We stopped making our own iced teas and lemonades (recipe: water, lemon, sugar) and started buying them in bottles or mixes, with ingredients like "high-fructose corn syrup" and "ascorbic acid" on the labels
This reporter is an idiot. OH NOES UR DRINKS HAVE VITAMIN C IN THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is some seriously biased reporting. I'm not saying soda is good for you, but she's making it seem like a Sunkist soda is the same as 6 orea icecream sandwiches:
Sunkist (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
320 calories
0 g fat
84 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 6 Breyers Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ok, 84g of sugar is a lot, but it's calories and fat that also really, really count and 6 Oreo sandwiches = 960 calories and 36 g of fat. Her bias is trying to make it seem like the soda is the same as the the sandwiches when it's not.
Personally, I don't understand the whole soft drink phenomena. Yeah, they taste good and I'll occasionally have a Mountain Dew to wake myself up, but water, orange juice, and milk are just fine by my book (and beer).
And don't get me started on the beer. If you workout -like everyone should- beer will not make you fat no matter how many calories it has. Good beer is high in carbs and calories and is expensive; you're not supposed to drink it every Goddamn day like it's water.
Ok here's one I agree on:
Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fl oz)
660 calories
22 g fat (15 g saturated)
95 g sugars
Mocha coffees are
HORRIBLE for you. Especially because some people drink two a day or more as a coffee replacement.
Cold Stone PB&C (Gotta Have It size, 24 fl oz)
2,010 calories
131 g fat (68 g saturated)
153 g sugars
Holy fucking shit! It looks glorious, but I'd rather eat the caloric equivalent: a fucking steak dinner with extra butter on my sweet potato! <---- And that right there is the secret to weight loss and maintenance. Eat filling foods that aren't empty calories.