Are you drinking too many calories?
How many calories are in those beverages you are drinking every day? Many people drink high energy drinks, Starbuck’s coffee, soft drinks and drinks like Gatorade without even considering those calories. And calories from beverages easily add up. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation has some good advice for high school students that can be applied to all of us. Drop Liquid Calories is one of the Alliance for Health’s recommendations. Many of us aren’t eating our calories but drinking our calories by consuming sugary beverages – soft drinks, energy drinks, sweetened ice tea, coffee with flavored syrups. High school students and adults “are drinking more sugary beverages than ever before.” As the website notes, the biggest source of added sugar in the diets of many of our youth are sugary beverages. Surprisingly, many of these sugary beverages are provided by parents and they can easily change what beverages are in the ho...