Sweeter Than Your Led To Believe

Honest Tea boasts about how their tea is "Just a tad sweet" but is it?

I just looked at how much sugar is in one bottle of Pomegranate Blue Flavored Herbal Tea and to my surprise there was 23 grams of sugar. 

That is approximately 6 teaspoons (5.75) of sugar !!

Try visualizing 6 teaspoons of sugar in a cup of water, would you drink it?

Now to be clear I am not attacking Honest Tea, im just pointing out that 5.75 teaspoons of sugar is not a "tad" of sweet in my book. 

Of course Snapple and some other companies  have more in some of their teas.(36 grams = 9 teaspoons of sugar in their raspberry tea !! )

 It's best to avoid all sweetened drinks.

Water is best. If you like flavored water try squeezing a little lemon or lime in your drink. 

Alternately you can put a little vitamin c powder in your water (no more than a 1/4 teaspoon) which will give it a tangy lime like taste while giving you all the amazing health benefits of vitamin c :) 

Fresh vegetable juice in a powerful blender like a vitamix or a nutribullet is also great because it will include the pulp.

Try adding a tablespoon of virgin coconut oil and a pinch of good quality salt like Himalayan or Celtic sea salt to amp up the flavor :)