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Starbucks has 3x the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks

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Re: Starbucks has 3x the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks

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Post by tenpies »

asgfoi wrote: post #6

How sad it is that the can of coke is used as a comparison. It almost makes it look like a reasonable drink. The World Health Organization has recently suggested cutting the recommended sugar intake for adults in half, to about 25 grams, around 6 teaspoons, of sugar for a normal weight adult a day. Here is my favorite site that shows the amounts of sugar cubes in various unhealthy food: http://www.sugarstacks.com/ Ac…

> The World Health Organization has recently suggested cutting the recommended sugar intake for adults in half, to about 25 grams, around 6 teaspoons, of sugar for a normal weight adult a day.

The interesting thing about this sort of guideline is how quickly you exceed it with fruit. The most popular fruits are all packed with sugar: an apple has ~10 grams; a banana, ~12 grams; an orange, ~9 grams.

Re: Starbucks has 3x the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks

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Post by alistairSH »

Someone1234 wrote: post #42
stuaxo wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It helps to have coffee that is actually decent, which you don't get in Starbucks. A lot of low quality food and drink seems way less satisfying, so people make it up with quantity.

I don't drink Starbucks (too expensive for me) so this is a legitimate question: I thought Starbucks coffee was meant to be good/high quality? If it isn't why are people spending over $3/cup when McDonald's and others has $1/cup coffee? I'm legitimately asking, I'm not into the whole Starbucks scene.

Personally, I drink Starbucks once in a blue moon as a treat - not for superior coffee flavor, but because I want a giant, sugary dessert beverage. At one time I drank a large cup/week, but then I came to my senses.

My normal morning coffee is brewed at home using fresh, but mass-produced beans (usually one of Trader Joe's varieties).

Re: Starbucks has 3x the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks

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Post by Rainymood »

davidw wrote: post #68
TarpitCarnivore wrote: post #28

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The amount of sugar you were putting in your coffee is probably not close to comparable to that in these drinks. > Once you begin loving the true taste of coffee The "true" taste of coffee is how you prefer to drink coffee. Don't forget that a lot of people like to drink milk based drinks (latte, cap, macciato, etc) which are technically not showing the "true" taste of the coffee being used. Yet for someone reason no…

Italians find people who drink a cappuccino after about 11 in the morning a source of amusement. It's a dead giveaway that the person in question is a foreigner. The good side: they're amused but not rude or snotty about it.

I once ordered a cappuccino after 11, I got something else instead (I believe an espresso/americano?) and I was really confused as I thought the barista had misheard me. Then someone explained it to me afterwards and I felt kind of silly

Re: Starbucks has 3x the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks

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Post by mrtron »

TarpitCarnivore wrote: post #28
DarkTree wrote: post #2

I'm not surprised some Starbucks drinks have a ton of sugar, but the 3 cans of Coke worth definitely puts it into perspective. I grew up drinking my coffee with sugar and cream, but eventually stopped using sugar, and then ultimately drinking it black. If you can wean off adding compliments to your coffee, you will most likely acquire a taste for the bitterness of coffee. Once you begin loving the true taste of coffe…

The amount of sugar you were putting in your coffee is probably not close to comparable to that in these drinks. > Once you begin loving the true taste of coffee The "true" taste of coffee is how you prefer to drink coffee. Don't forget that a lot of people like to drink milk based drinks (latte, cap, macciato, etc) which are technically not showing the "true" taste of the coffee being used. Yet for someone reason no…

The true taste of coffee is black coffee, prepared in a few different ways.

Latte, etc are all their own drink. They contain coffee.

Re: Starbucks has 3x the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks

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Post by jonesb6 »

I've recently started a diet and one of the most helpful things I've been doing is looking up the nutritional facts of meals and drinks that'd I'd usually write-off as "too insignificant to matter". One of those was a medium Starbucks mocha which turned out to be ... ~360 calories without whip. That might seem like an insignificant amount but when you're going for a ~600 calorie deficit it's about two thirds of a standard meal.

Since then I've been sticking to a medium coffee which is ~5 calories, and the caffeine is a total appetite killer. Win win.

Re: Starbucks has 3x the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks

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Post by talmand »

Rainymood wrote: post #73
davidw wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Italians find people who drink a cappuccino after about 11 in the morning a source of amusement. It's a dead giveaway that the person in question is a foreigner. The good side: they're amused but not rude or snotty about it.

I once ordered a cappuccino after 11, I got something else instead (I believe an espresso/americano?) and I was really confused as I thought the barista had misheard me. Then someone explained it to me afterwards and I felt kind of silly

Why is that something to feel silly about? I would think that if it is your harmless custom it is rude for someone with a different custom to make something negative out of it.

Re: Starbucks has 3x the sugar of a whole Coke in some drinks

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Post by noondip »

tenpies wrote: post #71
asgfoi wrote: post #6

How sad it is that the can of coke is used as a comparison. It almost makes it look like a reasonable drink. The World Health Organization has recently suggested cutting the recommended sugar intake for adults in half, to about 25 grams, around 6 teaspoons, of sugar for a normal weight adult a day. Here is my favorite site that shows the amounts of sugar cubes in various unhealthy food: http://www.sugarstacks.com/ Ac…

> The World Health Organization has recently suggested cutting the recommended sugar intake for adults in half, to about 25 grams, around 6 teaspoons, of sugar for a normal weight adult a day. The interesting thing about this sort of guideline is how quickly you exceed it with fruit. The most popular fruits are all packed with sugar: an apple has ~10 grams; a banana, ~12 grams; an orange, ~9 grams.

There isn't any problem with naturally occurring sugar in fruit. The trouble comes when there's added sugar only.
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