Beverages That Keep You Going

Beverages and coworking offices go hand in hand. Beverages are an all time essential for the body to sustain itself and keep you going throughout your work day. Not only do beverages quench your thirst, but also they keep you hydrated, and enable your body to maintain its PH levels, while helping you remain calm and manage situations better.

Usually we think of water when we think of a beverage, but that doesn’t hold true at coworking offices. Beverages offered up at Connekt coworking offices in Memnagar range from green tea, cutting chai, freshly brewed coffee, soda, energy drinks and more.

Here are 5 of the most common drinks readily available at coworking spaces around the world, and their health benefits and drawbacks, if any!

1. Water

The most common and abundantly available drink in the world is water. Everyone is aware that the human body consists of 70% water. Drinking water helps you maintain the minerals in the form of fluids in the body and helps to sustain any climatic situation and changes that occur throughout the day.

Water provides a ton of nutrients and oxygen to your cells, it flushes bacteria from your bladder, and aids in metabolic digestion, while stabilizing your heartbeat. Drinking 2-3 litres of water a day makes you feel fresh as it lowers sodium levels and dilutes important substances in your blood that keep you going during the day.

2. Green Tea

Green tea is known for being rich in antioxidants. Green tea originates from China, and is universally accepted as the beverage to consume during the day for those who seek to live a healthy life. Green tea is simple to prepare. All you need is hot water and green tea sachets / green tea leaves to steep in the hot water, and your hot beverage is ready! There are over 50 green tea flavours to choose from, and each flavour oozes with its own deliciousness, while maintaining your healthy lifestyle.

Green tea improves brain function, promotes fat loss, lowers chances of heart disease and protects against cancer. Green tea has less caffeine as compared to coffee and tea, and helps in developing a better immune system.

3. Coffee

Nothing better to start the day with than a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee! Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. This beverage is also known as the awakener, and provides an instant energy boost. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. The story goes that Kaldi discovered coffee after he noticed that after eating the berries from a certain tree, his goats became so energetic that they didn’t want to sleep at night.

There are almost 20 different types of coffee available around the world, and people regularly consume 2.25 billion servings of coffee everyday. Coffee is one of the most common beverages available at coworking spaces, and usually in unlimited quantities.

Benefits of consuming coffee include protecting against type 2 diabetes and Parkinsons, and it also lowers the risk of liver disease and lowers the risk of heart failure. Antioxidants in coffee can also help get rid of various metabolic inflammations. Coffee contains caffeine, which can cause insomnia, nervousness and restlessness, and it’s been recommended not to consume more than 4 cups a day. Drinking large amounts of coffee can cause headache, agitation and irregular heartbeats.

4. Tea

Tea, also known as chai, is the most consumed beverage in India. The credit for creating India’s vast tea empire goes to the British, who discovered tea in India and cultivated and consumed it in enormous quantities, and the rest is history. Tea is available in several flavours, and is one of the most loved beverages in India.

Tea is rich in antioxidants, it boosts heart health, improves digestion, increases one’s energy and alertness, and is also great for the skin. It’s recommended that tea be consumed in the range of 3-4 cups (710ml – 950ml) per day, as excess consumption of tea can lead to reduced iron absorption, increased anxiety, increased stress levels, insomnia, heartburn and may also induce headaches.

5. Soda

The invention of soda brought about changes in the drinking habits of people across the world. A soda, also known as a soft drink, sugary drink, pop or fizzy drink, contains water, artificial flavouring and a sweetener. Sodas were invented in the 17th century, and got widely popular in the 18th century onwards. Soft drinks were being manufactured on a large scale, and people were consuming these drinks in good quantities. So much so that manufacturing companies began creating packs-of-6 to sell these drinks.

Soft drink vending machines have also become increasingly popular in the world. Both hot and cold drinks are sold in these self-service machines throughout the world and across coworking spaces in India too.

One may feel energetic when they consume soft drinks due to their high-sugar and high-caffeine content, but overall, soft drinks negatively impact your health. Soft drinks contain too much sugar, 3.3 tablespoons of sugar for a 12-ounce serving to be exact. Many popular soft drinks also contain high-fructose corn syrup, which spikes blood sugar levels and converts quickly into fat.

Essential nutrients and building blocks of the body like fibers, proteins, minerals and vitamins are totally absent in sugary sodas. It adds nothing to your diet except excessive amounts of added sugar and unnecessary calories. Soft drinks can also cause the body to dehydrate. Dehydration can cause dry skin, followed with acne, pores and breakouts.