Looking for the holy grail of healthy drinks?

My mother has Type 2 Diabetes.

Like 20 million Brits, I am at risk to get it too

if I don't lose weight and/or change what I eat and drink.

But changing behaviour is really hard.

We all want that healthier food and drink to look good and taste good too.

However, what we're seeing on store shelves are lots of drinks

being reformulated to take all/some sugar out and put instead

lots of aspartame, sucralose and weird ingredients in that

actually none of us want or need in our diet.

We also see lots of healthier drinks are quite expensive and,

even though health should have no price attached to it, we still have very tight wallets

so we do want healthier food drink to be available at an accessible price.

So the real "sweet spot" - the "holy grail" - is a drink that is

nutritionally sound, naturally functional and available at an affordable price.

Like Tg green tea.

A drink that was inspired by ancient Chinese wellness traditions,

invented in Britain and bottled here with pride too.

It is now Vegan certified which is important to us as we want folks to trust that our drinks have been produced with care for animals. Tg green teas are also Sugarwise certified which attests that our drinks are low in total sugar and are a great way to help wean us off high sugar drinks.

Tg green teas are available online and at many shops & delis. But we have to get into "mainstream" retail if we are to have any hope of reaching millions of folks all over Britain.

Join our mission.

"A single spark can start a prairie fire" 星星之火可以燎原

www.drinktg.com

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