In the summer heat, when the sun seems to strive to incinerate all living things, the asphalt melts under your feet, and the thermometers are growing rapidly, there is nothing more desirable than soft drinks. Many people prefer cola and similar drinks to quench their thirst, without even thinking about their harm to health.
But our wise ancestors preferred fruit drinks as a soft drink. After all, they not only have refreshing and restorative properties, but are also a kind of biogenic stimulants, which, ultimately, help to increase efficiency. The benefits of fruit drinks for human health are obvious, because the berries and fruits that make up them contain almost all organic acids, mineral salts, pectins, vitamins and other substances beneficial to human health.
And if we take into account the fact that in the heat the body loses a lot of minerals and, above all, potassium compounds, which can negatively affect the cardiovascular system, then the benefits of fruit drinks, especially from red berries, such as cranberries or lingonberries, becomes even more obvious and makes these drinks the most desirable on the table in the summer.

• To prepare a tasty and healthy cranberry juice, you will need 125 berries, 800 g of water and 75 g of honey. Sort and rinse the cranberries, mash in non-oxidizing dishes, such as glass or enamel, squeeze the juice through cheesecloth and refrigerate. Pour the squeezes with hot water, boil for 5-10 minutes, strain and mix the broth with juice. Then add honey and refrigerate. Not everyone knows that it is useful to use cranberries during beriberi, and fruit drinks from this berry are recommended for hypertension, tonsillitis, and inflammatory gynecological diseases.
• Cowberry juice in everyday life can be a wonderful soft drink. In addition, the benefits of fruit drinks from this berry are that they help fight colds, and they are also used for heavy menstrual bleeding, which is often observed in modern women.
• Plum, cherry, dogwood, cherry plum fruit drinks best quench their thirst. In addition, with their help, our body receives valuable substances: mineral salts, vitamins, organic acids.

• Fruit drink made from the fruits of Chinese lemongrass, helps to endure adverse environmental conditions.
• Benefits of fruit drinks from sea buckthorn lies in their powerful antioxidant properties. In addition, in terms of the amount of vitamin E, sea buckthorn juice does not know equal among other fruit and berry crops, since it contains several times more than hazelnuts or almonds.
• Fruit drinks from gooseberries and grapes are rich in organic acids that stimulate metabolism. Gooseberry fruit drinks, moreover, contribute to the normalization of blood pressure, increasing it in hypotensive patients and lowering it in hypertensive patients.
• Apple juice contains a large amount of pectins that bind the products of fermentation and putrefaction in the intestines and powerfully heal the body.

It should be noted that fruit drinks, in comparison with berries, are usually more high-calorie, as they contain more sugars. They perfectly cleanse the human body. Moreover, for those who are subject to physical exertion, it is good to combine fruit drinks with vegetable juices. They are excellent sources of recuperation after hard work. In addition, both juices and fruit drinks include many useful substances.
Fruit drinks are usually obtained unclarified, since, in addition to the juice of berries and fruits, they contain substances that are insoluble in water: pectin, fiber, and fat-soluble vitamins. And this means that the value for human health of non-clarified fruit drinks is higher than that of clarified ones.

And if you want the fruit drink to have not only a refreshing, but also a healing effect on your body, remember a simple rule: with reduced or normal acidity of gastric juice, drink fruit drinks 30-40 minutes before eating. And if your acidity is increased, then you should drink a glass of fruit drink 1.5 hours before meals. To achieve the desired effect, such morsotherapy should be carried out for at least several weeks. And if you are not pursuing any therapeutic effect, drink fruit drinks daily.
In addition, fruit drinks can be used during fasting days, they contribute to weight loss and the removal of toxins from the body. On fasting days, you need to take 1.5-2 liters of various fruit drinks. When preparing fruit drinks at home, it must be taken into account that short-term storage of this product in the refrigerator accelerates its fermentation and spoilage, even if the appearance and taste of the drink do not change.

Choose your favorite fruit drink be lazy to cook it more often and be healthy!