U.K. Group Shines Light on the Piles of Sugar in Popular Drinks http://bit.ly/1LBiLPL
When I was a young adult, unmarried, living at home, and trying to balance life as a night owl with a day job that started before 9 a.m., I regularly dumped 2 full spoonfuls of sugar into my coffee at a time, and my mother would look at me in horror and gasp, “That’s too much!” And she was right.
But that ain’t nuthin‘ compared to the amount of sugar you get in a Starbucks specialty drink – which, once upon a time, was a regular “treat” for me.
The British campaign group Action on Sugar (AoS) is warning that many of your cafe favorites – mochas, chai lattes (once my favorite – the mourning is real), hot chocolate and other coffee beverages contain up to 25 teaspoons of sugar – the equivalent of 3 cans of Coca-Cola. That’s more than 12 cups of my formerly regular coffee sugar allowance.
That’s, like, a diabetic coma.
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