Are Your "Healthy" Drinks Making You Fat?

 

The 'health & wellness" industry is booming. People worldwide are spending billions of dollars on energy drinks, supplements, health programs, and "all natural" products that claim to make us slimmer, healthier, happier, and well..just better... And who doesn't want to be better? So we buy it..

 

For that reason many companies are on the bandwagon to sell us "healthy drinks" that are great choices for everyday living- TREAD LIGHTLY HERE... Not all of these brands are healthful. Just because a label says "all natural" or "made from real fruit" does not mean it is low calories or fat. These drinks can quickly pack on the pounds faster than a starving model at a Pillsbury Bake Off competition.

 

Take a look at some offenders..Are you drinking any of these??

 Keep in mind that your drinks should not have calories or sugar-

 

Remember that the American Heart Association recommends only 24 grams of sugar A DAY.

 

Bolthouse Drinks

 

 

 

Mango Coconut Splash has 120 calories and 13 g sugar

Daily Greens has 180 calories and 19 g sugar

Berry Boost Smoothie has 260 calories and 28g sugar

 

Naked Drinks

 

 

Berry Blast has 240calories and 52 g of sugar  52!!!! That's the sugar content of 2 Snickers bars!!!

 

 

 

Acai Machine has 320 calories and 48 g of sugar

 

Vitamin Water

 

 

 

Various flavors including power-c, energy, focus all of which have 120 cal, 32g sugar

Better Option: Vitamin water does have a line called vitamin water zero- with zero cals/sugar. Please watch your labels!

 Dunkin Donuts

Medium Frozen Coffee Coolata with milk has 420 cal, 77g sugar
Medium Frozen Caramel Coolata with cream has 800 calories and 98g of sugar
          That's the sugar equivalent of three cups of chocolate ice cream!
 

Better Option: Dunkin Donuts does have a DDSmart label on healthier options such as an iced coffee with cream (70 calories and 0 g of sugar)