Summary
Thinking of grabbing a refreshing, silky-smooth milkshake? Think again. New research at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows high-calorie drinks are worse for the waistline than high-calorie foods. The body and brain don't register drinks as filling, so we are more inclined to overindulge.
In other words, while a milkshake, for example, contains 750 to 1,000 calories - roughly half of a person's daily calorie requirement - the body and mind don't recognize it as such. Rather, the milkshake - and, even more so, sugar-sweetened soda - is registered as quenching thirst, not satisfying hunger.See the full content of this document
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Sugary Drinks Aren't so Sweet
"It probably has to do with the fact that you're not chewing it," says Dr. Liwei Chen, lead author of the caloric-drink research, which was published in this month's issue of the American Journal of Clini...
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