Yesterday, I attended a presentation about nutrition for kids. But I also learned a lot about what is in the stuff I drink.
And it wasn’t pretty.
Instructor Cynthia Clayton had participants measure out sugars in a variety of drinks to see how that all adds up.
It was really shocking. It’s definitely interesting to see how much pure sugar is in your drink.
Here’s some facts about the sugars in our drinks:
- By cutting out a two soda a day habit, you can lose 31 pounds in one year.
- Bodies have to work to digest sodas and swweetened drinks, whereas water just hydrates. Therefore, drinking a soda when you’re hot will create more heat as your body works to digest it.
- Dividing the number of grams of sugar in a drink by four gives you the number of teaspoons of sugar in the drink.
It’s a lot to think about. I know I am definitely looking at my drink choices today.