Worst Kinds of Drinks

SHAPE magazine just conducted a study on the most unhealthy types of drinks. At the top of the list of course is Soda and flavored or "infused" water. Diet soda has no nutritional value whatsoever. That Big Mac Meal w/ a diet coke ain't fooling anyone but yourself. "Flavored" water is sugar water, don't be an idiot. Besides the obvious there are some other drinks on the list that many of us might not be aware of:

JUICE

- Juice drinks & Juice Cocktails are nothing more than sugar, water, and coloring. Newsflash: Grape Drink, is not juice. It's sugar, water, and purple. Look for 100% juice or stay away.

WHIPPED COFFEES, LATTES
- Yes, coffee is bad for you. Don't act shocked. That large whipped cream iced coffee, if it contains milk, is close to 800 calories of artery clogging saturated fat. Coffee is addicting. Since when is anything addicting actually good for you?? Cigarettes. Alcohol. Drugs. Get the point??

FROZEN MIXED DRINKS
- If you like pina coladas...then it's time to re-evaluate your life. It's OK once in a blue moon, but that restaurant specialty could contain 880 calories, 8 times the amount of calories in 1 shot of rum

LEMONADE
- When life hands you lemons, make as much lemonade as possible, because you don't want to buy it from the store. The powder lemonade bought in stores is basically liquid candy full of nothing but sugar and sweeteners. So the next time you come across Lily's Lemonade Stand, ask her for the nutrition facts, that 10 cents could kill you.

FRUIT SMOOTHIES
- These are hardly "healthy." Some of them contain up to 700 calories and return no protein. When you take in more vitamins and calories from the fruit than your body can burn, they get stuck in your fat cells.

Last but not least...

HARD LIQUOR (I know, this is Bullshit)
- It's been confirmed that some liquor in moderation can have beneficial effects, but everyone knows that abusing it is horrible for you. 3 or more drinks a day is flat out awful for you, but you don't need a study to tell you that. You should probably go see someone.