In the Drink.When it Comes to Calories, Solid is Better than Liquid "What would you like to drink with that?" asks the waitress. Think twice before you answer. Your body may not register the calories you drink as well as it does the calories you eat. So when you down a soda or other liquid calories before or with a meal, you may not eat less food later in the day to compensate. Making matters worse: serving sizes for beverages are ballooning ... as are Americans. "Beverages are huge contributor to obesity," says Richard Mattes of Pudue University in West Lafayette, Indiana West Lafayette (IPA: [wɛst ˈlɑ.fəˌjɛt]) is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, 65 miles (105km) northwest of Indianapolis. The population was 28,778 at the 2000 census. . "They're major players that often get overlooked." Stealth Calories In one study by Mattes, people were asked to consume 450 calories' worth of jelly beans jelly beans traditional treat for children on Easter Sunday; symbolize eggs. [Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Easter every day for four weeks and 450 calories' worth of soda every day for another four weeks.(1) On days they ate the jelly beans, the participants compensated by eating roughly 450 fewer calories of others foods. So they ingested in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. no more calories than usual. But on days they drank the soda, the participants didn't compensate. They ended up eating roughly 450 more calories than usual. "Liquid calories don't trip our satiety satiety being in a state of satiation; in experimental animals used with reference to eating and drinking. satiety center located in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus. mechanisms," says Mattes. "They just don't register." More evidence that liquid calories go unnoticed: Short-term studies show that if you drink a calorie-containing beverage with a meal, you'll wind up consuming more calories at that meal than if you drink a calorie-free beverage.(2) But what about the long term? Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. in Philadelphia gave 20 men and women about 40 ounces a day of either regular or diet cola (made with the artificial sweetener artificial sweetener: see sweetener, artificial. aspartame aspartame: see sweetener, artificial. aspartame Synthetic organic compound (a dipeptide) of phenylalanine and aspartic acid. It is 150–200 times as sweet as cane sugar and is used as a nonnutritive tabletop sweetener and in low-calorie ).(3) After three weeks, the women who drank the regular cola gained an average of two pounds; the men's weight didn't change. On the diet soda The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , the men lost one pound and the women's weight didn't change. "It doesn't matter if you drink them with a meal or before a meal," says Barbara Rolls of the Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. , author of Volumetrics: Feel Full on Fewer Calories (HarperCollins, 2000). "The calories from most drinks add on to--rather than displace--food calories." And that has added on to the nation's obesity epidemic, argues Mattes. "Over the last 20 years, we've gotten fatter, but what's really changed is that we're drinking a lot more calories than we ever did before." The Bottomless Cup In the 1950s, a "family size" bottle of Coke was 26 ounces. Now soft drink sizes at McDonald's for one person range from 12 ounces (for children) to 42 ounces. A "Double Gulp The Double Gulp is a 64oz (1.9L) self-serve fountain drink that costs roughly $1.69 US. It is sold along with the smaller sized drinks the Gulp, Big Gulp, and Super Big Gulp at 7-Eleven convenience stores. This happens to be the largest mass produced fountain drink. " at 7-Eleven convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. holds 64 ounces. That's eight cups--a huge serving even if you get it with ice. And the soft drinks you get at movie theaters like Loews and some AMCs (which can hit 44 ounces) often come with free refills. "Sweetened sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. soft drinks add more calories to our diet than any other beverage," notes Rolls. America's appetite for soft drinks is at an all-time high, with no signs of slowing down. Soda pop dwarfs all other beverages we consume. Even if you subtract diet sodas--about a quarter of the market--it's still the number-one beverage (see "Sweetened Soda Rules," p.7). And it's not just soft drinks. A "venti" Caffe Latte at Starbucks is 20 ounces. A large shake at McDonald's or a Dunkin' Donuts Sources: Dunkin' Donuts is an international coffee and donut retailer founded in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. by William Rosenberg. Corporate Profile History Coolata is 32 ounces. And a single-serve bottle of just about any beverage--Arizona Iced Tea, Gatorade, Fruitopia, you name it--can run as high as 20 ounces. Look at the "Nutrition Facts" labels on those bottles and you'll see calories listed for an eight-ounce (one-cup) serving (as if people split the bottle into 2 1/2 servings). But other than children who get an eight-ounce carton of milk with their school lunch, it's hard to know who stops at one cup any more. You can't even buy an eight-ounce drink at many restaurants. A "small" drink at McDonald's is 16 ounces. And large sit-down restaurant chains The following is a list of restaurant chains. See also: Fast-food restaurant, Casual dining, List of reference tables. International
 This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Outback Steakhouse Outback Steakhouse is a casual dining American restaurant chain based in Tampa, Florida with over 900 locations in 23 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. , and T.G.I. Friday's T.G.I. Friday's (often referred to as just "Fridays") is a popular American restaurant chain focusing on casual dining, with over 500 restaurants across the United States, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Australia and the UK, as well as many other countries around the world. start you off with 14 to 22 ounces of soda ... and offer free refills. Even alcoholic beverages
Restaurants like Applebee's, Olive Garden, and T.G.I. Friday's offer either 16-ounce or 22-ounce draft beers. And at restaurants like Romano's Macaroni Grill Macaroni Grill (also known as Romano's Macaroni Grill) is a chain of Italian food casual dining restaurants in the US and Canada. The chain and brand name is owned by Brinker International. and Buca di Beppo Buca di Beppo is an American restaurant chain specializing in immigrant Southern Italian food. The name roughly translates as "Joe's Basement" (Beppo is slang for Joe in Southern Italy and Buca means basement (literally it means "hole") in Italian). , two Italian sit-down chains, a serving of wine can be ten ounces. (When the Dietary Guidelines dietary guidelines Cardiology A series of dietary recommendations from the Nutrition Committee of the Am Heart Assn, that promote cardiovascular health. See Caloric restriction, food pyramid, French paradox. for Americans and health authorities advise men to stop at two drinks a day and women to stop at one, they're talking about a five-ounce serving of wine, a 12-ounce serving of beer, or 1.5 ounces of liquor. Do patrons who drink alcohol at some restaurants know that each glass may contain two servings?) And as mugs and glasses grow, so grow our bellies and bottoms. Twenty ounces of most beverages--even juice or milk--mean 200 to 450 calories. A 32-ounce large shake at McDonald's means 720 calories. A 32-ounce large Dunkin' Donuts Coolata means 820. Good to the Last Drop Do people drink more just because they're served more? "Serving sizes have a tremendous effect on everyone, but a much more dramatic effect on males," says Brian Wansink, director of the Food and Brand Research Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Early years: 1867-1880 The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific . In a new (still unpublished) study, he gave free Coke or Sprite to 372 teens and adults who were eating at McDonald's, Burger King, or Hardee's restaurants. Roughly half were given a child-size (12-ounce) drink, while the others got a large (32-ounce) drink. "The girls and women drank 17 ounces when they got the large size, but only 9 ounces when they got the small drink," says Wansink. "The differences were even more extreme for the boys and men. They consume anything you give them--about 28 of the 32 ounces in the large drink and 11 of the 12 ounces in the small drink." And what's remarkable, says Wansink, is that "people don't perceive that they're consuming any more calories with a large drink than with a small." When asked how many calories they drank, most people had no clue, he says. "But even when we looked at people who said they could estimate calories well--usually females--they said they had consumed about 100 calories, whether they drank 9 ounces or 17 ounces." Take Charge Don't get us wrong. It's not just 300-calorie beverages that are making Americans pudgy. It's also 670-calorie Cinnabons, 800-calorie tuna salad sandwiches, 1,000-calorie Big Macs and Fries, 1,200-calorie orders of Stuffed Potato Skins, 1,600-calorie platters of General Tso's Chicken General Tao redirects here. For Tao Pai Pai, see Tao Pai Pai. General Tso's chicken is a sweet and spicy deep-fried Hunan Chinese dish that is popularly served in American and Canadian Chinese restaurants. The origins of the dish are unclear. , and 2,400-calorie plates of Cheese Fries. But at least some people think twice before gulping down 1,000 calories of food. They may not question the "hidden" calories in beverages. Yet they're so easy to avoid. Dieters may have trouble eating less food over the long term. But surely they could get used to drinking noncaloric non·ca·lor·ic adj. Having few or no calories. beverages with and between meals. "People have two options," says Mattes. "Either they start consuming non-caloric beverages like water, tea, coffee, or diet soda. Or they can drink whatever they want, but compensate by eating less food." Here are some other strategies for avoiding beverage bloat: * Order "kiddie kid·die or kid·dy n. pl. kid·dies Slang A small child. kiddie Noun Informal a child " or "small" sizes. At McDonald's (and many other restaurants), a child's serving is 12 ounces. And a "small" at most fast food restaurants is 16 ounces (two cups). * Ask for ice in your drink. You'll get less beverage ... and fewer calories. * Get an empty cup or glass and split a beverage with a friend. If the waiter offers a free refill, ask for water. * Don't have a caloric caloric /ca·lo·ric/ (kah-lor´ik) pertaining to heat or to calories. ca·lor·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to calories. 2. Of or relating to heat. beverage as a snack to stave off hunger before a meal. It won't curb your appetite as well as solid food. Try baby carrots, slices of melon, or orange wedges instead. * You don't have to eliminate healthy beverages like orange juice and low-fat milk. Mix OJ with seltzer for a refreshing drink with half the usual calories. And the calcium, protein, and other nutrients in that glass of milk may be worth its 100-or-so calories. * Diet soft drinks are better than regular soda. But if you guzzle guz·zle v. guz·zled, guz·zling, guz·zles v.tr. 1. To drink greedily or habitually: guzzle beer. 2. caffeinated soda, coffee, or tea all day, it may leave you jittery and unable to sleep. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DRINK TO ME ONLY 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 (1) Prepared using whole milk. (2) Prepared using cream. Source: Manufacturers and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. ). (1) Internat. J. Obesity 24: 794, 2000. (2) Physiol. Behav. 48: 19, 1990. (3) Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 51: 963, 1990. The information for this article was compiled by Jackie Adriano. |
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