Summer is in full swing. It is during these long hot months that we crave cold drinks: orange juice, cold coffee, you name it. It might all taste good to you or maybe not so great, but beware of what you’re drinking. They might cool you down momentarily, but do these drinks have something to hide?
Nutritionist Olivia Lee gives us some pointers on how to stay healthy this summer by cracking down on what’s really in these cold drinks.
Lee exposes a few drinks for what they truly are. A Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream (20 fl oz), it turns out, is the sugar equivalent of eight scoops of Edy’s Slow Churned Rich and Creamy Coffee Ice Cream. Apparently, a moment’s delight in this concoction is equal to digesting a whole lot of sugar.
Other summer drinks beware! Lee is here to divulge your deepest sugary secrets.
For more on Olivia Lee’s“Summer Drink Series,” click here.
And be sure to read her other resourceful blog posts here.
