Americans have a drinking problem, and not the type you might think. As the authors of the best-selling book Eat This, Not That!, David Zinczenko and co-author Matt Goulding get e-mails all the time from readers who claim they eat carefully, they work out consistently, but they still can’t get the needle on the scale to budge. “What gives?” goes the collective, exasperated refrain from the stagnant dieter.

What most people don’t know is that the biggest roadblock between you and the body you want isn’t found at the end of a fork, but at the bottom of a glass. As a country we take in 21 percent of our daily calories from beverages and, according to the FDA, the average American takes in 82 grams of added sugars every day. That’s 20 teaspoons, which contribute an empty 317 calories to our already calorie-saturated diets.

Sure, some of that comes from soda, but even if you’ve traded regular Coke for diet, whole milk coffee drinks for low-fat lattes, and you barely touch the booze, you could still be taking in 20 percent or more of your calories from beverages. Add in a few of those other indulgences-or consume one of the liquid disasters listed here- and you can suddenly be sucking in a few days’ worth of calories through a straw! (You read that last sentence right.)

1. The Worst Drink in America
Baskin-Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake

2. Worst Milkshake
Baskin-Robbins Large York Peppermint Pattie Shake (32 oz)

3. Worst Smoothie
Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo’d Power Smoothie (30 oz)

4. Worst Frozen Coffee Drink
Cosi Gigante Double OH! Arctic (24 oz)

5. Worst Blended Fruit Drink
Baskin-Robbins Pomegranate Banana Fruit Blast Smoothie (32 oz)

6. Worst Hot Coffee
Starbucks Venti 2% Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha

7. Worst Coffee Alternative
Starbucks Venti White Hot Chocolate

8. Worst Summer Cocktail
Pina Colada

9. Worst Kid’s Hot Beverage
Cosi Kid’s Hot Chocolate (12 oz)

10. Worst Chai Tea Drink
Caribou Coffee Large Chai Tea Latte

11. Worst Chocolate Milk
Nesquik (16 oz bottle)

12. Worst Juice Imposter
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (23.5 oz can)

13. Worst Iced Tea
Lipton Iced Brisk Lemon Iced Tea (20 oz bottle)

14. Worst Energy Drink
Rockstar Original (16 oz can)

15. Worst Tea-Like Substance
SoBe Zen Tea (20 oz bottle)

16. Worst Lemonade
Minute Maid Lemonade (20 oz bottle)

17. Worst Beer
Sierra Nevada Stout (12 oz bottle)

18. Worst Soda
Sunkist (12 oz can)

19. Worst “Healthy” Drink
Glaceau VitaminWater (20 oz bottle)

20. Worst Light Beer
Samuel Adams Light (12 oz bottle)

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