Did you know? Soft drinks have the highest amount of added sugar in our diets. Sports drinks are full of sugar & water is better. Soft drinks provide empty calories that don’t give the body any nutrients. They lead to extra weight, putting you at risk for extra, cavities, weight, diabetes, blood pressure, heart attacks & strokes.
Instead of a soft drink: Drink Water-you should drink 64 ounces per day.
Drink Milk-Aim for 3 servings of dairy daily. Low fat or fat free is a good way.
Drink 100% Juice-drink juice in moderation but whole fruit/veggies is the best choice.
Drink (20 ounces) Amount of Sugar (teaspoons) in drinks
Propel Berry 1.25
Gatorade Lemon Lime 8.75
Dole Orange Juice 13.75
Sprite 15.8
Coke 16.25
Pepsi 16.9
Dr. Pepper 16.9
Minute Maid Lemonade 16.9
A&W Root Beer 18
Mountain Dew 19.4
Sunkist Orange 21.7How much sugar in your favorite drink? From the label on the drink, check the grams of sugar & # of servings per container x 2 gives total grams. Divide by 4 will be #of tsp per serving
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