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Health Claims and Dietary Recommendations for Nonalcoholic Beverages

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Beverages play a major role in determining nutritional health. Indeed, water represents as much as 60 % of the body weight in a lean person but only 45 % in the obese. Water from a tap or bottle remains the most popular beverage on the planet. Determining the nutritional consequences of a beverage is complicated by the myriad of additional contents mixed in with our water. Nonalcoholic beverages include coffee, tea, milk, juices, soft drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks, drinks for weight management, and of course water. Beverages provide about one-fifth of our daily energy intake, with the greatest intake occurring in 19- to 39-year olds [1]. These beverages may contain sugars, fats, minerals, and vitamins from natural or supplemental origin; these substances can alter the taste and nutritional consequences of beverages. Alcohol is another potential ingredient in beverages which can have dramatic health consequences. Alcoholic beverages were covered in the previous chapter.

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    Ted Wilson PhD

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Wilson, T. (2012). Health Claims and Dietary Recommendations for Nonalcoholic Beverages. In: Temple, N., Wilson, T., Jacobs, Jr., D. (eds) Nutritional Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-894-8_16

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