Belt-Busting Beverages By David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding - Posted Fri, Apr 18, 2008, 2:47 pm PDT

1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:12 am PDT

Wow!!

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:15 am PDT

Great article and very helpful. Whenever I go to Starbucks, I end up getting the Cafe Americano which is also much lower in calories than the lattes.

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:15 am PDT

Great article and very helpful. Whenever I go to Starbucks, I end up getting the Cafe Americano which is also much lower in calories than the lattes.

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:18 am PDT

forget the laite drink coffee one third the cost and nothing but cafene. forget the fruit drinks .drink water and eat the fruit.

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:25 am PDT

Very helpful.. and not too hard to do.

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:27 am PDT

Very easy to do. Thanks! Have been trying to cut back on coffee and leave out soda all together.

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:31 am PDT

Certainly the Starbucks Strawberry Creme drink is a huge calorie hog with lots of sugar. But I'm not sure why you would recommend the Krispy Kreme drink as a substitute. As you said, it has very little fruit and not much nutritional value. Why not recommend something like Jamba Juice's Strawberry Whirl? Their 16 ounce size has only 200 calories, no fat and 3 servings of fruit (it's made with only fruit and fruit juice). Seems like a much better choice nutritionally than the drink from Krispy Kreme...

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:33 am PDT

you didn't mention sodas. Controversy about diet sodas vs other drinks.

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:45 am PDT

It does not take much of a brain to figure out what NOT to drink. One could drink some of the diet sodas that have no sugar and no calories! There is always other no calorie drinks, pick what you like and leave the rest!

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:52 am PDT

I am on Weight Watchers and I am looking for ways to enjoy the foods that I like to indulge in. This one rocks! I am going to buy the book too.

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 9:58 am PDT

Yeah just drink them moderately, then we are going to have six drinks a day and wonder why are we still getting like porkers

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 10:00 am PDT

I've been trying to convince my husband to give up sodas and high calorie coffe drinks for a very long time. He believes what he reads far more than he does what I tell him. Thanks for the helping hand!

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 10:01 am PDT

Drink Zilch Sugar Free Margaritas instead of calorie laden Margaritas. Delicious!

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 10:03 am PDT

This is good as far as it goes, but many of us don't go to Starbucks or any fast food joints, so some of this info has no relevance. What about new blended drinks like V-8's Fusion which is a blend of fruit and vegetable juices? Years ago when I drank coffee with 2 teaspoonsful of sugar per cup, I found that by cutting the sugar I was able to shed 2-3 lbs without doing anything else.

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Apr 19, 2008, 10:03 am PDT

How about diet drinks? You know the 8 oz cans etc. How many a day are enough for an average sized man?

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