Healthy cocktails and mocktails: healthier, trendier
Are there alcoholic drinks that don't harm you?
The answer to this question seems to be negative, as demonstrated by the great uproar caused a few months ago by the words of the popular immunologist, biologist, and professor of General Pathology and Biomedical Sciences Antonella Viola, who emphasized the the toxicity of alcohol. Remembering that the World Health Organization has included ethanol in the list of first-level carcinogens, Viola emphasized that the right amount of alcohol for health is zero.
Disheartening news for wine, beer, and other alcoholic beverage lovers, who seem to have to choose between health and pleasure.
However, cocktail and aperitif enthusiasts have a new trend on their side that of healthy cocktails and mocktails that can be consumed with less concern for health. Let's clarify a bit on the world drink in versione healthy, distinguishing between mocktail and healthy cocktails.
I mocktail
Mocktails, as the name suggests (mock, in English "fake"), are non-alcoholic cocktails that imitate or replace the more classic cocktails. Being a rather popular trend, mocktails include both real alcohol-free imitations of the originals, as well as a growing assortment of new recipes and compositions every day.
There is no doubt that mocktails are healthier than their alcoholic counterparts, while the fact that they are more dietetic could be a subject of debate, depending on the recipe. It is certain that, in general, less alcohol also means fewer calories.
Whatever interpretation of mocktail one may want to give, among books dedicated to revisiting traditional cocktails, new brands of non-alcoholic cocktail mixes, and influencers who come up with new recipes, there is a flowering of proposals on how to drink healthily.
The easiest way to do it according to us?
Procure yourself seasonal fruits and vegetables and unleash your imagination! With the help of blenders, juicers, citrus juicers, teapots, and ice crushers there is nothing that you cannot invent with the healthy ingredients you prefer. From smoothies, to cold infusions, to vegetable juices with spices, ginger, aromatic herbs, and so on and so forth.
The great thing about these homemade drinks is that you can adapt them to your tastes, and they are really inexpensive! You can choose them as a light snack or as a refreshing cocktail for hot summer evenings.
Healthy cocktails
Another trend is that of those who choose not to give up classic cocktails, because when it's time to drink, you have to do it well, but they choose the healthier ones in circulation. There are also those who prefer to spend a little more on their cocktail, perhaps reducing the doses, just to treat themselves to a drink made with ingredients of undeniable quality, starting from the alcoholic base to the flavoring and coloring products.
In the rankings of the healthiest cocktails we find, for example:
il Bloody Mary, which contains beta-carotene thanks to the tomato juice base mixed with vodka, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, salt, and pepper;
il Mojito, which contains vitamins C and E, based on white rum, lime juice, cane sugar, Moroccan mint, ice, sparkling water or soda;
la Pina Colada, with the vitamins and minerals of its coconut cream and pineapple juice, to which white rum, ice, and a cherry are added.
All these drinks are to be prepared strictly with top quality alcohol and super selected ingredients. But will they really be healthy? On this point we have some doubts, but in the end the important thing is to drink in moderation.
However, if you want to prepare them in the mocktail version, you can simply remove the vodka from the Bloody Mary and the white rum from the Mojito and Pina Colada, and here are some healthy and diet-friendly cocktails suitable adatti a tutti, for everyone, which can be prepared at home in a few moments.
Everything ready for preparing your healthy cocktails? Here are the appliances that could be right for you:
