What is the single best drink for your health?

Dr. Mike has a miracle drink for everything that ails you!

Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital.

Written and Narrated by Dr. Mike Evans
Executive Producer, Dr. Mike Evans
Illustrations by Liisa Sorsa
Produced, Directed, and Photographed by Nick De Pencier
Editor, David Schmidt
Story/Graphic Facilitator, Disa Kauk
Production Assistant, Chris Niesing
Director of Operations, Mike Heinrich

©2014 Michael Evans and Reframe Health Films Inc.

[sherrijones]

Brilliant!  I am a BIG water drinker and can testify that drinking just water instead of fruit juices (too sugary for me), sodas (not a fan) caffeine after 3pm puts me in an all night wide awake state of cleaning and organizing everything in my bedroom ( I know that's awful...) is the way to go!  H2O is a BIG key to keeping myself healthy in a lot of ways w/o having to DO anything but turn on the tap!!

[gamesfunrock]

Who else knew it was water from the beginning?

[tylertheultimatebadass]

I agree completely that water is the best choice in hydration, but if you are in a high intensity activity with no chance of having a break you will find a simple carb beverage is more refreshing than anything you can grab hold of be it during a competative sports match or intense labour.

[lizmarth]

I completely agree with this video that water is the best drink for your health. Water is the best thing to help rehydrate your body and keep you healthy. It does not have any sugars or anything bad for you mixed into it. As for how much of it you should drink a day that is for you to decide. I think that when people say you should be drinking around eight glasses of water a day that is not correct. Everyone's body is different and everyone needs a different amount of water. Plus, drinking water is not the only way that water gets into your body. You can get water from foods that you eat and from other things that you drink too. Water really does help you lose weight because it doesn't have all of the extra sugars and things added into it like pop and juices do. Now I don't agree that you have to only drink water all day every day to see he results from it. You can occasionally drink other things like juice and pop and still see the health effects of water. Water does have a lot of good side effects to it, but it isn't the best tasting thing all of the time. Sometimes you are craving that sugary drink and it is fine to have those every once and awhile as long as you are drinking water most of the time you will see the health effects of it.

[houseofschenck]

I knew what it was but I still watched to the end. Please come back and make more videos!

[aap-cevz]

Before watching this video, I figured water was going to be the drink that Dr. Mike was alluding to, which I think is great! Now days with so much emphasis on “healthy, organic, natural” I feel like so many companies are doing so well with their marketing campaigns by using those terms and making fancy waters and drinks. I always wonder how wonderful and pure most of those drinks are, especially the fruit drinks. If these fruit drinks, like orange juice or apple juice were really all that natural and pure, wouldn’t every bottle taste a little different? If you pick up an apple or orange and eat it no two ever taste the same, so why does every bottle of “all natural” and “pure” Tropicana taste exactly the same? Something about it makes me feel like all the flavored beverages out there cannot be as “good” as they seem. Water though however I feel is pretty foul proof. I also agree with Dr. Mike’s statement on how he can guarantee people who drink more water or replace their juice and soda drinks will lose weight. I also liked how he highlighted that each person according to their bodies needs different amounts of water, not the typical eight glasses a day for everyone.

[BaZoOoKa]

Thank you doctor.

I have started drinking water more this days.

[damienlonge]

Dr Mike, please upload video on benefits or lack of intermittent fasting. Does the data stack up?

[VeganOstomy]

I have a hard time drinking plain water, so I'll usually add a teaspoon of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar just to give it a very slight flavor and I'm able to drink a few liters of this stuff a day, which helps when you don't have a colon #ostomy   =) 

[SamanthaSpindler]

Water is a great source of everything because, like Dr. Mike said, we're made up of 70 percent water.  I have heard of people saying that they are going to switch from soda to juice to lose weight.  The problem with that is that most juices have just as many calories and just as much sugar as the soda, so they really aren't changing anything except for reducing the amount of carbonation they are ingesting.  The best liquid supplement for weight loss is, I agree, water.  If the weight is still not coming off, then they will have to look a little deeper into their eating habits and the amount they're moving and burning on a daily basis.  I really enjoyed learning about your elixir, Dr. Mike.

[tjmccormick]

Of coarse water is the best but what is a good way to continue drinking water when you aren't really feeling it? Water becomes a boring taste for many and that is why they decide to drink all of the other options. Along with that most athletes have sports drinks instead of water for the electrolytes not just the hydration factor. Does that make a difference or is water not far behind those drinks in that aspect.

[ahefner]

Actually, I had to stop drinking so much water because I was diluting electrolytes. I would buy 1 gallon jugs for the day, each Sunday. I eat pretty well too

[rumit]

brilliant message..yes plain old water is the best.

[hadeelghazi]

I drink a lotta water, like half a liter for every hour that I am awake and I always feel thirsty! 
I drink so much water when I'm awake and then sleep for 8 hours or less and when I pee after waking up my pee color is orange!

[davethedm]

What then for the patients that use diuretics to control their blood pressure?

[GuitarHeroPhenomSux]

I drink water daily and am constantly refilling my glass. Ever so often, I'll want some flavor though. 

[iMANTlS]

قال الله سبحانه ( وجعلنا من الماء كل شيء حي )

[gregmartin]

Simple and clear - I'll be drinking more water from now on for sure!! :)

[أمواجالبحر-نح]

نريد ترجمة جميع هذه المقاطع لهذا الدكتور من دكتور فاهم

[TruzzleBruh]

I love the fact that this man just says that water is the best without putting into account places that people cannot get good water (or its super expensive), and doesn't give them an alternative.