Energy drinks help to enhance mental alertness and physical performance.
It strengthens your bones, teeth, and the growth of most of the tissues for healthy skin and healing benefits.
Moreover, vitamin C available in these drinks controls high blood pressure, lowers the risk of heart disease, and blood uric acid, and proven zeal stimulator. It also helps to maintain BMI.
As our body is not able to produce and store vitamin C. Therefore, one has to consume it daily in sufficient quantity. The National Institutes of Health recommends a daily intake of Vitamin C for men is 90 mg and for women is 75 mg.
Fresh fruits such as Lemon, pineapple, kiwifruit, strawberries, and oranges are always available at home and best to make homemade energy drinks.
The studies have proven that the consumption of raw and fresh fruits is healthier and nutritious, as prolonged storage and overcooking decreased its wholesome values.
Below are healthy homemade drinks to lose weight that are rich in vitamins and minerals. You may add to your breakfast, lunch, and snacks, or meet the nutrients required in your daily diet.
1. Perfect Energy Drink - Lemonade
Lemons are popular for their sour taste, ultimate nutrient, and health benefits.
Regular use of lemon reduces stroke risk, controls blood pressure, and boosting immunity.
Lemons are often associated with weight loss due to their potential health benefits. While lemon itself does not directly cause weight loss, it can be a helpful addition to a balanced diet and active lifestyle.
Lemons may be beneficial for weight management due to being low in calories, and high in vitamin C, hydration, and fiber content.
58 grams of lemon can provide over 30 milligrams of vitamin C.
- 10 minutes
- Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup warm water (for syrup)
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 to 3 cups cold water (to dilute)
- 2 to 3 leaves of mint
- To Make the syrup: Place honey and warm water in a pitcher. Stir it to mix it properly.
- Fresh lemon juice: 4 to 6 lemons are enough for one cup of juice.
- Fuse lemon juice, and water into syrup: Pour lemon juice, cold water, and freshly crushed mint leaves into a pitcher of syrup.
- Add fizz to lemonade: You may add soda water to the drink to enjoy Fizzy Punch.
2. Delicious Strawberry Shake
Strawberry is widely recognized for its reddish color, juicy and sweet texture.
The majority of people consume it raw and fresh or in such processed form, for example, shakes, jam, juice, pies, cakes, ice cream.
It is an excellent source of vitamin C, manganese, and vitamins.
625 grams of strawberry can provide over 370 milligrams of vitamin C.
Today, we will try a delicious strawberry shake to enjoy its taste and get its nutritious benefits.
- 5 minutes
- Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup fresh strawberries
- Put together cold milk, honey, fresh strawberries and vanilla extract in blender. Blend it to make it smooth.
- Pour into glasses. Garnish it with fresh strawberries and serve it.
- To Make it more delicious: Use full cream milk, almonds, cashews and raisins for children, pregnant women to get more fat and nutrients.
3. Pineapple Smoothie - Perfect Source of Energy
Pineapple is used as raw fleshy fruit and juice. The chunks of pineapple are used fruit salad, shakes, desserts, baking, and grilled foods such as pizza toppings, cookies, and hamburgers. Pineapple is also used as the main ingredient in jams, sweets, and refreshment drinks.
165 grams of pineapple can provide over 78 milligrams of vitamin C.
Add this smoothie to your diet to get more ascorbic acid and boost your immunity.
Pineapple smoothie is a combination of pineapple, banana, curd, and honey. Further, it is perfect energy drink. This creamy smoothie is best for a powerful breakfast or fueled snack.
- 7 minutes
- Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 cups finely cleaned and chopped pineapple chunks
- 1 pealed and half cut banana
- 3/4 cup curd
- 1 table spoon honey
- fresh pineapple chunks to garnish
METHOD
- Place the pineapple chunks, banana, honey, curd in a blender.
- Blend to make it smooth and creamy.
- Pour into 2 glasses. Garnish with pineapple wedges.
- To Make it more delicious: Use almonds, cashews.
4. Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice
Fresh squeezed orange juice is one of the best homemade energy drinks. It is enjoyed widely due to its incredible punch of tangy taste, sweetness. It is stacked with vitamin C and many more vitamins and minerals.
Oranges help to boost your immune system, support in blood circulation, and also detoxify your body.
248 grams of oranges can provide over 124 milligrams of vitamin C.
Let’s try to make a healthy and mouth-watering drink of fresh-squeezed oranges.
- 5 minutes
- Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
- 6 fresh oranges
- Salt as per taste
METHOD
- Wash the oranges properly.
- Cut the oranges in half with a knife.
- Squeeze or twist fresh oranges by handheld or electric citrus reamer to extract the juice and pulp.
- Pour the freshly squeezed orange juice into the glasses.
- You may add a pinch of salt to enhance the taste.
- To get more benefits, drink it without straining it.
5. Kiwi Strawberry Smoothie - Homemade Energy Drink
Kiwi is like rucksack which is full of the penalty of nutrients and abundant health benefits. It is preferred due to its peppery and tangy flavor.
It has a lot of antioxidants and nutrients like vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin E, and potassium. Therefore, it is very helpful to improve digestion, immune system, and blood circulation. 180 grams of kiwi can provide over 167 milligrams of vitamin C.
Let’s try to make a healthy and mouth-watering drink of fresh-squeezed oranges.
- 5 minutes
- Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
- 2 reaped kiwi
- 4 strawberries
- 1 peeled banana
- ½ cup yogurt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 spoon soaked Chia seeds
METHOD
- Put the Kiwi, strawberries, banana, and yogurt in a blender.
- Blend until smooth and creamy.
- Pour the creamy smoothie into the glasses.
- Add honey and chia seeds directly in the glasses to boost the taste and health benefits.
Vitamin C is best to maintain a healthy immune system. Take these drinks to stay In conclusion, it is clear, that the quantity of ingredients depends on factors like age, health status, digestion, and workout by the individual. The daily average requirement of vitamin C is 90 mg which is 100% of the daily value.
So, you may add any of these healthy fruit drinks to your daily diet for good health and boost your immunity.
