[blindweightwatcher] Biggest Winner- Beverages

From: "Jan Bailey" <jb021951@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindweightwatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:02:34 -0500
Biggest Winner- Beverages
Are you watching what you eat?  What about what you drink?  We simply
consume too much nutrient-empty, calorie-full liquid.  Those liquid calories
are the easiest kind to cut.  A recent study from Johns Hopkins University
found that people who cut liquid calories from their diets lose more weight,
and keep it off longer, than people who cut food calories.  In fact, cutting
those calories in half could mean you could drop almost 23 1/2 pounds in one
year!  The following is a list of the 10 worst drinks in America from Men's
Health Magazine and MSN Health & Fitness courtesy of Benita Robinson.  The
alternate choices given are not recommended as the lowest calories drinks,
or necessarily considered healthy, just a better choice for that category.
If you're thinking that some of these drinks wouldn't be too bad for a
splurge once in awhile, think again.  Remember, water is still the best
beverage!
10. WORST FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGE
     Snapple Tropical Mango Antioxidant Water (20 ounce bottle) 150 calories
0 g fat 30 g sugars
Here's the thing about sugar:  It has only one function, and that is to make
you fat.  Of course, bottlers of the so-called functional beverages try to
hid this fact behind a flurry of healthy buzz-terms, such as antioxidants.
If it's more vitamins you seek, increase your fresh fruit intake or take a
multivitamin.
     Drink This Instead:
     Hint Mango Grapefruit (16 ounce bottle)
0 calories
0 g fat
0 g sugars
9.   WORST ENERGY DRINK
      Rockstar Original (16 ounce can)
280 calories
0 g fat
62 g sugars
Americans spent 4.2 billion on high octane elixirs in 2008.  Even with
dozens of brands found in the cooler, Rockstar stands out as the most
sugar-loaded of the various and sundry energy drinks.  Always check the
contents to see what you are really drinking.
     Drink This Instead:
     Monster Lo-Carb Energy (16 ounce can)
20 calories
0 g fat
6 g sugars
8.  WORST BOTTLED COFFEE
     Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino (13.7 ounce bottle)
290 calories
4.5 g fat (2.5 g saturated)
46 g sugars
Add one of these to your diet every morning and you'll add about 28 pounds
of flab to your body in a year.
      Drink This Instead:
      Java Monster Lo-Ball Coffee + Energy (15 ounce can)
100 calories
3 g fat (2 g saturated)
8 g sugars
7.  WORST HOT CHOCOLATE
     Starbucks Venti 2% Salted Caramel Signature Hot Chocolate (20 ounces)
760 calories 37 g fat ( 22 g saturated) 85 g sugars 380 mg sodium
This beverage has more than a full day's worth of saturated fat and as much
sugar as nearly 4 Hershey's chocolate bars.
     Drink This Instead:
     Grande Nonfat Vanilla Creme (16 ounces)
270 calories
7 g fat (4.5 g saturated)
38 g sugars
6.  WORST COCKTAIL
     Red Lobster Traditional Lobsterita
890 calories
0 g fat
183 g carbohydrates
You'd have to drink 4 regular on-the-rocks margaritas to outdo the massive
calorie load.  Pair that with a dinner and you might be pushing a full day's
calories in one meal.
     Drink This Instead:
     Malibu Hurricane
200 calories
0 g fat
36 g carbohydrates
5.  WORST FLOAT
     Baskin-Robbins Large Ice Cream Soda with Vanilla Ice Cream Float (32
ounces)
960 calories
40 g fat (25 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)
136 g sugars
If you're going to have a float, it's best to limit yourself to one small
scoop of ice cream and a reasonable pour of soda.
     Eat This Instead:
     Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop (4 ounces)
260 calories
16 g fat (10 g saturated, 0.5 g trans)
26 g sugars
4.  WORST ICE-BLENDED COFFEE DRINK
      Cosi Giante Double OH!  Artic (23 ounces)
1,210 calories
19 g fat
259 g carbohydrates
How does Cosi's creation reach such abysmal heights?  By dropping a giant
Oreo cookie into the blender with a flood of chocolate syrup and then
sticking another Oreo on top.  When you order coffee house drinks, try to
think of the ingredients that go into it.  You probably would never pour
syrup into your drink, but that's what you're getting with these drinks.
     Drink This Instead:
     Grande Latte (15 ounces)
210 calories
7 g fat
21 g carbohydrates
3.  WORST MILK SHAKE
     Cold Stone Creamery "Gotta Have It" PB&C Shake
2,010 calories
131 g fat (68 g saturated)
153 g sugars
This chocolate peanut butter shake has more calories than a dozen ice cream
sandwiches and more saturated fat than nearly 20 large orders of McDonald's
French fries.
     Eat This Instead:
     Peanut Butter Ice Cream "Like It" Size
370 calories
24 g fat (13 saturated, 0.5 g trans)
28 g sugars
2.  WORST SMOOTHIE
     Smoothie King's The Hulk, Strawberry (40 ounces)
2,088 calories
70 g fat (32 g saturated)
240 g sugars
This monster drink's calories are equal to 9 Odwalla Super Protein bars.
     Drink This Instead:
     The Shredder, Strawberry (20 ounces)
356 calories
1 g fat
41 g sugars
1.  WORST DRINK IN AMERICA
     Baskin-Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake
2,600 calories
135 g fat (50 g saturated fat, 2.5 g trans fat)
263 g sugars
1,700 mg sodium
This drink contains 70 plus ingredients that conspire to pack this shake
with more sugar than 29 Fudgsicles, as much fat as a stick and a half of
butter, and more calories than 48 actual Oreos, and as much salt as you'll
find in 9 bags or Lay's Classic potato chips!

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