In the Drink - how beverages contribute to obesity

Nutrition Action Healthletter, Nov, 2000 by Jackie Adriano

* Diet soft drinks are better than regular soda. But if you guzzle caffeinated soda, coffee, or tea all day, it may leave you jittery and unable to sleep.

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All beverages are not created equal. Here's a selection of popular drinks, ranked from least number of calories to most. Some serving sizes may seem large, but we didn't make them up. All are available in bottles, in cans, or at restaurants. Restaurant drinks will have even more calories if you get no ice.

Beverage (size)                               Calories

Water or seltzer                                   0
Diet soda (20 oz.)                                 5
Coffee, with one liquid creamer (8 oz.)           30
Tea, with two packets of sugar (8 oz.)            50
V8 (11.5 oz.)                                     70
Milk, fat-free (8 oz.)                            90
Beer, light (12 oz.)                             100
Milk, 1% (8 oz.)                                 100
Starbucks Cappuccino, short (8 oz.)(1)           100
Apple or orange juice (8 oz.)                    110
Irish coffee, w/out whipped cream (8 oz.)        120
Nestea Iced Tea, sweetened (16 oz.)              120
Gatorade (20 oz.)                                130
Cranberry juice (8 oz.)                          140
Starbucks Caffe Latte, short (8 oz.)(1)          140
Beer, regular (12 oz.)                           150
Grape juice (8 oz.)                              150
Mimosa (8 oz.)                                   150
Martini (2.5 oz.)                                160
Wine, white (8 oz.)                              160
Gin & tonic, on the rocks (7.5 oz.)              170
Wine, red (8 oz.)                                170
Milk, whole (8 oz.)                              180
Ginger ale (20 oz.)                              200
Starbucks Cappuccino, venti (20 oz.)(1)          200
Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino, tall (12 oz.)      200
Dairy Queen Misty, small (16 oz.)                220
Ultra Slim-Fast, canned (11 oz.)                 220
V8 Splash (16 oz.)                               220
Arizona Iced Tea (20 oz.)                        230
Sobe Orange Carrot Elixir 3C (20 oz.)            230
Snapple Lemonade (16 oz.)                        240
7-Up, Coca-Cola, or root beer (20 oz.)           250
Beer, regular, draft (22 oz.)                    280
Margarita (from mix), on the rocks (8 oz.)       290
7-Eleven Big Gulp, Coca-Cola (32 oz.)            300
Fruitopia, The Grape Beyond (20 oz.)             300
Hawaiian Punch (20 oz.)                          300
Orange soda (20 oz.)                             300
Sunny Delight (20 oz.)                           300
McDonald's Coca-Cola, large (32 oz.)             310
Eggnog (8 oz.)                                   340
Starbucks Caffe Latte, venti (20 oz.)(1)         350
Tropicana Twister Fruit Punch (20 oz.)           350
McDonald's Chocolate Shake, sm. (16 oz.)         360
Odwalla Future Shake, Vanilla Al'mondo
  (16 oz.)                                       380
McDonald's Coca-Cola, super size (42 oz.)        410
Dairy Queen Misty, large (32 oz.)                440
McDonald's Hi-C Orange Drink,
  super size (42 oz.)                            460
Nestle NesQuik Chocolate or
  Strawberry Milk (16 oz.)                       460
Jamba Juice, Strawberries Wild Smoothie,
  Power Size (32 oz.)                            560
7-Eleven Double Gulp, Coca-Cola (64 oz.)         600
Burger King Vanilla Shake, large (32 oz.)        630
McDonald's Chocolate Shake, Ig. (32 oz.)         720
Dunkin' Donuts Coolatta, large (32 oz.)(2)       820
Baskin-Robbins Chocolate Milkshake,
  large (24 oz.)                               1,130
Smoothie King, Strawberry Hulk (40 oz.)        1,920