Choose It and Lose It: Chilled Summer Drinks

Written by Barbara Cuden

It's Summer! Are you beating the heat with chilled coffees or iced drinks on your way to work or a stroll through the park? Careful! Some of these drinks contain way too many calories, as well as fat and sugar amounts. Swap It for the better choice, as Rose demonstrates on CityLine, Monday June 27th.

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CHILLED COFFEE DRINKS

Tim Horton’s
	Medium mocha Iced Capp made with cream (14 ounces) 410 cals / 16 g fat
	* Equivalent to almost 1 8 oz. New York Strip in calories
SWAP IT
	Medium Iced Capp made with chocolate milk (14 ounces) 230 cals / 1 g fat

Starbucks
	Grande iced peppermint white chocolate mocha made with 2% milk and topped with whipped cream (16 ounces) 520 calories / 71 g sugar
	* Equivalent to 10 Nestle Skinny Cow Mini Fudges in sugar
SWAP IT
	Iced cinnamon dolce latte no whipped cream (16 ounces) 200 calories / 32 g sugar

NON-COFFEE ICED DRINKS

Second Cup Chilled Refreshments
	Medium Strawberry Lemonade Chiller (16 ounces) 370 calories / 90 g sugar
	*Equivalent to 5.6 cups Kellogg’s Fruit Loops in sugar
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	Medium Sparkling Green Tea Lemonade (16 ounces) 100 calories / 24 g sugar

Cold Stone Creamery Smoothies
	Mango Pineapple (love-it size, 627 g serving) 510 calories / 115 g carbs / 83 g sugar
	*Equivalent to almost 4 butter croissants from Starbucks in carbs
SWAP IT
	Strawberry Bananza (love-it size, 783 g serving) 220 calories / 57 g carbs / 34 g sugar



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