(Family Features) How you start your morning can impact the rest of your day. If you’re looking to incorporate healthier choices into your morning routine, try a concept known as “habit stacking.” Building tiny, healthier habits into routines you already have, like enjoying a morning beverage or breakfast before you check your email instead of jumping right into the day’s tasks, can make it easier to stick to a new habit when it’s built into an existing routine.
If you already enjoy the routine of breakfast to start the day, consider swapping sugary drinks for beverages without added sugars like unsweetened green or black tea. When incorporated as part of an overall healthy diet, unsweetened tea can help support heart health. If you need help getting started, Lipton, a proud national sponsor of the American Heart Association’s Life is Why campaign, created this easy-to-make, better-for-you tea recipe.
For a little morning refreshment, simple Sparkling Green Tea Cranberry Spritzers offer a solution with 0 grams of added sugars. Choosing beverages with no added sugars can contribute to a healthy heart, according to the American Heart Association, making these recipes perfect for daily habit stacking. Water is needed to keep your body running at its best, and because unsweetened tea is 99.
5% water, it provides a delicious way to help hydrate. Discover more ways to improve daily routines at . Recipe courtesy of the American Heart Association Servings: 4 (1 1/2 cups pe.