Drinks…Healthy or Not!
Todays Health… featured an article recently,
“Health drinks and Reading the Fine Print”, got me going.
After I had recently purchased a fruit juice for my breakfast drink, to find out it had pear juice and apple juice as fillers of which I thought I had purchased as it stated, 100% cranberry fruit concentrates… take notice, the fruit concentrates.
Now I know I am not the only person being misled when we walk down the beverage aisle or buy at the fast food place, local watering hole, or where ever you might find the drinks I am about to talk about.
You may just find out that some of these favorite drinks are only healthy to your waistline….guaranteed to do so. What did I just say…what you may be drinking, if your one who states ” I don’t eat that much and I am still not losing weight”, it may be due to what you drink.
Americans, I think have a drinking problem, anything that taste good, they drink . Ok, here is some truth to swallow literally, 82 grams of added sugar, according to the FDA, every day. How much is that, 20 teaspoons.
Now if you just looking to drop a few pounds, you have traded in your soda for diet, whole milk drinks for lowfat, and rarely touch the hard stuff, you still may be taking in roughly 20% just from beverages
But do not miss this… You may be consuming one of these liquid disasters and be drinking up a couple days’ worth of calories in a few moments.
I hope you are paying ATTENTION!
Not to sound like I am picking on any particular brand…I will not disclose , but look at this Vitamin water (any flavor; 20 oz bottle) 130 calories 33 grams sugar. Check yours out!
Now you already heard about my juice…but check this one out, a real imposter (23.5 oz can) 360 calories ,84 g of sugar (5 percent juice, 95 percent sugar water) and is sold at gas stations and convenience stores al across America .
Now that its approaching summer and your tempted by a Smoothie…
This ? Smoothie (30 oz) 1,170 calories, 169 g sugars, 30 g fat
For Todays Health ask for the ingredients list or read the fine print before you drink up.
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