Beverages

Beverages include drinking water, milk, soft drinks, tea, coffee and cocoa, and alcoholic beverages.

Follow the links below to find information about the health effects of drinking different types of beverages.

Reviewed September 2008

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Alcoholic Beverages
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Drinking Water
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Links to information on drinking water, including water quality and the health benefits of water.
Milk
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Links to information on the role of milk in the diet.
Non Alcoholic Beverages
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Links to information about non alcoholic beverages.
Tea, Coffee and Cocoa
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Links to information about the health effects of drinking tea, coffee and cocoa or chocolate.
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Title:   Lunch box tips
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   It is important to keep offering healthy lunch box choices in a variety of ways, as children learn to eat what is familiar to them.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cranberries (usually as cranberry juice) have been used to try and prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Cranberries contain a substance that can prevent bacteria from sticking on the walls of the bladder. This may help prevent bladder and other urin...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Introducing drinks
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Information about why fruit juice, soft drinks, soy milk and similar products are unsuitable drinks to give your baby.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Child nutrition - juices and sweet drinks
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   While babies and children may like sweet-tasting fluids, sugary drinks such as fruit juice, soft drink or cordial are unnecessary and may cause health problems if consumed in large amounts.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Water, milk, juice and soft drinks
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to deciding which drinks are best for your child and when to introduce them; includes tips on getting children to drink lots of water.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Gastroenteritis
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Information about gastro for babies and children in Australia. The advice may not fit children from other countries.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Pharmacological treatments for psychosis-related polydipsia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   We systematically searched and evaluated randomised controlled trials investigating the effectiveness of drug treatment for polydipsia. We found two short trials (n=17, duration 3-6 weeks) that were too small and short to be informative. Data reporting...
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Snacks for children - easy read
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Food for child care, kindy, school, home and outings. Children need a range of healthy foods to grow, learn and play.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Recommended intake of water and beverages
Publisher:   Healthy Eating Club
Description:   Recommended intake of water and beverages - like alcohol, tea, coffee, soft drinks, fruit juice, soft drinks
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Good bladder habits for everyone
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Describes signs of bladder control problems which you should seek assistance for as well as describing how to keep your bladder healthy by appropriate fluid intake, practising good toilet habits, maintaining good bowel habits and looking after your pelvic floor muscles.
Date:   Oct 2004
Title:   Preoperative fasting for adults to prevent perioperative complications
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   General anaesthetic reduces reflexes that stop regurgitated gastric juices reaching the lungs. As this can be dangerous, people are often advised to have nothing to eat or drink from the midnight before surgery. However, the review of trials found that ...
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Bladder habits
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Learning some good habits in earlier years can prevent many inconvenient bladder problems.
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Early compared with delayed oral fluids and food after caesarean section
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is a lot of variation in policies about when women are allowed to eat or drink after caesarean section. In some hospitals, women are not allowed to have food or fluids for more than 24 hours after the operation, in the belief that it might take a ...
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Posture and fluids for preventing post-dural puncture headache
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dural (usually lumbar) puncture involves passing a needle into the fluid-filled space around the spinal cord and nerve roots. This common procedure is used to obtain spinal fluid for laboratory tests or to give a spinal anaesthetic. To prevent the heada...
Date:   Jan 2001
Title:   Constipation
Publisher:   Sydney Children's Hospital,The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   Constipation is a word that describes how hard bowel motions are, not how often someone goes to the toilet. What causes constipation, how to prevent further problems and ways to increase fibre are outlined.
Date:   Aug 2000
Title:   Is there a cheap and effective sports drink I can mix myself? During exercise when should I start drinking and how much should I drink?
Publisher:   Nutrition Australia
Description:   Discusses the best types of drinks to take during physical activities, and when and how much to drink.
Date:   Mar 1999
Title:   Does it matter if you drink with a meal? I've heard that this will 'dilute the digestive juices' and interfere with digestion of the food eaten at that meal
Publisher:   Nutrition Australia
Description:   There is no scientific evidence to support a need to separate eating and drinking to allow digestion to proceed properly.
Date:   Mar 1999
Title:   Will consuming drinks with meals make you fat?
Publisher:   Nutrition Australia
Description:   There is no scientific evidence whatsoever to support the belief that drinking water with a meal will have any effect on your level of body fat.
Date:   Feb 1999
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