If you want to take charge of your waistline and health, here are 15
popular drinks you MUST avoid:
1. Starbucks 13.7 ounce bottled Coffee Frappuccino
290 calories
4.5 g fat (2.5 g saturated)
46 g sugars
Do you like a little coffee with your fat and sugar?
2. Starbucks 20 ounce Venti 2% Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha
660 calories
22 g fat (15 g saturated)
95 g sugars
Don’t we have enough temptations during the holidays?
3. Starbucks 20 ounce Venti 2% Salted Caramel Signature Hot Chocolate
760 calories
37 g fat (22 g saturated)
85 g sugars
380 mg sodium
What ever happened to hot chocolate with a dab of whipped cream on top?
4. Sam Adams Light Beer
124 calories
9.7 g carbs
Normally, light beers are between 95 – 110 calories.
5. Sierra Nevada 12 ounce bottle of Bigfoot Ale
304 calories
32 g carbohydrates
9.6% alcohol
The 10% alcohol content makes the calories high.
6. Snapple 20 ounce Agave Melon Antioxidant Water
150 calories
32.5 g sugars
2 of the 3 antioxidants in this water are fat soluble, so they might as well not exist!
7. Minute Maid 20 ounce Lemonade
250 calories
67 g sugars
Do an hour of rigorous exercise to burn these calories!
8. Arizona Kiwi Strawberry 23.5 ounce
360 calories
84 g sugars
5% juice with high fructose corn syrup and water.
9. Dunkin’ Donuts 32 ounce Reduced Calorie Berry Smoothie
490 calories
4 g fat (2.5 g saturated fat)
97 g carbohydrates
83 g sugars
A Quarter Pounder has fewer calories!
10. Cold Stone Creamery Peanut Butter/Chocolate Shake
2,010 calories
131 g fat (68 g saturated)
153 g sugars
For all these calories, you could eat 12 Ice Cream Sandwiches.
11. Baskin-Robbins 32 Ounce Ice Cream Soda Float
960 calories
40 g fat (25 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)
136 g sugars
What happened to a scoop of Ice Cream and a shot of Root Beer!
12. Sonic Route 20 ounce Lemon-Berry Cream Slush
630 calories
15 g fat (9 g saturated, 0.5 g trans)
99 g sugars
This is enough calories, fat, and sugar for a whole meal!
13. Rockstar Original 16 ounce
280 calories
62 g sugars
Find a low carb version or grab a cup of coffee.
14. Arizona RX Energy Herbal Tonic – 20 ounce
300 calories
73 g sugar
The green tea is OK, but not the high fructose corn syrup!
15. Sunkist – 20 ounce
320 calories
84 g sugars
No wonder 30% of Americans are obese and 1/3 of all American children will become diabetic!
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