Worst drinks in America
Men's Health Magazine's roundup of the five worst beverages in America is pretty amazingly disgusting. I love this fake juice with 84g of sugar in it.
Worst Juice ImposterLink (via Consumerist)
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (23.5 oz can)
360 calories
84 g of sugarThese hulking calorie cannons (5 percent juice, 95 percent sugar water) are sold at gas stations and convenience stores across America for the low, low price of 99 cents, making this quite possibly the cheapest source of empty calories in the country.
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Tsk, tsk Mr. Food Journalist. Let the facts speak for themselves (and they do). Don't disguise the fact that you don't like pineapple juice as some kind of Hurricane Katrina of health.
(I like pineapple juice).
I always thought the worst drink in america is the Phillips Screwdriver:
Vodka
Orange Juice
Milk of Magnesia
and hey, I got to use this joke twice in as many weeks, it went up on http://www.toolmonger.com when they were looking for wacky tool definitions.
Grape Juice has over 450 calories and over 120g of sugar for 24 oz.
http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/9135.html
Orange juice is as bad this stuff.
http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/14425.html
Overall, juices are terrible for you.
mmm loaded with vitamin processed-sugar.
Life is short, get fat and happy while you can.
Arizona makes a zero-calorie green tea that I like. It's super-Splenda'd up, though. (A many Splenda'd thing?)
They also make an "Rx Energy Drink" that is so sweet that you can feel your eyes crystalizing, but gosh is it tasty. I haven't had one in years, though. I pretty much ditched the sugar water, except for juices in moderation and the occasional Coke. And the occasional Welches Grape when I'm eating cheap fried chicken. Oh, and a Vimto when the middle eastern store gets them in.
Okay, so maybe I didn't cut out as much as I'd thought. But at home it's coffee, tea, or water.
Oh man, you know what else I miss since leaving the midwest? Cheap strawberry soda over crushed ice at the BBQ joints. Slorsh slorsh slorsh!
Vitamin water has "nearly as much sugar and calories as a can of Coke"? Not really a fair comparison when you realize the 33 grams of sugar in Vitamin Water is for 20 oz. of beverage. A can of coke has over 40 grams of sugar per 12 oz. can. If you only drink 12 oz. of Vitamin water, you would consume less than 20 grams of sugar which is half of what's in coke. Still not healthy, but definitly not "nearly as much". And as far as calories go, Vitamin water has about 125 calories per 20oz bottle. That's 75 calories per 12 oz serving compared to 155 calories for a 12 oz. can of coke. I'm not saying Vitamin Water is a great health drink, but there's no excuse for manipulating the facts.
Who could drink 24 oz. of grape juice???
99c!? CHEAP???
Didn't know prices for such basic items were so high in the USA. Isn't a mc donalds cheeseburger 99c?
$1 is roughly 50 pence, between 50p and 60p is what you're expecting to pay for a can of coke in the UK. About 30p for what's described here.
I'm just surprised, that's all.
I dunno. Sugar has its place.
I drink vitamin water after a run when I want to get sugar back in my blood after a heavy workout or run. It's not my preferred beverage, but if I workout in the middle of my work day it's often convenient when I need to spike my blood sugar.
This is common practice for body builders - and body builders are hardly "fat." The reason is that, when your blood sugar is low and you have low body fat, your body will burn muscle for energy. By keeping the muscle you end up burning more calories in the long run.
Of course, when I want tea, I make it fresh fron whole tea leaves - and go unsweetened instead of the gnarly Arizona HFCS route. Now that's a good beverage - water, antioxidants, and no calories.
Aw, man. Now I really want a Heath Bar Shake.
I wonder if I can schedule myself 4 hours on the treadmill tonight.
Vitamin Water is insidious. They do the serving size trick, one bottle is 2.5 servings. This makes the calorie and sugar count look lower at first glance. But who only drinks half or a third of a bottle?
My doctor recommended mixing 1 part water to 2-3 parts juice (orange, pineapple, cranberry) after working out or when I'm feeling a crash. Way less calories and sugars, but still gives you a lift.
Maurik,
that's a double cheeseburger you get for 99c, but strangely it doesn't fill you up at all.
An I don't know where you're based, but London/SE is waaaaaaaay more expensive then practically anywhere else in the world, surely. A mate of mine worked out it would be cheaper to fly to New York and buy some laptop he wanted there then get one from an English shop.
I don't know I've ever picked up a can of coke out of a machine, but many's the time I've stumbled to the corner shop hung over on a morning after to pick up an Arizona with whatever spare change I happened to have in my pocket at the time. There isn't an English equivalent, I don't think; it's a ritual.
yes! guinness is better than sierra nevada! well, of course it's better...but better for you too. what fantastic findings.
looks like guinness will take the place of coke at lunch from now.
great article.
Maurik: These are the cheapest drinks in the convenience store in America for the amount you get. 24oz for 99 cents. a 20oz coke/pepsi runs about $1.39-$1.50 and a 12oz can of the same is usually $0.75. If you're really, really lucky (like your work's breakroom) they'll still sell cans of soda for $0.50.
I really like the Arizona watermelon drink. And the grape one. Does that make me a bad person?
@ #12
"But who only drinks half or a third of a bottle?"
I do all the time. If Vitamin Water came in a 70 oz. bottle would you have to drink all 70 oz? I drink water and tea most of the time (ok, and coffee), but if I'm having lunch and I forgot to bring my water I will often buy Vitamin Water. I drink about half a bottle and I put the rest in the fridge. That's why they sell it in a resealable bottle. I think portions (at least in the US) are way too big. People need to stop consuming all of what's put in front of them.
Moon
You do know that there is a huge massive world of difference between the natural sugars grapes produce and the corn syrup you find in 99.9999% of drinks? And 24oz of grape just is a weeks worth to most.
(I mix mine with seltzer.)
Polar makes a great vanilla seltzer. No sugar, no calories, but it smells like a ice cream soda.
I don't want to read this article. In the summer I drink lemonade from frozen by the gallon. Sometimes 80 oz/day if I'm working outdoors and it's hot. Lately I've been cutting it with unsweetened iced tea but it's still got to have enough sugar in it to eventually kill me.
Maybe I should cut it with wine instead. That's healthy, right?
I love orange drink and I don't care who knows it!
Combine with a warm baloney sandwich for the best damn field trip ever!
(Gettysburg, I'm looking in your direction.)
I only tip Moxie these days.
Ok, so these drinks may be rather unhealthy for you due to their massive HFCS content.
But I think we can all agree that the actual worst drink in America is Pimp Juice.
empty calories...
That's the last thing these drinks have. Calories from sugar are far from empty. They're basically poison to your body. Well, unless you enjoy obesity, cultivate insulin resistance, and look forward to Type 2 diabetes.
And yeah, some body builders are far from fat. They work out like fiends when cutting up for contests, and eat basically zero carbohydrates and miniscule amounts of calories. Oh, and there are the drugs, too.
And we wonder why 40% of kids are obese, and diabetes is epidemic....
They have a point on this one, but PLEASE don't count on those "fitness" magazines for terribly reliable nutrition advice. They plug foods like microwave popcorn and fat-free Splenda-sweetened yogurt as "healthy" snacks. Come on.
I used to love both Arizona and Snapple's Kiwi Strawberrys, but haven't touched 'em at all since I got on the HFCS kick. I challenge you to find anything in a gas station or 7-11 that isn't HFCS sugar water. If you do, it will be an 8oz bottle of cranberry juice for $2.19. Inflation is here.
Pretty soon it will be cheaper just to drink gasoline.
What I find really frustrating is trying to find real juice. Most of the "100% juice" bottles at the store are 5% the juice you're interested in and 95% pear or apple juice. My favorite juices are pure cranberry, pure blueberry, and pure pomegranate; I cut them by half or more with sparkling water, or (ahem) Fresca.
Microwave popcorn? That stuff is pure unadulterated evil.
Vitamin water at least lists cane sugar as the sweetener instead of HFCS. Mostly I don't drink anything processed except 100% juices. I found it telling that the things they actually recommend are all products you buy rather than things you make, and that all recommendations are essentially based on sugar/calories. Less engineered/more natural + moderation/balance FTW!
I have completely cut High Fructose corn syrup out of my diet, and I feel wonderful. As you can imagine, it wasn't easy. It's in everything. Check out the docu "King Corn"!
@22: Pimp Juice, made from freshly squeezed pimps. Gross!
@Walkabout: It is cheaper. As I understand, the author's previous article described the use of gasoline in cooking 'a yummy chili that burns.'
@Clay: Who thought it a good idea to bottle a pimp's juice?
@PaulDry: Haven't you ever suspected pineapple juice of something insidious?
It may be bad, but it's no different than a standard soda - 180 kcal/12 oz is about = 360 kcal/23.5 oz.
Last night I finally got some Jones Soda and found it's made with cane sugar only, no HFCS.
Maybe we shouldn't blame the foods. Maybe a little bit of just about any food at the right time is ok, but all the time isn't such a good thing.
Maybe if people exercised enough and learned portion control they wouldn't be so obese.
There is a subtext here: the products that you buy determine who you are. Really it's what you DO that matters.
"Maybe we shouldn't blame the foods. Maybe a little bit of just about any food at the right time is ok, but all the time isn't such a good thing."
When is 2,310 calories in one drink ever a good thing?
That's like eating a bag of sugar.
You do know that there is a huge massive world of difference between the natural sugars grapes produce and the corn syrup you find in 99.9999% of drinks? And 24oz of grape just is a weeks worth to most.
(I mix mine with seltzer.)
I'd like to see some documentation on that. Sugar is sugar. Calories are calories.
Oh, and you COULD make this Kiwi Strawberry last a week, too.
But, for comparison purposes, I think you HAVE to compare ounce for ounce.
#3 posted by Moon , June 3, 2008 8:53 AM
Grape Juice has over 450 calories and over 120g of sugar for 24 oz.
http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/9135.html
Orange juice is as bad this stuff.
http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/14425.html
Overall, juices are terrible for you.
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I have to disagree - juices are not "terrible for you" overall.
Natural unsweetened orange juice is high in fiber and vitamin C. If you're drinking 32 ounces of it, sure, that's not a good idea, but an 8 ounce glass of orange juice (again, REAL ORANGE JUICE, not processed, not sweetened, etc) is about the same as eating a couple of oranges.
Let's stop villifying natural fruit juice, okay? Sheesh!
Who cares? As long as you know that the drink that you are drinking is so full of sugar that you have to chew before you swallow I see no problem with it. Every can of soda every box of sugary cereal has nutrition facts somewhere on the container, if that is what you are looking for, rather than taste, fine.
This article is what causes some dumb assed congress person to hold hearings on the issue of to much sugar in allegedly good for you drinks. That leads to more regulation on sugar. That erodes freedom. If I want to drink something with 700 grams of sugar and 4,000 calories, I should be able to.
If you drink anything but water, 20 oz sodas, frappuccinos, milk shakes, and the like, and do absolutely nothing anywhere close to a workout, you are going to get fat.
Obsessive calorie-counting ain't exactly healthy behavior either. I will continue to drink my morning glass of OJ, thankyouverymuch!
I'm with Moon. Even natural fruit juices provide far more sugars than anyone should gulp down. There's this concept of whole foods. In order to get the sugars, you have to eat the entire fruit. That's why glycemic index has been deprecated in favor of glycemic load. A pear might have a fairly high glycemic index, but the sugars represent a small part of the whole food, so the glycemic load is quite low. Once the juice is extracted from the fiber, the glycemic load suddenly becomes the same as the glycemic index. You wouldn't eat six pears. You shouldn't drink six pears.
Arizona black and white tea is great. 42g of sugar for the huge 23.5oz can (half of the nasty juice drinks), and it's actually the only drink in which Arizona uses cane sugar, not high fructose corn syrup.
Please buy it so they don't get rid of it :(
@33
"When is 2,310 calories in one drink ever a good thing?"
Um read my post again. If you drink a small amount of that drink (as I suggest), you're fine.
When I'm on the road I'll make a fruit and protein smoothie that is over 3,000 calories - but I'll take all day to drink it. It becomes a days worth of small healthy meals.
Anyhow I was really targeting all the hating on Vitamin Water, which I still prefer to say, Gatoraide with its HFCS.
As far as juices go - I personally drink all I want but I also am much more active than most Americans. That's where I try to get all my carbs. And I still have my six pack abs, thank you very much.
And I still have my six pack abs, thank you very much.
Mistaking appearance for health is a dangerous road to travel.
indeed, a sad thing to witness; Hercules smacked with the cancer stick. Watch that hubris.
@32 MarkFrei: Maybe we shouldn't blame the foods. Maybe a little bit of just about any food at the right time is ok, but all the time isn't such a good thing.
@34 Moon: I'd like to see some documentation on that. Sugar is sugar. Calories are calories.
So all the other things that are in a glass of orange juice (or whatever), as opposed to a glass of water with fructose flavorings and food coloring, have no physiological effect? We should all just get by drinking pure glucose in the form of HFCS, because we perfectly understand the long-term health effects of nourishing ourselves on what's rapidly turning into a total nutritional monoculture -- that is, corn and soy, plus meat raised eating corn and soy, plus eggs laid by hens eating corn and soy, plus milk produced by cows eating corn and soy?
I've heard some reductionist arguments for nutrition before, but this is getting ridiculous.
Maybe if people exercised enough and learned portion control they wouldn't be so obese.
There is a subtext here: the products that you buy determine who you are. Really it's what you DO that matters.
Maybe what you should DO is feed yourself with as many whole, unprocessed foods that are untainted by industrial production as you can get your hands on, as well as exercising and practicing portion control.
Do you even realize how much effort that takes these days?
(I think it's worth it, though.)
My favorite fake juice disaster is marketed in poor urban neighborhoods: the "Chubby". For about a quarter, you too can give your child Type 2 diabetes in a healthy fake fruit flavor!
pickle@44: So all the other things that are in a glass of orange juice (or whatever), as opposed to a glass of water with fructose flavorings and food coloring, have no physiological effect?
moon said sugar is sugar, which is true. Drinking whole food smoothies at a thousand calories a pop is calorically as bad as drinking several bottles of soda pop at a thousand calories.
You were the one who turned it into a slippery slope about "other things".
most nutrition stuff I've read lately says juice isn't the way to go. Eat fruit instead of drinking fruit juice.
So all the other things that are in a glass of orange juice (or whatever), as opposed to a glass of water with fructose flavorings and food coloring, have no physiological effect? We should all just get by drinking pure glucose in the form of HFCS, because we perfectly understand the long-term health effects of nourishing ourselves on what's rapidly turning into a total nutritional monoculture -- that is, corn and soy, plus meat raised eating corn and soy, plus eggs laid by hens eating corn and soy, plus milk produced by cows eating corn and soy?
I've heard some reductionist arguments for nutrition before, but this is getting ridiculous.
I suppose there are some nutritional benefits to juice, but that wasn't my point. My point was that there is as MUCH sugar and calories in fruit juices as in this, whatever you call it. And that was the whole point of the article. That this drink had 360 calories and 84 grams of sugar, which is actually LESS than unsweetened grape juice and orange juice.
I suppose we should all live on a farm and never use refrigeration and eat only what we raise and/or kill, but that ain't gonna happen.
Greg London @46: moon said sugar is sugar, which is true.
Sugar Water of the Week is glucose. Orange juice is mostly fructose. So in this case, sugar is not exactly the same as sugar, right?
Drinking whole food smoothies at a thousand calories a pop is calorically as bad as drinking several bottles of soda pop at a thousand calories.
But thinking calorically about it is is the reductionist way to think about it. Your whole food smoothie will (hopefully) have all kinds of other nutritive goodies in it that run your body; your bottles of soda will have HFCS and flavorings.
most nutrition stuff I've read lately says juice isn't the way to go. Eat fruit instead of drinking fruit juice.
I'm with you there, and as much for whatever health benefit as because eating a piece of fruit does more to engage my senses. Yum!
A bit unrelated, perhaps, but I just wish that buying the foods that are supposed to be better for you weren't so expensive. I'd love to drink more whole cranberry juice as opposed to sugary juices, but I can purchase 3 of the latter for the same price as one of the former.
I mean, the government encourages people to lose weight and eat healthy, which is perfectly fine- people should! But when you don't have a lot of money to begin with, it's a matter of making the most you can with whatever food you can get. Sometimes you can't make healthy choices.
This isn't to say that if you're in a lower income bracket, you can't eat healthy- I'm just saying that it's a bit more difficult. But it's as someone said on here, too- it's your actions and choices more than anything else, really.
I'm no nutritionist, but this seems pertinent to me:
Drinking juice not associated with being overweight in children from PhysOrg.com
Children who drink 100-percent juice are no more likely to be overweight and may have a better overall nutrient intake than children who do not drink juice, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
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"juice" as in the drippy stuff from squished, real fruit? Or "juice" as in the stuff in cans, bottles and bricks that tastes real sweet and has a picture of fruit on it?
#50: I agree about the pricing issues. Unfortunately I walk to the regular supermarket 6 blocks away to buy the non-healthy foods instead of going to the Whole Foods one block away because the healthy food is so much more expensive. It's pretty sad.
Everyone seems to be pulling in different directions on this. What it comes down to isn't numbers but nutritional value. This isn't apples and oranges, this is apples and factory processed preservative laden watered down corn syrupy orange 'drink'.
Numbers are not everything. There are different types of sugars and your body uses them differently, for starters. Just because the nutrition label has high marks in the good parts doesn't mean your body will metabolize all the good bits it says on the label. If in doubt though consult an educated nutritionist, one who is trained in the science of how your body breaks down food, not the kind that teach people how to crash-diet.
I'm no nutritionist, but this seems pertinent to me:
Drinking juice not associated with being overweight in children from PhysOrg.com
Children who drink 100-percent juice are no more likely to be overweight and may have a better overall nutrient intake than children who do not drink juice, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Ah, but that has less to do with the juice, as it has to do with the whole lifestyle. At least, that's what it sounds like from that article.
I think "100-percent juice" means drippy stuff from squished real fruit in the case of that article at least. But I've been told that things like "white grape juice" you see among the first ingredients in supposedly 100% juice blends are really just fructose derived from grapes, with all other grapeyness stripped away. So I guess it would be simpler altogether if we just got our required nutrients the old-fashioned way, from the blood of our vanquished enemies.
So on a "per sweetness" basis is hfcs really worse for you than cane sugar? I mean I've seen a few things on tv where nutritionists said they suspected hfcs might be related to the rise in obesity in the US. But is it because hfcs is worse than sugar or is it because there's so much of it in nearly everything?
You should enjoy life. If that means drinking something sinful once in a while, well, good for you. I love food, wine, beer, desserts and other things that give life color. You could go your whole life worrying about calories and die being hit by a bus. Not me.
@toolbag
I read an article a while back (months ago) that your body doesn't know what the hell High Fructose Corn Syrup is so it doesn't produce the chemical in your brain to tell you you are full, as a result you keep knocking back soda or continue eating whatever contains high amounts of it. Granted this is in the internet, and I don't have a link to the article on hand but I'm sure google can educate you and others if you research HFCS.
@Amethyst: Interesting point.
One of the things that struck me about the documentary "King Corn" was a segment where they talk about the average percentage of net income spent on food. In the U.S., it's around 16%. I know this is a somewhat loaded statistic, but it's the lowest average in the world. It's largely due to processed foods, which are cheaper for many reasons, but in part because of the subsidies that the government pays to the corn industry.
More than half of the corn grown in this country ends up being made into HFCS. Much of the rest is mixed with antibiotics and fed to cows. (BTW, most corn farmers operate at a loss before collecting government subsidies.) So actually the government is encouraging you to eat poorly- it subsidizes quantity, not quality. And we throw away more food per household than any nation on Earth. But who cares? It's cheap!
To eat healthier, it costs you more, of course. I would argue that the system rewards unhealthy eating (and then rewards itself indirectly with the high cost of health care) and that going against the system always costs more.
As a society we may have to learn to pay more for food, and have less of the latest toys, gewgaws, vehicles, fashion trends, and other stuff that our consumer culture has convinced us that we need. We might have to change not only the way we eat, but the amount of time we devote to food acquisition and preparation. It might be necessary to re-prioritize in order to live healthier lives in a sustainable way.
Hey! Or not!
Oh, and I'm talking more farmer's market than Whole Foods- that place is ridiculous $$$$! Stick 'em up! There are ways to get good food less expensively, it's just not one-stop shopping.
So, less convenient, yes.
@jimh
I find it hard to believe that a local farmers market is more expensive than Whole Foods. The market allows direct sale to the customer while going through WF would give the farmer less of a profit which I assume would make it more expensive. Maybe your local market has some shady price-fixing going on.
Uh, maybe I was not clear. That comment was @Enochrewt(#53) who said that Whole Foods was so much more expensive.
We agree. I'm saying the cheaper and better solution is going to the source, e.g. farmer's market, instead of buying food from a one-stop shopping outlet. Less convenient, but better, healthier, and local. No high fructose corn syrup.
Oh, yeah, I see that now. I must have misread it the first time or else I've got the lysdexia.
Lysdexia's better than the diabeetus though!
I must have the Lysdexia too, I read that comment the same way, then went back and read it again, and saw what it really meant.
But I agree that we should limit our sugar, but I don't want the government to do it for me!! I have three kids that drink only milk (whole) and fruit juice, no soda, or Kool-aid, except in emergencies or national holidays, and they are all so thin that I worry!! Me? Not so much.....
Drink water.
Seriously, if you're that concerned about calories, drink water. It's no frills and doesn't contain any additional nutritional value, but in the end when you're thirsty that's what your body wants. If you want vitamins, take vitamins with your water. Generally they taste like shit but they're good for you. Out of shape? Do both of the above and exercise daily. Barring genetic predisposition or external factors, you'll live to 100 or more.
Everyone seems to act like there's a big secret to how to be healthy and in shape, but it's so fucking obvious it's ridiculous.
What's that? You like sweet things and carbs and cheese and on and on? Of course you do. I do too. And I eat them, and I don't count calories, and I usually don't read ingredients. I drink a bit of water, but more often soda or juice or coffee, and I try to work out several times a week. I've got a bit of a gut I've got to work off, and a mildly fat ass, too. But I'm happy.
For how long is always the gambit. Every day we don't do as we know we ought to is another spin of the revolver. Some people manage to go their whole lives without getting shot, but they run the risk like anyone else. They're the exception. What do you suppose the odds are that you're one, too?
Am I the only one that seems to have trouble eating enough healthy calories in the day? I drink a lot of fruit juice because without it some days I wouldn't hit 1500 calories. Fruit juice seems like the healthiest, high calorie thing I can eat.
when did vitamin water start using cane sugar instead of HFCS? I stopped drinking it when i realized it used HFCS.
if they switched i'd have one every now and then.
Kevin143: Yes. You are the only one.
For the record, this link claims Pina Coladas are made with coconut milk -- ah, no. They are made with coconut cream; if they were made with coconut milk, they would be quite a bit healthier (but not much like a Pina Colada)
Last time I visited those United States of America, I tried some Moxie. It is not available in these United Provinces of Canada, and for good reason. It's the worst carbonated beverage I've ever tasted other than Dr. Pepper, and maybe tonic.
It's probably not as unhealthy as these but still it was pretty gross.
@Cpt. Tim
Dunno, but all the bottles of Vitamin Water in my house right now say cane sugar.
Moxie is just fine when Governess mixes it half-and-half with milk for your after school treat.
Kevin143 it is difficult to eat 2000+ good calories everyday. And Juice isn't bad for you unless you drink loads of it.
And Watermelon Arizona drink is damned tasty. For example, I personally hate vodka (I'm much more of a whisky and beer man) but with Watermelon Arizona drink--hell yes.
Worst drink ever created. Two words...
Diet Coke.
When I want a Coke, I go for the imported Mexican bottles. They still use real cane sugar down there, and at $2.35 for a bottle I don't drink them very often!
@67:
Exactly, drink water. It's that simple. Or as a fall back dilute your "juice" beverages.
And to my knowledge, HFCS is terrible for you. About as bad as enriched wheat flour, hydrogenated oils, trans-fats, hydrolyzed corn gluten and Sodium Nitrite. Think "slim jims", "pork rinds" and "spam".
Or is it... MOST DELICIOUS drinks in America?
@67
Better than water: real, fresh tea. No calories and lots antioxidants. And if you get good leaves it tastes awesome.
#75 posted by Art , June 3, 2008 8:53 PM
Worst drink ever created. Two words...
Diet Coke.
Why is that, Art?
That 2,310 calorie Heath Bar shake will go nicely with the 3,000 calorie pot pie my favorite bar sells.
@#80-Moon.
I dunno', Moon.
I had some the other day (first in a long while) and I just could not believe how bad it tasted.
I love that people who drink diet sodas are more likely to be obese. Probably not causation, but still funny.
Probably not causation
Diet soda is linked to metabolic syndrome. We can go to the moon, but we still can't figure out that food should be your first choice when eating.
I think they missed the worst .. Sunny Delight. That stuff has less then 2% of real juice, and is mixed with vegetable oil to help with the 'constancy' (down the last after the HFC and other sugars)
Even worse, it's marketed to kids as healthy.
@ 69: At least since 2005 according to the company.
@ 75: All diet pop is nasty. I mean pop is sort of nasty to begin with but the diet crap is terrible.
@79: Yes, for some reason I overlooked tea altogether there. I love tea and it is good for you too. Especially green tea and gunpowder tea.
@84: The screwy thing I notice is that the very obese (or getting there) will order a big mac with the super-size fries and a dIET cOKE. If you are on a "diet" order the diet big mac, in other words don't order one at all. Get a fucking salad idiot!
@85: sunny d is not marketed as healthy, per se. Seems to me that the angle is like ovaltine, "kids love it and moms approve". Wait that's kiks, still though my point remains semi-valid.