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Sitting in McDonalds, drinking a tall latte with an extra shot, making use of free broadband.

Seems an appropriate time to put up a link to this post on ‘Harmful Drinks In America’.

Twenty beverages are pictured next to equivalent calorific intakes, and are accompanied by appropriate commentary about what these drinks actually do to you.
There are also suggestions about what to drink instead.

Here’s a couple of examples.

11. Worst Espresso Drink
Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fl oz)
660 calories
22 g fat (15 g saturated)
95 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 8½ scoops Edy’s Slow Churned Rich and Creamy Coffee Ice Cream

Hopefully this will dispel any lingering fragments of the “health halo” that still exists in coffee shops—that misguided belief that espresso-based beverages can’t do much damage. In this 20-ounce cup, Starbucks manages to pack in more calories and saturated fat than two slices of deep-dish sausage and pepperoni pizza from Domino’s. That makes it the equivalent of dinner and dessert disguised as a cup of coffee. If you want a treat, look to Starbucks’ supply of sugar-free syrups; if you want a caffeine buzz, stick to the regular joe, an Americano, or a cappuccino.

Drink This Instead!
Cinnamon Dolce Latte with Sugar-Free Syrup (grande, 16 fl oz)
260 calories
6 g fat (4 g saturated)
38 g sugars

15. Worst Beer
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (1 bottle, 12 fl oz)
330 calories
0 g fat
32.1 g carbohydrates
9.6% alcohol
Carbohydrate Equivalent: 12-pack of Michelob Ultra

Most beers carry fewer than 175 calories, but even your average extra-heady brew rarely eclipses 250. That makes Sierra’s Bigfoot the undisputed beast of the beer jungle. Granted, the alcohol itself provides most of the calories, but it’s the extra heft of carbohydrates that helps stuff nearly 2,000 calories into each six-pack. For comparison, Budweiser has 10.6 grams of carbs, Blue Moon has 13, and Guinness Draught has 10. Let’s hope the appearance of this gut-inducing guzzler in your fridge is as rare as encounters with the fabled beast himself.

Drink This Instead!
Leinenkugel’s Fireside Nut Brown Ale (1 bottle, 12 fl oz)
155 calories
13.4 g carbohydrates
4.9% alcohol

You know that someone, somewhere has drunken all of these. (Probably not at one sitting.)

HT: Z.