Summer’s here, we are forever thirsty, and we need to drink – a lot!
There’s a lot of buzz around sticking to Indian, homemade cool drinks instead of the packaged, bottled fizzy stuff. After all, who wants to eat up unhealthy preservatives, sweeteners and of course, humongous calories? Plus, we have a long enough repertoire of local, extremely delicious drinks to choose from, which help the body stock up on essential vitamins and minerals – besides preventing dehydration.
But there’s a caveat: while these sweet, refreshing drinks are usually extremely healthy, they often add up a lot of liquid calories.
After all, these drinks, however healthy and good for us, are not plain water. So it’ll help to exercise some caution and keep an eye on the calorie meter as we sip their goodness.
Read on as we thrash out 12 common summer coolers.