{"id":55739,"date":"2011-09-14T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=55739"},"modified":"2011-09-13T15:04:33","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T20:04:33","slug":"12-shockingly-unhealthy-coffee-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/12-shockingly-unhealthy-coffee-drinks\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Shockingly Unhealthy Coffee Drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Melissa Breyer for Care2.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, for the day when the worst thing you could do to your coffee was add a hundred calories in cream and sugar. These days, most of the health atrocities being committed in the name of coffee come to us courtesy of the ubiquitous coffee-house and fast food<\/a><\/strong> chains that are colonizing our neighborhoods from sea to sea. Why do they see the need to turn a cup of coffee into a concoction capable of ringing up four-figure calorie counts? (Aside from the fact that consumers are scarfing them up…)<\/p>\n

A plain cup of brewed coffee has only two calories and no fat. Even adding 49 calories from a tablespoon of sugar, 20 calories from a tablespoon of half and half, or 52 calories from whipping cream–a regular coffee can’t come close to competing with the desserts-in-coffee-cups listed here.<\/p>\n

For a little perspective, keep this in mind: the range of recommended calories is from 1,600 to 2,400 calories per day for adult women and 2,000 to 3,000 calories per day for adult men, depending on age and physical activity level.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the American Heart Association has issued guidelines that say most women should consume no more then 25 grams (6 teaspoons, or about 100 calories) of added sugar daily, and most men no more than 37.5 grams (9 teaspoons, or about 150 calories).<\/p>\n

12. Au Bon Pain: Vanilla Latte (20 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 500
\nSaturated Fat (g): 9
\nCarb (g): 81
\nSugar (g): 81<\/p>\n

11. Au Bon Pain: Caramel Macchiato (20 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 540
\nSaturated Fat (g): 9
\nCarb (g): 86
\nSugar (g): 82<\/p>\n

For the same amount of calories, you could have a cup of coffee with milk and 13 pieces of caramel candy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>10. Starbucks<\/a> Tazo\u00ae Green Tea Cr\u00e8me Frappuccino\u00ae Blended Beverage (Venti, 24 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 550
\nFat (g): 18
\nCarb (g): 90<\/p>\n

No, this isn’t a coffee drink, but just in case you think you’re making the healthier choice by ordering a tea-based drink…<\/p>\n

9. Seattle’s Best Coffee: Raspberry Mocha Kiss (24 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 660
\nSaturated Fat (g): 12
\nCarb (g): 105
\nSugar (g): 96<\/p>\n

Or, eat three Godiva Dark Chocolate with Raspberry Bars for less calories than this coffee drink…<\/p>\n

8. McDonald’s<\/a>: McCaf\u00e9 Caramel Frappe (22 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 680
\nSaturated Fat (g): 18
\nCarb (g): 94
\nSugar (g): 88<\/p>\n

For this calorie total, you could have had a cheeseburger, small french fries and a Fruit n’ Yogurt Parfait.<\/p>\n

7. Seattle’s Best Coffee: Cookies and Cream Javakula (24 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 690
\nSaturated Fat (g): 13
\nCarb (g): 110
\nSugar (g): 79<\/p>\n

The caloric equivalent of thirteen Oreo cookies.<\/p>\n

6. Starbucks Iced Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha (Venti, 24 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 720
\nFat (g): 27
\nCarb (g): 110<\/p>\n

This doozy adds up to the same number of calories as twenty chocolate kisses plus<\/em> twenty miniature candy canes.<\/p>\n

5. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf: Caramel Ice Blended (24 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 770
\nSaturated Fat (g): 13
\nCarb (g): 145<\/p>\n

For the calories you might consume in one Caramel Ice Blended, you could have two large caramel apples.<\/p>\n

4. Caribou Coffee: Turtle Mocha (20 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 800
\nSaturated Fat (g): 24
\nCarb: 94
\nSugar (g): 93<\/p>\n

Imagine the stomach ache you’d get from eating nine chocolate turtles–which have the caloric equivalent to one 20-ounce Turtle Mocha from Caribou.<\/p>\n

3. Dunkin’ Donuts<\/a> Coffee-Mocha Coolatta\u00ae (Large)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 990
\nFat (g): 47
\nCarb (g): 141
\nSugar (g): 125<\/p>\n

One of these bad boys, or four French Crullers for the same amount of calories.<\/p>\n

2. It’s a Grind Coffee House: Iced Blended Triple Chocolate Mocha (32 ounces)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 1190
\nSaturated Fat (g): 22
\nCarb (g): 206
\nSugar (g): 188<\/p>\n

Would you believe that this drink packs the same wallop in terms of calories as five and a half Hershey’s chocolate bars?<\/p>\n

1. Cold Stone Creamery: Lotta Caramel Latte (Gotta Have It Size)<\/strong>
\nCalories: 1,790 calories
\nFat: (g) 90
\nCarb: (g): 223
\nSugar: (g) 175<\/p>\n

This one drink delivers more calories than are recommended for some people for the entire day. For the same amount of calories, you could have five 5-ounce servings of Cold Stone’s chocolate ice cream.<\/p>\n

Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

10 Worst Foods in America<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Designer Coffee Brimming with Calories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Will Coffee Make me Fat?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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