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These beverages are — without exception — delicious. Some are creamy and thick. Some will chill you on a hot summer day. Others will warm you from the inside out. So what’s not to love? All of them are really, really bad for you.

Men’s Health magazine has uncovered the unhealthiest beverages we regularly consume. And the worst of them all? It’s the Cold Stone PB&C in the “Gotta Have It” size of 24 oz. It has 2,010 calories, 131 grams of fat, of which 68 grams are saturated, and 153 grams of sugar. If those numbers mean nothing, consider this: Drinking one of these is the sugar equivalent of eating 30 Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies. The saturated fat in one drink is the same as 68 strips of bacon.

The Worst Hot Chocolate
Starbucks White Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fluid ounces)
It has 520 calories, 16 grams fat (11 grams saturated) and 75 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 9 Strawberry Rice Krispie Treats

The Worst Kids’ Drink
Tropicana Tropical Fruit Fury Twister (1 bottle, 20 fluid ounces)
It has 340 calories, 0 grams fat and 60 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: Two 7-ounce canisters Reddi-wip

The Worst Drive-Thru Shake
McDonald’s Triple Thick Chocolate Shake (large, 32 fluid ounces)
It has 1,160 calories, 27 grams fat (16 grams saturated, 2 grams trans fat) and 168 grams of sugar.
The sugar equivalent: 13 McDonald’s Baked Hot Apple Pies

To see the full list of 10 click here. After reading that list, please  go directly to see the FULL list of 20 Worst Drinks in America which included  Number  11. Worst Chocolate Milk (details below.)

Nesquik (16 oz bottle)

400 calories
10 g fat (6 g saturated)
60 g sugar

Quik and other chocolate milk manufacturers try to sell parents on the bone-building calcium found in their product, but what they don’t talk about is the fact that a single bottle of this stuff contains as much sugar as three Haagen Dazs Vanilla and Almond ice cream bars. Yikes. Make it yourself at home with 2 percent milk and a scoop of real powdered cocoa-you’ll save about 150 calories, plus get the antioxidant benefits of cacao without the high-fructose corn syrup.