of vitamin C and a few cubes of ice.

Herbal tea

Herbal tea, green tea and black tea are all useful and natural sports drink.

Boil the tea, add to it a few sprigs of mint, lemon and sweeten with honey, if you allow it regime. Leave in the fridge to cool and eat.

Strawberry drink

 

Strawberries are bomb of vitamins and trace elements, fruit with very few calories.

Snack on strawberries in the spring and summer, in the winter can try to freeze.Strawberry drink has super healing qualities and increase your stamina. Its otheradvantages are that it enhances immunity and gives strength.

Puree the strawberries with some water or yoghurt. Natural and useful. Ifstrawberries are not sweet enough, you can add dried fruit to your taste: plums, apricots, dates and more. Similarly you can prepare and other fruit drinks.

Honey drink
 

The last suggestion is also easy to prepare. In 1 liter of water dissolve 2 tablespoons honey, 1 lemon, cut into circles and mint. Honey beverage is the most delicious when is chilled.

Which are the 6 most important minerals and how to obtain them?

1. Calcium

Calcium is one of the best known minerals that people need daily. Its main function is the formation and maintenance of bone tissue. Another key role played by calcium is related to ensuring proper muscle contractions that take place in the body during physical activity.

 How to get this?

The biggest sources of calcium are milk and dairy products. Other good sources include salmon, cabbage, broccoli and sardines.

 2. Iodine

Iodine is also a very important mineral as it plays a key role in maintaining healthy thyroid function and metabolism. Individuals who suffer from thyroid problems, often fail to achieve a good balance of the body, as it spent enough calories on a daily basis.

 How to get this?

The main source of iodine is salt, which more and more people tend to avoid as many foods contain enough salt and often overdo it. Unless you practice specific diet with very low salt content should not worry about this mineral, as the taking adequate amounts of it with the usual food you eat.

 3. Iron

Iron is a mineral needed by most women, but men have a natural and benefit from it. It plays an important roll in the transport of oxygen in the muscle tissue. Iron helps to maintain a good immune system and helps fight the anemia.

 How to get this?

The best source of iron is soybeans. Other options are lentils, spinach, tofu, beans and pure beef.

 4. Magnesium 

Next mineral on which to focus your attention is magnesium. It is important for the maintenance of the muscular and nervous function in the body.

Magnesium is important in physical activity as it helps to develop the energy in the body. This mineral is vital for regular heartbeat.

 How to get this?

The best source of magnesium is a pineapple, a fruit that many people overlook. Other quality sources are rice, spinach, rye, soybeans and oats.

 5. Zinc

One of the most important functions of the zinc is the regulation of the normal development of new cells in the body, as it helps in the reading of "genetic design." It helps the immune system and improves the rate of healing of various wounds.

How to get this?

Oysters are one of the best sources of zinc. Other options are beef, crab, pork leg, enriched cereals, pork tenderloin and cashews.

 6. Phosphorus

And finally, the last mineral which should include in your diet is phosphorus. It is important for the formation of healthy bones and teeth, and also helps to repair cells and tissues in the body.

Phosphorus works in a synergistic relationship with the vitamins of the B group, which helps to normal muscle contractions. This mineral has positive effect on the health of the kidneys. 

How to get this?

The best food sources of phosphorus are milk and meat, so therefore when you take enough calcium and protein, you will obtain such necessary phosphorus, as these nutrients go hand in hand.

What kind of vitamins and minerals we need ?

Recovery of the body after a workout at the gym requires multiple vitamins and minerals are involved in the synthesis of new cells and tissues. For example, some vitamins and minerals needed to support the creation of endogenous anti-inflammatory compounds, here they are:

➡ Vitamin B6
➡ Vitamin E
➡ Vitamin C
➡ Niacin
➡ Zinc
➡ Selenium
➡ Magnesium

 Vitamins

Vitamin C - also called ascorbic acid or L-ascorbate is a water soluble vitamin. Gross formula is C6H8O6 and has a molecular weight of 176.13 grams per mole. Left in air at room temperature was rapidly oxidized.

 Vitamin C

Due to the large number of beneficial effects on the human body. Vitamin C is used as a food additive, including in a number of drugs against influenza and cold diseases and in Bulgaria can be purchased from a pharmacy without a prescription in the form of tablets or vials. The most prominent role of ascorbate in the living organisms is an antioxidant and in the synthesis of collagen.

 Vitamin E

Vitamin E participates in the activity of the endocrine glands, especially the gonads, affects metabolism, regulate the distribution of fat and water in the body, ensures the proper functioning of muscle and nervous system. Its absence leads to infertility and miscarriages. It was found that the vitamin E is well conserved  vitamin A and so when there is a shortage of vitamin E, is observed deficiency of vitamin A. The human body requires a day is 10 to 25 mg of vitamin E. In a - large amounts of it is located in wheat germ in leafy vegetables in green peas, in carrots, in the nuts of almonds, walnuts, etc..

Vitamin B 
 
This is a vitamin essential for people suffering from hair loss, brittle nails, dry skin problems. This is why vitamin B is one of the important ingredients of the masks for hair and face. It is also recommended for people who are actively engaged in sports. It is also believed that vitamin B has a positive effect on allergic and psychotic disorders, as it has anti-stress effect. B vitamins have the greatest impact when adopting complex. Contained in pure pork, milk, nuts, eggs, cereals, liver.

 Minerals

Minerals are necessary for normal cell function, and serve as assistants in many enzymatic processes involved in the synthesis of connective tissue.

• Calcium

The main function of calcium is structural. The skeleton of the adult male contains about 1.2 kg of calcium. There is continuous movement of calcium between the skeleton and blood, and other body parts. This is precisely controlled by hormones. Calcium also plays a role in cell biology. Calcium can bind to a wide range of proteins altering their biological activity. This is important in nerve impulse transmission and muscle contraction. Calcium is also needed for blood clotting, activating clotting factors.

•  Boron and manganese

Boron and manganese are very important factors for the synthesis of collagen and GAG, and metabolism. It is known that some medications interact negatively with some other minerals, boron and manganese help to overcome this problem.

•  Zinc

 This mineral is essential for the human body. Its deficiency can cause a weakening of the immune defense, hair loss, weight loss, loss of appetite, depression, swelling, rash and other skin problems. Enzymes, which contain zinc, helping to enhance the immune system, protection from free radicals, recovery of wounds, synthesis of proteins, preservation of vision, the maintenance of fertility in adult, control of the growth of children and also help in cell reproduction.

•  Honey

Copper is a coenzyme in the oxidation of lysine, which is essential for the conversion of collagen and elastin. It has anti-inflammatory properties and can relieve pain in arthritic and damaged joints.