holy crap, speaking of eating healthy.

Frugle · 01-23-07, 09:11

i had NO idea how bad sweet tea is for you. holy crap, I used to get a salad with no dressing and a sweet tea and think I was eating healthy.

that is until I read the arby's nutrition facts. an arby's sweet tea has 3402 calories in a 16 oz drink. HOLY CRAP.

.. and when is the last time you drank just one small sweet tea? No, we get the large 32oz and get 2 refills... thats like freaking 12,000 calories in just a beverage. it has 879 grams of sugar, 907 total carbohydrates, 425mg of sodium.

is that even possible? Nutrition Calculator

sorry for the rant.. I just found that very interesting

EDIT: reading the site again, tha has to be a typo. I'm guessing they meant 340.. agree? even then, 1 medium/large glass is 680 calories, we drink two of them, so 1360 calories just from drinking sweet tea.

Invigor · 01-23-07, 09:58

I'd believe it. A can of coke (8oz I think) is 160 calories. LOADS of sugar in soda.

paradigm · 01-24-07, 04:03

that has to be a misprint/mistake of some kind...there is no way that much sugar is in a drink that small without being slush.

that's 1.93 POUNDS of sugar, if correct...

it's just ice tea w/ sugar, right?

Danase · 01-24-07, 04:55

Calories in Sweet Tea

3402 Calories is more than a weight gainer shake! LOL I think it is a misprint.

Frugle · 01-24-07, 06:17

k, but I would believe 340 calories in one glass, of arby's sweet tea.

yakky · 01-24-07, 07:04

Agree, its a misprint. Even 16oz of a weight gainer shake isn't over 1000 calories. Worst part about most places sweet tea is they use high fructose corn syrup as the sweetener. Its calorie content is the same as regular sugar but it fails to trigger the satiety sense like real sugar does. Drinking tea with real suger makes you full after a while, HFC sweetened tea (or sodas) don't. Yet another reason the soft drink folks switched to HFC, they sell more product.

Frugle · 01-24-07, 07:22

didn't know that... that is interesting.

themightytimmah · 01-24-07, 11:00

Yeah sweet tea is terrible for ya. Publix makes a pretty good diet sweet tea if you love the taste but are looking to cut out calories.

GregCavi · 01-24-07, 11:07

OMG, that has to be a typo lol

Greg

xtahoex · 01-27-07, 10:07

Invigor- a 12 oz coke has about 160 calories not an 8 0z.

paul34 · 01-27-07, 01:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by themightytimmah

Yeah sweet tea is terrible for ya. Publix makes a pretty good diet sweet tea if you love the taste but are looking to cut out calories.

heh, I was about to say this.

Yea, I find bottled sweet teas and sweet teas from restaurants to be absolutely disgusting. Wayyyy too much sugar, far too little tea. You might as well add a few drops to a bucket of sugar and try drinking it

Publix seems to be the only people who get it right, and no strange preservatives either. My favorite from Publix is the peach flavored one... whole meatball sub, two beef potato balls, and a $.79 peace flavored tea. I'm set

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yakky · 01-27-07, 03:24

Before you reach for the diet tea, there is emerging evidence that sweet tasting foods trigger an insulin response (which usually triggers fat storage). So switching to diet may not be as helpful as you think.