Brilio.net - Drinking soda is indeed delicious, especially when it is cold, so it is more refreshing. There are sodas with lime, cola, strawberry, orange, and many more flavors. One type of soda that is a favorite of many people is strawberry flavor, which is red in color.
However, drinking soda too often is not good for your health. Especially if consumed frequently or in large quantities, because the sugar content is quite high. Reported from glacierfreshfilter.com, soda that is widely sold on the market is not only high in sugar, but also contains many artificial colors and sweeteners, preservatives, and other chemicals that are at risk of harming health.
Well, instead of avoiding soda completely, there is one trick so you can still consume this refreshing drink, which is by making it yourself at home. You can make a healthy version of soda like the TikTok account owner @elainehanafi did.
photo: TikTok/@elainehanafi
This content creator explained that 1 bottle of 390 ml soda usually contains 75 calories and 17 grams of sugar. However, if you make it yourself, the calories and sugar in this soda can be reduced by up to 75 percent. To be precise, the calories are only 25 and the sugar is only 4 grams.
photo: TikTok/@elainehanafi
The first ingredient you need to practice this soda trick is dragon fruit. The very red color of dragon fruit makes your homemade soda drink similar to the ones sold in the market. Cut 1/2 of the dragon fruit into pieces, then put it in a glass.
To make your homemade soda drink taste even fresher, you can also add lime juice to taste.
photo: TikTok/@elainehanafi
Then, pour in soda water or plain soda water. TikTok account owner @elainehanafi said, make sure you check the composition information on the packaging, so that the soda water you use is truly sugar-free and 0 calories.
After adding soda water, you can also add a little stevia sugar to make your homemade soda taste sweeter. Yup, stevia sugar is healthier and has lower calories than regular sugar.
photo: TikTok/@elainehanafi
When all the ingredients are in, don't forget to stir the homemade soda drink, then serve with ice cubes to make it fresher. TikTok account owner @elainehanafi said, you can consume it with dragon fruit pieces or separate it first.
"If you drink it with dragon fruit = 25 calories (as stated in the video)
"If you don't eat the dragon fruit = only 5 calories," he said, quoted by BrilioFood from TikTok @elainehanafi on Tuesday (20/8).
How, this trick to make healthier soda drinks is very simple, right? Guaranteed, you will not worry about your health anymore because your homemade soda drinks are very low in sugar and made from ingredients with minimal preservatives.
Peeking at @elainehanafi's TikTok upload, quite a few netizens left enthusiastic comments about this healthy soda drink recipe.
"Are sparking water and soda water the same, sis? What's the difference?" asked TikTok @ikari and the video owner replied, "They're the same."
"Where do you buy soda water?" said TikTok user @Jay, who got the answer, "They have it in supermarkets. Soda water."
"EMG is soda water 0 calorie?" said TikTok @Let me cook, then answered by TikTok user @ely, "soda that has no flavor, the clear one. It only contains water and gas so it has 0 calories."