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Essay / Case study on nutritional content of food and drinks
Surprisingly, the store had a number of energy drinks with little or no calories. This can be seen in Figure 6. Figure 6It would be better to drink low-calorie energy drinks than to drink protein drinks. Unless a person is active enough to burn the amount of calories in protein shakes, they should avoid them. Sodas contained fewer calories than coffee drinks and this is because some coffee drinks contained cream or were flavored. Although it doesn't contain the highest amount of calories, it does contain the most sugar. As shown in Figure 7. Figure 7 Protein drinks had the least sugar, which is interesting considering they had the most calories. Energy drinks also contain relatively low amounts of sugar, thanks to zero-calorie energy drinks. However, this could also be because the nutrition labels on 20 oz. soda bottles had 1 serving and energy drink labels had 2 servings even though they were in one can. Drinks contain carbohydrates even if they don't appear to contain any. This is why it is important to check the label. One of the first images that comes to mind when we think of carbohydrates is that of bread or pasta. But carbohydrates can still be present in liquid form