Besides water, juice is a healthy beverage. Fruit juices are best to drink in the morning and afternoon, but rather not in the evening hours. Fruit juices stimulate the pancreas to work making it not as suitable for later hours of the day. Try to drink natural fruit juices (not from concentrate), or even better freshly squeezed juice.

Vegetable juices are one of the best alkalinizing drinks. The PH balance of our body is important, and since our body is made up of mostly alkalinized tissue, it is beneficial to help support and protect this tissue with alkalinizing fluids.

Milk preparations are very helpful to rebuild flora in our intestines. By milk preparations, I mean fermented milk drinks like Kefir. These cultured drinks are filled with friendly bacteria that can colonize the intestinal tract and help digestion and absorption.

Herbal teas are also beneficial. Different herbal teas work in different ways – everything from weight loss to detoxification.

Stay away from all soda drinks (especially diet sodas) and artificial drinks of any kind.

But of course, water is the most important fluid. Approximately 70% of our body is made of this fluid (this percentage increase / decreases depending on age). We don’t wash our hands with juice, milk or soda; we wash our hands in water. This also translates to inside of our bodies, as water helps cleanse our insides.