5 types of drinks you should stop drinking immediately

Flavored coffee

If your ground coffee is mixed with “pumpkin flavor” or vanilla, that's a sign you can drink both artificial and natural flavors in it.

But what is the truth? People often like to see “natural flavors” listed on product labels, it reassures you that natural is better than artificial, but sometimes you are “fooled”.

Natural flavors must come from plants or animals, while artificial flavors are synthesized in a lab. However, both are a mixture of chemicals containing solvents, emulsifiers, preservatives in addition to the main flavor. They even include additives like BHT and BHA, which have been linked to cancer. Therefore, you should avoid added flavors, even if they are your favorites, such as cinnamon or pure vanilla.

Sugary drinks

A recent study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that soda drinkers were three times more likely to have abdominal obesity over a 10-year period than non-drinkers, even after accounting for factors like age, exercise, and smoking habits. People with abdominal obesity are more likely to have cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and increased mortality.

According to Harvard Health, the artificial sweeteners used in soda can actually change the way we taste food. Artificial sweeteners are much sweeter than table sugar, so as we become accustomed to the intense sweetness, less sweet, healthy foods like fruits and vegetables become less appealing. This is really not good for our health.

Bottled fruit juices and smoothies

On the labels of bottled fruit juices or smoothies, manufacturers still write "100% fruit juice" on the label, but this does not mean that this type of juice is completely good for health.

There are two reasons for this: first, when you drink fruit juice, you are consuming a large amount of sugar; second, drinking fruit juice is not as good as eating the whole fruit because when we eat it, we get the fiber content that helps the body metabolize the sugar and feel full. So what about drinking bottled smoothies? Bottled smoothies also provide us with a preserved amount of fiber from the fruit, but they can still contain added sweeteners even if the label clearly says no added sugar.

Sweetened nut milk

If you are planning to use milk from nuts such as beans, almonds, walnuts… You should consider because they are often combined with sugar and flavorings.

For example, each cup of vanilla almond milk has about 13 grams of sugar. The World Health Organization says the recommended daily intake of sugar should be a total of 25 grams per day. So, choose an unsweetened nut milk or make your own.

Flavored drinks

Flavored waters such as green tea, peach, apple, etc. are often considered a healthy alternative to rehydrating.

However, these drinks are often loaded with sugar, artificial sweeteners like aspartame, synthetic flavors, and even food coloring, which are not usually part of anyone's diet. So if you're craving a little something extra in your glass of ice water, add some fresh fruit for a natural flavor.