QUENCHING THIRST
SOME SUGGESTIONS For those engaged in hot, sweaty and dusty occupations, cold tea is a satisfactory thirst quencher. But it must be poured off the leaves within six minutes of the brew having been made. Black coffee may be taken as a stimulant—not as a drink—and white coffee and cocoa or chocolate made with milk is more a food than a beverage. To quench a thirst which has got to the stage of actual physical distress, warm water is the best of all drinks. This can get into the bloodstream almost as quickly as you swallow it. If you are sweating, the addition of a teaspoon of salt to a pint of water helps to revive the energy. Don’t take iced water if you are hot. It quickly injures the stomach if taken in any quantity and the water is not absorbed in the normal manner. The addition of fresh fruit juices to your warm drink is agreeable and adds to the vitamin C intake so necessary in hot weather—particularly if citrus fruit juices are used. And never use alcoholic drinks to quench the thirst. There are many circumstances in which their use is so undesirable that nobody in his senses would take them if he realised what he was doing.—From Health, a journal issued by the Department of Health.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 79, Issue 7147, 19 December 1949, Page 8
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