Worst “Healthy” Beverages in America EXPOSED!!!
I knew soda was bad for your health, but this one really surprised me. This article that was shared to me by my friend is a bit shocking. I mean, how could some juice be bad for your health? The answer is the sugar and calories they take everyday. Thats just the gist of it. Read on and gain some info about what I’m saying.
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Americans have a drinking problem, and not the type you might think. After posting a blog a few weeks ago called “Belt-Busting Beverages,” we received hundreds of comments from the Yahoo community claiming they had no idea the stuff they drink could be so hazardous to their waistlines.
Here’s a typical refrain voiced by one disturbed drinker: “I know a lot of people that are battling with their weight, and they tell me all the time, ‘I don’t eat that much, and I still can’t lose weight.’ ”
Whether you are a desperate dieter or just someone looking to drop another few pounds in time for beach season, here’s a tough stat to swallow: According to the FDA, the average American takes in 82 grams of added sugars every day. That’s 20 teaspoons, which contribute an empty 317 calories to our already calorie-saturated diets.
Sure, some of that comes from soda, but even if you’ve traded regular Coke for diet, whole milk coffee drinks for low-fat lattes, and you barely touch the booze, you could still be taking in 20 percent or more of your calories from beverages. Add a few of those other indulgences in — or consume one of the liquid disasters listed here — and you can suddenly be sucking in a few days’ worth of calories through a straw!”
Here are some examples of those unhealthy beverages
- “Glaceau VitaminWater (any flavor; 20 oz bottle)
130 calories
33 grams sugarVitamins and water might sound like the ultimate nutritional tag team, but what the label doesn’t say is that a bottle of this stuff carries nearly as much sugar and calories as a can of Coke. Makes sense, though, since this so-called functional beverage is produced by our often-sugar-crazy friends at The Coca-Cola Company.
- Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo’d Power Smoothie (30 oz)
1,170 calories
169 g sugars
30 g fatJamba Juice calls it a smoothie; we call it a milkshake, with more sugar than an entire bag of chocolate chips. (Note: We’re pretty sure this is the drink Hollywood actors rely on when looking to put on 20 pounds for the role as a heavy!)
- Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake (32 oz) aka the Unhealthiest drink in America
2,310 calories
266 g sugar
108 g fat (64 g saturated)Let’s look at America’s Worst Drink in numbers:
73: The number of ingredients that go into this milkshake.
66: The number of teaspoons of sugar this drink contains.
11: The number of Heath Bars you would have to eat to equal the number of calories found in one Baskin Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake.
8-12: The average number of minutes it takes to consume this drink.
240: The number of minutes you’d need to spend on a treadmill burning it off, running at a moderate pace.”
Shocking isn’t it? I for one love drinking some of this beverages, especially the health bar shake. Well, now I know.
source: http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/5027/americas-unhealthiest-drinks-exposed/
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This cracks me up. The person who wrote this apparently knows nothing about nutrition. Let me educate the author of this article on health and nutrition. First of all, to compare Glaceau’s Vitamin Water to a soda pop is offensive! The types of sugar in each are nothing a like. Sodas contain High Fructose Corn Syrup. This is the worst type of sugar you can put into your body. If the author of the article actually took the time to do the research he/she would have found that Vitamin H2O is completely natural. It’s made with Fructose Crystaline which is a natural form of sugar contain in fruit. There are no artificial flavors or colors in Vitamin H2O like there are in other so-called health drinks (i.e. gatorade and powerade). Those are the worst because they not only contain high fructose corn syrup but plenty of artificial dyes and flavors. Why people continue to think it’s good for them is beyond me.
Also, to insinuate that Vitamin H2O is like a soda simply because it is a coke product is ludicrous. Glaceau originated the product about 4 years ago. They also created Smart W2O. Coke only bought Glaceau a little over a year ago.
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