We all grew up on Kool Aid. It was red and sweet and
made you hyperactive. Remember that huge pitcher who would crash your through
your wall and make life even more fun? Nobody cared that he'd just destroyed
your house because he brought Kool Aid with him! It was meant to be a healthier
drink than soda. All those moms in the commercial saying, "With Kool Aid I
can control the sugar." Well, in reality each cup of Kool Aid has 5
teaspoons sugar--that's 20 grams--about 80 calories. Not so cool now are you,
Kool Aid? No wonder childhood obesity is sky rocketing.
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As an adult I moved onto to Crystal
Lite.
This stuff tasted like Kool Aid but was sugar
free so it was healthy, right? WRONG. It contains the artificial sweetener aspartame which is linked to some
controversy. Read about why here:
:www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/5-reasons-aspartame-is-bad-for-you.html
Now-a-days I drink cold red tea
with lemon and sweetened with stevia. Not red from Red Dye number 40, red from hibiscus.
Not sweetened with sugar or artificial chemical sweeteners, but sweetened from
stevia which comes from the leaves of a plant.
I make up a pot of red tea before
bed, let it steep overnight and then in the morning I squeeze out the tea bags,
add the juice of one lemon and stevia to taste and put it in the fridge to get
cool. That’s it. It tastes lovely and fresh.
Stay tuned for the craft activity –a
sun hat for your tea jug!
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