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In the summer when it got pretty hot here I posted a blog to \u201cStay hydrated<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0That gave me a little bit of a base to start writing today`s blog which is an assignment for my studies. In short \u201cwrite a personal blog post about beverages\u201d \u2013 healthy beverages that help us to stay hydrated, I may add!<\/p>\n

And funny enough, a few days ago the water intake came up with my husband, too, him not truly seeing the need of drinking a lot of water, while I am the one pushing to increase the intake, especially with my kids.<\/p>\n

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The `8 glasses of water<\/span> a day` saying is out there, as a rule of thumb, not really scientifically proven it seems. And I found it rather interesting that when searching `how much you should drink`, the search engines tends to switch it into `how much water<\/em><\/strong> should you drink`. It leaves the impression that only water is important and seen as a healthy drink. And I would like to get more into that, as I find that is sends a wrong message.<\/p>\n

I think we will all agree that it is important and crucial to have enough (healthy) liquid intake throughout the day and that (clean) water is the healthiest beverage, but is is not the only one. And not everybody likes to drink that much water. I for example, remember that I distasted water during the first trimester when I was pregnant with my second child. It tasted horrible to me, left me with a metal taste. But we lived in a hot and humid country and it was crucial to have a sufficient healthy liquid intake.<\/p>\n

I eased the taste of water during this time by adding pieces of lemon, cucumber, ginger and\/or apple to the water. I still do that during times when I drink a lot of water and get bored by it.<\/p>\n

And if water is not your thing, or you get bored by the taste, try out some teas \u2013 hot or iced \u2013 they are a great healthy beverage, too. As long as you prepare them yourself \u2013 especially the ice-teas as the\u00a0store-bought ones are usually very high on sugar! That is something you do want to avoid, especially when you want to increase your liquid intake. There are some great webpages for ice-teas out there, go and try some of them, try to eliminate sugar or at least reduce it to the\u00a0very minimum when preparing the teas!<\/p>\n

Having a healthy and foremost steady beverage intake through the day is important and healthy for several reasons. Some of the below are my own experiences some are based on information found on http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/diet\/features\/6-reasons-to-drink-water#1<\/a><\/p>\n