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thank you many times over. You would accumulate all the nutrients you need to maintain your health. But with many options in your repertoire, you can drink any number of different kinds of beverages.

With this in mind, a panel of nutritionists at harvard devised a plan that suggests ways to get less than the recommended 10 percent of daily calories from beverages. This assumes a typical person is consuming 2,200 calories daily.

At minimum, half of your daily fluid intake should come from water. If you con sume 12 cups of fluid per day, six of those cups should be of water, at minimum. More is fine.

About one-third, or three to four cups, can be derived from unsweetened coffee or tea – but remember to avoid the cream and whole milk.

Two eight-ounce glasses of fat-free or low-fat milk are fine, but you will need ad ditional calcium from other foods.

Limit the intake of 100 percent fruit juice to four ounces daily.

While it is ideal to avoid diet drinks made with artificial sweeteners, one or two glasses per day may be acceptable.

And finally, completely avoid drinks sweetened with sugar or high-fructose corn syrup.

There is a famous proverb that says, “ ey is sweet, but the bee stings.” Don’t get stung by consuming those sweetened bever ages. Your heart will forever be grateful.