HYDRATE

It's summer in Canada - bring on the heat!  As an elementary school teacher, I am home for the summer with our kids (7 and 5 yrs. old) and if we are not outside keeping busy the bickering between them is enough to drive me mad. Can anyone relate to that?! Throughout the day, our kids drink water - a lot of water, and when they want something different we don't reach for sugar packed energy drinks, but instead they drink Energenix (called Want More Energy in the US).

My dad is in his 60's, still plays hockey and in recent years has taken up tennis. He was an avid pop drinker - three to four a day was the norm for him. Just over a year ago my mom began using Isagenix and he was "stealing" a lot of the shakes, but more so the Energenix. It is rare now to find him drinking pop, instead he has one to two Energenix drinks a day.

I run two to three times a week. These runs get done in the morning when the humidity is a bit less than it is later in the day, then sip on Energenix (orange is my family's favourite) in the afternoon. This doesn't replace my water intake - I also drink at least 2 L of water. Keeping full Nalgene bottles in fridge helps ensure we all get the hydration our bodies' need.