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The 10 Worst Beverages You Can Drink

Posted on Jun 29th 2010 3:00PM by That's Fit Editors
Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

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These beverages are -- without exception -- delicious. Some are creamy and thick. Some will chill you on a hot summer day. Others will warm you from the inside out. So what's not to love? All of them are really, really bad for you.

Men's Health magazine has uncovered the unhealthiest beverages we regularly consume. And the worst of them all? It's the Cold Stone PB&C in the "Gotta Have It" size of 24 oz. It has 2,010 calories, 131 grams of fat, of which 68 grams are saturated, and 153 grams of sugar. If those numbers mean nothing, consider this: Drinking one of these is the sugar equivalent of eating 30 Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies. The saturated fat in one drink is the same as 68 strips of bacon.

And Cold Stone Creamery isn't the only offender. According to Men's Health, watch out for these nine:

The Worst Smoothie
Smoothie King Peanut Power Plus Grape (large, 40 fluid ounces)
It has 1,498 calories, 44 grams fat (8 grams saturated) and 214 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 20 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

The Worst Drive-Thru Shake
McDonald's Triple Thick Chocolate Shake (large, 32 fluid ounces)
It has 1,160 calories, 27 grams fat (16 grams saturated, 2 grams trans fat) and 168 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 13 McDonald's Baked Hot Apple Pies

The Worst Frozen Fruit Drink
Krispy Kreme Lemon Sherbet Chiller (20 fluid ounces)
It has 980 calories, 40 grams fat (36 grams saturated) and 115 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 16 medium-size chocolate eclairs

The Worst Float
Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Soda (vanilla ice cream and cola) (large, 28.6 fluid ounces)
It has 960 calories, 40 grams fat (25 grams saturated, 1.5 grams trans fat) and 136 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 9.7 Fudgsicle fudge bars

The Worst Frozen Coffee Drink
Dairy Queen Caramel MooLatte (24 fluid ounces)
It has 870 calories, 24 grams fat (19 grams saturated, 1 grams trans fat) and 112 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 12 Dunkin' Donuts Bavarian Kreme Doughnuts

The Worst Frozen Mocha
Cosi Double Oh! Arctic Mocha (gigante, 23 fluid ounces)
It has 662 calories, 26 grams fat (15 grams saturated) and 88 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 19 Oreo Cookies

The Worst Hot Chocolate
Starbucks White Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fluid ounces)
It has 520 calories, 16 grams fat (11 grams saturated) and 75 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 9 Strawberry Rice Krispie Treats

The Worst Kids' Drink
Tropicana Tropical Fruit Fury Twister (1 bottle, 20 fluid ounces)
It has 340 calories, 0 grams fat and 60 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: Two 7-ounce canisters Reddi-wip

The Worst Soda
Sunkist (1 bottle, 20 fluid ounces)
It has 320 calories, 0 grams fat, 84 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 6 Breyers Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches

--From the Editors at Netscape

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