Our desire for luxury and our fast-paced life has affected everything right from our education, family life, our work to our health. It is very ironic that our ancestors who didn’t experience our sort of luxuries were the ones fitter than us and they definitely led happier and longer lives.

Smoothies have come to replace breakfast for a lot of people. The reason is pretty simple, morning is the busiest part of everyone’s day. You rush around getting ready for work and to start your day. Most often, the one thing that takes a beating and that is often neglected is breakfast.

Moscow Mule with its signature copper mug has an interesting story. In 1939, the owner of The Cock ‘N’ Bull bar in Hollywood, Jack Morgan and the owner of Smirnoff, John Martin, collaborated to promote the bar’s house ginger beer and Smirnoff vodka. The result was the Moscow mule. Served in copper mugs, this cocktail has been successful in keeping alive both the brands after so many years.

Being healthy is one of the topmost priorities these days since health is on a decline as a result of our constant quest to meet our daily needs and the luxuries we yearn for. You may hit the gym or go for a walk but unless you stick to your diet the weighing scale won’t budge an inch.

Our unhealthy lifestyle and our tendency to prefer junk food over the healthy ones have resulted in our falling into the traps laid down by the fast food joints which serves us with mouthwatering delicacies but yet fail us on the health grounds. You get a rude wake up call when you see you are out of breath after climbing ten steps or you cannot bend over properly to tie your shoelaces as your paunch hinders this activity.

As soon as summer arrives, everyone starts craving for refreshingly cool lemonade iced tea served in tall glasses with generous cubes of ice. A very common drink in the south, it has been noted that iced tea makes for about 85% of the total tea consumption in the United States.

Lemonade iced tea is one of the most popular beverages. A quick sip of lemony iced tea can instantly freshen you up. Having lemonade iced tea is a great way to sooth stress and add a lot of healthy minerals and nutrients to your body. You can have it unsweetened or sweetened, although the version with added sugar is more popular among the two.

In 1979, British-born American singer Rupert Holmes wrote a single with a wacky title Escape (The Pina Colada Song). With its catchy tune, this song about rekindling romance through a shared love for Pina Colada and rain has been used in the soundtrack of popular movies such as Guardians of Galaxy, Grown Ups, and Shrek.