[tiffanitrix]

Americans have a drinking problem, and not the type you might think. After posting a blog a few weeks ago called "Belt-Busting Beverages," we received hundreds of comments from the Yahoo community claiming they had no idea the stuff they drink could be so hazardous to their waistlines.

Here’s a typical refrain voiced by one disturbed drinker: "I know a lot of people that are battling with their weight, and they tell me all the time, 'I don't eat that much, and I still can't lose weight.' "

Whether you are a desperate dieter or just someone looking to drop another few pounds in time for beach season, here’s a tough stat to swallow: According to the FDA, the average American takes in 82 grams of added sugars every day. That’s 20 teaspoons, which contribute an empty 317 calories to our already calorie-saturated diets.

Sure, some of that comes from soda, but even if you've traded regular Coke for diet, whole milk coffee drinks for low-fat lattes, and you barely touch the booze, you could still be taking in 20 percent or more of your calories from beverages. Add a few of those other indulgences in — or consume one of the liquid disasters listed here — and you can suddenly be sucking in a few days' worth of calories through a straw!

(You read that last sentence right.)

To give you a better idea of the drinks most responsible for sabotaging your health, fitness, and weight-loss goals, we created a list of America’s Unhealthiest Drinks. Read up, then sip responsibly.

Worst "Healthy" Drink
Glaceau VitaminWater (any flavor; 20 oz bottle)
130 calories
33 grams sugar

Vitamins and water might sound like the ultimate nutritional tag team, but what the label doesn’t say is that a bottle of this stuff carries nearly as much sugar and calories as a can of Coke. Makes sense, though, since this so-called functional beverage is produced by our often-sugar-crazy friends at The Coca-Cola Company.

Worst Juice Imposter
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (23.5 oz can)
360 calories
84 g of sugar

These hulking calorie cannons (5 percent juice, 95 percent sugar water) are sold at gas stations and convenience stores across America for the low, low price of 99 cents, making this quite possibly the cheapest source of empty calories in the country.

Worst Smoothie
Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo’d Power Smoothie (30 oz)
1,170 calories
169 g sugars
30 g fat

Jamba Juice calls it a smoothie; we call it a milkshake, with more sugar than an entire bag of chocolate chips. (Note: We're pretty sure this is the drink Hollywood actors rely on when looking to put on 20 pounds for the role as a heavy!)

Worst Summer Cocktail
Pina Colada
625 calories
75 g sugars

Made from a blend of sickly-sweet pineapple juice and fat-riddled coconut milk, pina coladas may be this summer's biggest beach-body saboteurs. In fact, the only redeeming part of this drink is the garnish — that lonely chunk of pineapple hanging from the rim. Try a lime daiquiri or a mojito instead and save up to 400 calories a drink.

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)

Let's look at America's Worst Drink in numbers:

73: The number of ingredients that go into this milkshake.
66: The number of teaspoons of sugar this drink contains.
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 of minutes it takes to consume this drink.
240: The number of minutes you’d need to spend on a treadmill burning it off, running at a moderate pace.

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wow. the numbers of the br shake are HUGE!!

from yahoo! health
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/50...drinks-exposed/

[yanshimkim]

Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake (32 oz)
2,310 calories

Holy shizz, that's like a day's worth of calories! O_O

[xstarBURST]

Im not surprised Pina Coladas are up there. They are horrible as a drink.

[minkiii]

2,310 cal OMG that is tooo much. Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo’d Power Smoothie sounds so discussing. thats why the healthiest drink ever is WATER haha thats all i drink and then sometimes tea. america needs to loose alot of these 'healthy' drinks.

[MarkXD]

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)

I really feel bad for those that drink this without knowing the truth.

[Carmen.]

WOW. That BR Shake has A LOT of calories.

We should all just probably stick to water. Haha.

[kwok]

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)

wow. the calories in that one shake is more than the calories adult men and women need in a day. wthhhh.

[sentuhmentalfo0l]

i JUST read this on yahoo haha
would've never guessed that vitamin water would be on the list

[_ATELIER]

ahhh that's bull! i drank almost everything on that list

T^T

i'm not gonna stop with the vitamin water though, veryy addicted.

Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake .. i'm tempted lol
healthy.. my fanny.

[lshluvr]

NOOO! Not vitamin water~! T_T I LOVE that stuff x_x

[EauDeAnnie]

wow. the calories in that one shake is more than the calories adult men and women need in a day. wthhhh.

I know right. o___O THAT'S a lot of calories.
Good thing I never drank it before.

Hehe, I knew vitamin water was too good to be true.

[alicimoo]

I just saw this as well.
Ah...too bad I love Arizona Ice Tea too much to give it up.

[pinki247]

my goodness....that baskin robin's "health" shake is disgustingly high in calories.
there's your whole day's worth of calories right there.
but Jamba Juice....T-T

[COOKEED]

i never knew vitamin water was bad :[
we just got some from costco too D:

[erure]

Haha I guess Coke is so bad and everyone already knows that so it's not on the list -- too bad I'm addicted to the stuff D:

I never liked Vitamin Water anyway.

[b06]

The Unhealthiest Drink in America
Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake (32 oz)
2,310 calories

om f**king g i want to see that drink for myself. WOW!

[hannuhh]

oh my god i just want to puke..


SO SUGARYYYY!!!!

[charri]

aww, I like Arizona tea. Only the ginseng green tea one though, I can't stand the fruity flavors.
and jamba juice... nooooo
but that flavor sounds disgusting anyway :sick:

haha I'd hate to be an unsuspecting person downing one of those BR smoothies...

[PDURRR]

the arizona kiwi strawberry is so good though haha

the shake is pretty though heheh

[mintcracker]

it'll be funny if you get addicted to the BR and 2 weeks later going WTF HAPPENED