Top 7 most unhealthy drinks
The worst drinks which you think are healthy
Hello! We're going to talk about the top 7 most unhealthy drinks
you must avoid so many people today pay attention to what they eat but it's
almost like an afterthought everywhere. People go, they have to have a drink. If
they don't pay attention to what that drink is that can really get them in
trouble sooner or later.
We're going to do these in reverse order so we'll finish off
with the worst one but even number 7 is pretty bad.
# 7 Non-dairy creamers
These can come in a powder form or a liquid form but very
often outside of water, the first ingredient will be something like corn syrup
solids or high fructose corn sweetener. The second ingredient would be
hydrogenated vegetable oil. So, here we have a really bad fat and they turn it
worse by hydrogenating, turning it into a trans-fat which is basically like a
plastic substance. That's completely foreign to your body and a lot of people
pick non-dairy creamers because they're trying to avoid dairy but often, they
put sodium caseinate in to give it certain consistency. Casein is a milk
protein so even though you're trying to avoid Dairy you're probably still
getting some and then there's a whole list of chemicals like preservatives,
artificial flavours, and artificial colours. None of these you should
put in your body.
# 6 Flavored water, Sharbat & Ice Teas
Don't get me wrong this could be a good product but very
often it isn't. So, you have to watch for what's in there? Sometimes they tease
you and brag about the fact that this is made with real fruit juice and it
could be up to 3%. Well, that wouldn't be a terrible thing if that's all it was
and then they had some natural things like essential oils for flavouring but
very often this is just the tip of the iceberg. They put some other sugar or
artificial sweeteners in there. Some of the things you want to watch for are: artificial
flavours, added sugar that they might disguise as Agave or something like that artificial-sweeteners.
In some Asian regions, other sugar-based flavoured syrups are readily available
on market shelves. They mixed with water called “sharbat”. Sometimes used
with milk equally like by elders and children. Of course, you have to avoid
sugary syrups and artificial colours. Sometimes these could be a good thing if
made from natural sources but very often they're just chemical concoctions
again.
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# 5 Chocolate Milk & Milk Shakes
A lot of people want to complete their fast-food meals with a
shake. With Wendy's Frosty, they could get a large size with over 80 grams of
sugar, but this can get much worse; the largest size of Mcdonald's thick shake has
168 grams of sugar and 1160 calories in the shake alone. Also, in some Asian
countries, Rohafza and Jam-e-Sherin (Red coloured highly concentrated sugar
syrup) are the most popular substance to put in milk or mix with water to serve as a sweet drink alone.
It may provide fullness, but why is sugar bad? There are
different types known as sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, honey and agave
that al
l have similar effects. Glucose and fructose when linked together in
sucrose absorb quicker and their glycemic index rises. This means even
natural forms such as honey or agave can be worse than high-fructose corn syrup.
We still have the exact same molecules that affect us in the exact same way. The
only thing that's slightly worse in sugar and fructose is alcohol because
alcohol can also only be processed by the liver. So, it has a tremendous
potential to overwhelm the liver and cause fatty liver and the only real
difference between alcohol and fructose is alcohol. So, alcohol is not given to
kids whereas sugar and high fructose corn syrup are in almost everything kids
eat and therefore we see fatty liver down in the early teens and even pre-teens
as well.
# 4 Cold coffee & Lattes drinks
Here I'm referring to the popular trendy drinks in coffee
shops so chai, lattes Frappuccinos and so forth. These are really nothing
more than sugar bombs in a single drink you could get as much as 80 grams of
sugar. Just imagine you think you're just ordering a nice beverage and they
toss in this much sugar in a single drink depending on the side but that
doesn't even include some of the toppings. That's just the basic configuration
of that drink in a large size. You might as well walk into one of those places
and say can I have a cup of diabetes to go but then of course all of those
little squirts of syrups and chemical stuff are in it. There are tons of
artificial flavours, artificial colours, artificial anything you don’t want in.
# 3 Juices
It's clear to see why we should limit the amount of juice.
Orange juice, for instance, contains a high quantity of sugar; 36 grams of
sugar, in fact, to be precise - just slightly less than what is in a 40-gram
bag. Coca-Cola has approximately 39 grams in 12 ounces. For some, this isn't
enough and they will add even more sugar. Nevertheless, that doesn't mean there
can't be any benefits from consuming oranges; when they are freshly squeezed,
they are still packed full of enzymes and aromas and contain less sugar.
Provided you're physically healthy it is safe to consume occasionally (once or
twice a week). However, if you're not in the best of health then it's better to
err on the side of caution and stay away from juice entirely - have a few
berries instead!
# 2 Sports drinks & energy drinks
Sports drinks can contain a lot of sugar, comparable to soda
or orange juice, but is often drunk in larger quantities due to their perceived
ability to replenish electrolytes. You can’t claim the worst energy drinks for
your health because people can easily drink over a litre in a single session
without realizing the amount of sugar coming along for the ride. Gatorade and
other sports drinks are thought to be healthy and performance-enhancing,
however, they often contain artificial flavours, colours and excessive quantities of
sugar. A more cost-effective option is adding a quarter teaspoon of salt into the water for the same benefits as Gatorade, minus the extra sugar.
Energy drinks also mostly consist of sugar with an added
stimulant, usually caffeine in coffee form. While it might provide an illusion
of energy initially, what it's actually doing is changing our priorities in
order to use up resources that we would normally reserve for later. This is
like borrowing money on a credit card: it has no real energy value, and just promises
to pay back with interest later on.
# 1 Soda
The number one worst drink and the most toxic thing to stay away
from is soda or soft drinks and even though we use Coca-Cola as an example it's
not just about Coke. Now the question is what soda is the worst for you? It's
all the soft drinks with sugar and high fructose corn syrup in them. One
typical can of 12 ounces like we said has 39 grams of sugar and very often this
sugar is high fructose corn syrup. Of course, when people learn how bad high
fructose corn syrup in which it is now, they start replacing it with cane sugar.
Now, cane sugar gets proclaimed as a healthy substitute for high fructose corn
syrup, which of course it isn't. High fructose corn syrup is just a little bit
worse for the reasons that we talked about earlier. The reason I put it on number
one is that through massive amounts of advertising and billions of dollars every
year in promoting these sugary drinks, this has become a way of life in many
modern cultures, especially in the United States but this is spreading all over
the world. Whereas a way of life and thinking of it as a thirst quencher we
drink it all day long. We don't even think about it has become the default food
beverage for so many people. You see it in the stores they're loading up their
carts with soda and they drink it mindlessly and it is part of every meal. So,
that's the problem that it's so pervasive that it is a way of life and it's part
of everything that people do.
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