Keep Your Children Hydrated This Summer

What’s the best drink to quench a thirst? Water! Wise Water has all the solutions you need.

Fruit juice, which contains Vitamin C, is often seen as a healthy drink choice. However, fruit juices are high in sugar, just like fruit drinks, flavoured mineral water, energy drinks and soft drinks. A 250ml cup of apple juice or cola contains up to six teaspoons of sugar.
You can have them occasionally, but these drinks are not a necessary part of a healthy diet.
The recommended daily amount of fluids for children are:

• 5 glasses (1 litre) for 5 to 8 year olds
• 7 glasses (1.5 litres) for 9 to12 year olds
• 8 to10 glasses (2 litres) for 13+ years 

You should drink more water when you’re exercising or on a hot day. 

Tips to help you drink more water

• Bring a water bottle everywhere you go.
• In summer, put a frozen water bottle in your lunch box.
• Keep cold water in the fridge during summer and drink warm in the winter.
• Water down juices and/or sport drinks.
• Limit those sugary drinks.

Wise Water International (distributors of Eagle Water Treatment Systems) want to make sure you and your kids stay hydrated during these scorching hot summer days. For tips on clean drinking water please call 1-866-427-7757.

Water vs. Vitamin Water

Vitamin-fortified waters have been extremely popular over the last few years and interest in these seemingly-healthy beverages has continued to grow exponentially. Producers of the brightly-colored drinks market them as healthy alternatives to the recently demonized sugary soft drinks, but all-too-often vitamin-enhanced waters contain similar amounts of sugar and calories as their carbonated counterparts. 

“The way that vitamin water is marketed and positioned it’s made to look more healthful than other sugary beverages, but it’s not – it’s still just a soft drink,” said Margo G. Wootan, Director of Nutrition Policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “It has this aura of healthfulness that is not deserved. Adding vitamins and minerals to junk food doesn’t make it healthy.”

Tap water is free and is regulated for safety by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which routinely tests for contaminants to protect the safety of the public. Considering the fact that a single bottle of vitamin-fortified water can cost you as much as $3.50, these beverages can end up costing you a pretty penny over time. To avoid breaking the bank with little bang for your buck, opt for cost-free and sugar-free drinks instead.

Would you rather drink tap water over vitamin water but are not a fan of the taste? Call 1-866-427-7757 or visit www.wisewaterint.com to find out how to get refreshing clean water.