New Year’s Eve is only a day away; have you thought of a New Year resolution yet? Starting a new year it is always to reflect, and take with you the wisdom that you learned from your passing year. To kick off the learning for 2010, here are a few fun myth-busters about drinks that you may, or may not have known before. When choosing our drinks we try to consider beverages that are healthier than others, but are the choices really the healthy drink?
Wishing all you readers a healthy & happy new year!
Comparing healthy drinks…
1. Diet Pop (or Soda) is healthier than Regular Pop
A can of regular pop can have up to 135 kilocalories, whereas diet pop can contain 0-10 kilocalories. Though diet pop contains fewer calories, it is still hard to consider it healthier, as there is really nothing healthy about artificially colored and flavored water.
2. Juice is less fattening than milk
Surprisingly, juice actually contains more calories than a glass of one percent milk. Even two percent milk is less fattening at 10 kilocalories, compared to a glass of juice (120 kilocalories). Why? Juice is mainly made up of sugar and water with some vitamins, whereas milk contains more nutrients such as protein, calcium, potassium and Vitamin D. Real fruit juice can be argued to have “healthy/natural” sugar, but in the end it’s still the sugar that makes it more fattening than milk.
3. All bottled waters (I.e. sparkling water, tonic water, flavored water, & mineral water) are WATER
Check the labels and ingredient list. Yes, plain bottled water is your regular healthy water, and is a healthy drink that is calorie-free; but tonic water has 125 kilocalories per serving. Flavored waters are flavored with artificial sweeteners or a little juice, which will also add calories.
4. Drinking wine instead of beer won’t give you a beer-belly
It is a common misconception that wine contains fewer calories than beer, when actually it is the opposite. A glass of wine (five ounces) contains about 130 kilocalories, while a bottle of beer (12 ounces) has about 150 kilocalories. Meaning that wine has more calories per ounce, compared to beer. A general rule for any drink is that the sweeter the taste, the more sugar and calories it has. This also applies to all alcoholic drinks, including hard liquor.
Beer-belly develops because calories from alcohol tend to be stored as fat in the abdomen, regardless of which kind of alcohol.
5. Coffee is the main source of caffeine
While coffee is known to contain a lot of caffeine, various amounts of caffeine can be found in many other canned drinks, and teas. Drinks such as a can of pop, or an energy drink (i.e. Red Bull) contains just as much caffeine as coffee. For those who quite drinking coffee for health reasons, having coffee in small to moderate amounts would not be harmful. However, people with high blood pressure or pregnant woman are usually advised to limit their caffeine intake.
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