Complete Beverage Guide: Water, Green Tea & Healthy Drinks

Healthier drink choices rely on hydration quality, understanding the physiological effects of caffeine, and identifying nutrient-dense alternatives like bone broth.

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How Many Calories in Alcohol Free Beer?

Alcohol-free beer contains fewer calories and carbohydrates than regular beer. Understanding calorie and alcohol content of alcohol-free and nonalcoholic beers enables informed dietary decisions.

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How Many Calories Are in Pomegranate Juice?

Pomegranates are tropical fruit with a thick outer rind and small, juicy seeds inside. The seeds are often squeezed for their juice, which is bright red, sweet and tangy. Pomegranate juice is a good source of calories from carbohydrates.

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How Many Calories Are in Vodka & Cranberry Juice?

Vodka is a low-calorie spirit, but it isn’t often served straight. Cranberry juice is commonly used as a mixer with vodka. The calories in vodka and cranberry juice will depend greatly on the type of juice you use.

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Calories in Manischewitz Wine

Manischewitz is a kosher red wine traditionally associated with meals served during Jewish high holidays. An 8-oz. glass of Manischewitz wine contains 160 calories.

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Calories in Barefoot Wine

The majority of red and white wines have calorie counts that range between 80 and 100 calories for four ounces. Barefoot Wines, a California white and red wine, falls into this general category.

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Busch Beer Calories

Busch beer is a pale lager brewed in St. Louis, Missouri, and has been around regionally since 1955. Busch comes in three types, Busch, Busch Light, and Busch Ice, each with different caloric contents and alcohol contents.

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What Happens If You Don't Drink Water Like You're Supposed To?

Water comprises an estimated 50 percent of a women’s body and 60 percent of a man’s body. You can survive weeks without food, but only 5 to 7 days without water, because so many of your bodily functions rely on it. You lose water daily, through urine, sweat and respiration.

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Calories in Vodka & Sprite

Vodka is sometimes flavored; it can be made from wheat, barley or another substance. Regardless of the type of vodka, it is often mixed with soda rather than consumed straight. Sprite is a citrus-flavored soda that is used in vodka cocktails.

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How Many Calories Are in a McDonald's Fruit Smoothie?

A study in the June 2013 issue of "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" found eating your daily five of fruits and veggies could lead to a longer life span. McDonald's smoothies contain fruit puree, fruit juice and low-fat yogurt, making them one option for getting some of your daily fruit servings.

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How Many Calories in Fruit Juice?

When it comes to calories, not all fruit juices are created equal. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many people are unwittingly drinking up a lot of their daily calorie allotment on fruit juices.

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The Calories in Blue Moon Beer

Blue Moon is a Belgian-style beer brewed by the Coors Brewing Company in Colorado. Blue Moon makes a wide variety of beers, including Blue Moon Belgian White, Full Moon and Harvest Moon.

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How Many Carbs & Calories in Vodka?

If you’re following a low-carb diet, you may want to watch which cocktails you drink. You always add calories when you mix a drink with vodka, but depending on your mixer, you may or may not add carbs to your daily count.

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How Many Calories Are in a Shot of Captain Morgan?

Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum is aged in American white oak bourbon barrels. It’s a 70-proof alcohol that can be made into a variety of drinks such as hard root beer, Captain and cola or simply poured over ice. As with all alcohol, Captain Morgan does have calories.

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How Many Calories Are in a Shot of Triple Sec?

You may enjoy the taste of Triple Sec or you may use it in a mixed drink such as a margarita. This liqueur has more calories in it than does a shot of regular liquor, even though Triple Sec packs less of an alcohol punch.

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Non-Alcoholic Beer Brands & Calories

If you're craving a cold beer but don't want to consume the alcohol, you could choose a non-alcoholic beer. Brands like Kirin, Paulaner, St. Pauli, MillerCoors and Anheuser-Busch feature non-alcoholic beer choices. In the U.S., non-alcoholic beers must have less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume.

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Sugar Free Red Bull Side Effects

Red Bull Sugar Free is an energy drink that contains all the ingredients of the original Red Bull except sugar, which is replaced by aspartame and sucralose sweeteners. According to Red Bull, Red Bull Sugar Free increases performance, metabolism and mental alertness, and it improves emotional status.

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Calories in Turkish Coffee

Coffee is a low-calorie drink. Turkish coffee, however, is made with sugar to be intensely sweet. The calorie content of Turkish coffee will vary with the amount of sugar you like to use.

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Calories in Smirnoff Raspberry Vodka

Smirnoff vodka is a staple in bars across the country. In a blind taste held by "The New York Times" in January 2005, 21 vodkas from around the world were sampled and Smirnoff was chosen as the best.

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How Many Calories in a Cup of Black Tea?

One of the simplest places to cut calories in your diet is through your drinks. If you are looking for something with a bit more flavor than water, tea is the next best choice for its nearly nonexistent calories and heart-healthy benefits.

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