Samira wrote:
I would have guessed 200. Doesn't really matter, though. The point is, they're empty calories.
Sure. Which means you're adding those calories to your daily intake without adding any of the nutritional things your body also needs to function well (and there are some other effects the sugar has which aren't so healthy in large doses). Now if, as the commercial suggests, everyone spent time doing activities which burned off those extra calories, that would be just peachy. But the problem is that a whole hell of a lot of people aren't nearly active enough to burn off even the calories from the food they're eating, let alone the extra calories ingested in the form of sugary drinks.
Not that I don't think the advertising is brilliant though. It gets people to associate their drink with fun activities, even though most people consuming said drinks will not be doing them (or doing them enough). It's a great approach. I don't blame them at all (free market, buyer beware, etc). Just making a general comment about humanity.
Edited, Jan 14th 2013 6:03pm by gbaji
