10 Healthier Food & Drinks Alternatives

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You always have a choice to pick the healthier alternative. Why not? You get more nutrition and additional health benefits from a similar food or drink. We'll give you the idea and you make the choice!

Light Beer to Dark Beer
We are not advocating taking up to drinking but if you want to sit down and relax with a cold bottle of beer, go for dark beer instead of light beer. Why? Dark beer is much richer in flavanoids than light beer, and flavanoids possess powerful antioxidant properties.  Also, Vitamin B6 levels in dark beer prevent the build up of an amino acid called homocystenine, which has been linked to heart and vascular diseases in humans.

Honeydew Melon to Cantaloupe
Instead of honeydew melon, choose cantaloupe. Or, when you're having honeydew melon, you may also add some chunks of cantaloupe. Why? Because cantaloupe has double the vitamin C  as honeydew and has about 67 times more beta-carotene.

White meat chicken to Dark meat chicken
Dark meat chicken (thigh/leg) is not as bad as you might think it is. It is the higher levels of saturated fat that made dark meat unpopular. But in the case of poultry, this can be easily removed by getting rid of the skin. And the truth is, dark meat is richer in nutrients than white meat and contains 3 times the iron, 245 % more zinc, which is responsible for growth and reproduction and also supports immunity and wound healing. Dark meat is also rich in vitamins A, K, B6, B12, niacin, folic acid, pantothenic acid and minerals like selenium and phosphorus.