The Unhealthiest Drinks in America 2009
We’ve updated our list of the absolute worst drinks to avoid, and offer sensible alternatives.
Americans have a drinking problem. We simply consume too much nutrient-empty, calorie-full liquid. Blame food marketers for the ever-expanding serving vessels, chock-full of cheap sugar substitutes, a variety of hard-to-pronounce chemicals, and tons of fat.
But it’s not all doom and gloom. It turns out, those liquid calories are the easiest kind to cut. And a recent study from Johns Hopkins University found that people who cut liquid calories from their diets lose more weight, and keep it off longer, than people who cut food calories. In fact, cutting those calories in half could mean you could drop almost 23 1/2 pounds in one year! Read more
