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America's Unhealthiest Drinks Exposed Save Email Print
Posted: 8:59 PM May 20, 2008
Last Updated: 8:59 PM May 20, 2008

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Many Americans have a drinking problem, but not the kind you might think. According to the Food and Drug Administration the average American takes in a bulk of our daily calories through beverages.

To give you a better idea of drinks that can hinder you health, fitness, and weight loss goals, here's a list of America's Unhealthiest Drinks.

Sip responsibly.

Worst "Healthy" Drink

Glaceau Vitamin Water (any flavor; 20 oz bottle)
130 calories
33 grams sugar

Vitamins and water sound like the ultimate nutritional tag team, but what the label doesn't say is that a bottle of vitamin water carries the an equal amount of sugar and calories as a can of Coke.

Worst Juice Impostor

Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (23.5oz can)
360 Calories
84g of sugar

This beverage has 5 percent juice and 95 percent sugar water.

Worst Smoothie

Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo'd Power
Smoothie (30 oz)
1,170 Calories
169 g sugar
30 g fat

Worst Summer Cocktail

Pina Colada
625 Calories
75 g sugars

The Unhealthiest Drink in America

Baskin Robbin's Large Heath Bar Shake (32 oz)
2,310 Calories
266 g sugar
108 g fat (64 g saturated)

73: Ingredients go into this milkshake
66: The number of teaspoons of sugar
11: The number of Heath Bars you would have to eat to equal the number of calories found in one Baskin Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake.
8-12: The average number or minutes it takes to consume this drink.
240: The number of times you'd need to spend on a treadmill burning it off.

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