Electrolyte Beverages – Harmful or Helpful?

 By Daryn Mayer, Board Certified Health Coach, Nutrition Advisor and Creator of the Swoptions System.

When it comes to hydration, 75% of Americans don’t drink enough water.

While electrolyte beverages may be an easy option to increase one’s daily water intake, many commercial sports and “vitamin” based beverages can be high in sugar, sodium, artificial colors, and sweeteners which can contribute to weight gain, heart disease and metabolic syndrome like diabetes. 

While staying hydrated is essential for healthy bodily function, blood sugar stabilization, and weight management, most water enhancers and electrolyte beverages can trigger inflammation in the body because of their unnatural synthetic ingredients and additives like excess sugar and salt.

If you are diabetic, have heart disease or you’re just watching your sugar and salt intake, finding a healthy beverage has been difficult until now.

There’s a new electrolyte water enhancing drink stick mix called Med Bev, that helps make drinking more water easy, healthy, and delicious in every sip.

Med Bev drink mix sticks contain more than 12 essential vitamins and minerals in every serving along with plant-based turmeric and glucosamine to help further reduce inflammation and promote muscle and joint mobility.

Med Bev drink mix sticks are also high in Vitamin C, which can also help support healthy glucose levels.

Available in 3 hydrating flavors, Limeade, Berry Lemonade and Peach Iced Tea Single to go, Med Bev Electrolyte Drink Stick mixes contain only 10 calories, 2 grams of carbs and 0 grams of sugar per serving.

Med Bev drink stick mixes are naturally sweetened with stevia and are lower in sodium than most other electrolyte and vitamin enhanced beverages.

No matter your lifestyle, its essential to stay hydrated- and that means consuming at least 1 ounce of water per pound of body weight per day. That means if you weigh 160 lbs. you should be drinking 160 ounces of water per day.

Med Bev helps make meeting your daily water goals effortless and healthy.

As a board-certified health coach and nutritionist, I recommend Med Bev to help you drink more water in a healthier way.