Healthy and unhealthy foods

Flavoured Milk - Is Chocolate Milk Good For You?
While it does contain protein needed for strong bones, at seven teaspoons of sugar per 300 ml serving, a small glass of flavoured milk is both the high sugar and high-fat option.
If you think that’s bad, the flavoured milk on the market today are often sold at double that size or larger – often in 600 ml and 750 ml varieties.
Diabetes QLD has also noted that people who drink flavoured milk have a heightened risk of type-2 diabetes, regardless of their body weight.
It’s important to know that single flavoured milk can contain an entire’s day worth of sugar in one serving.
Tip: Make DIY chocolate and maple milk by whipping up your own milk syrup. You only need four ingredients: water, maple syrup, cocoa powder and vanilla extract.
Energy Drinks
Often advertised as improving energy levels and concentration, energy drinks have spiked in popularity over the years.
Unfortunately, they can also come with many health consequences.
Energy drinks have been linked to cases of heart palpitations, irregular heartbeat and increase blood pressure.
This is no surprise, as one of the key ingredients found in energy drinks (outside of their large sugar contents) is caffeine.
They’re also very easily consumed, thanks to their sweet taste and the feelings of increased energy that they provide.
There has been strong documentation of the dangers of becoming reliant on energy drinks, with this ‘addiction’ stemming from consuming the drinks as a child.
Soft Drinks
There’s no hiding from the most obviously unhealthy beverages – soft drinks.
They combine the worse things we have listed above, including high sugar levels, with zero nutritional value.
This means all you are getting when sipping down on soft drink is sugar and unnecessary calories.
And similar to energy drinks, addiction can be a real issue.
Our brain releases the pleasure-feeling chemical dopamine when we consume sugar.
This can then lead to levels of overconsumption, using soft drink to continually trigger more and more dopamine.
It’s important to remember that in strict moderation, having a soft drink is totally fine, but avoid you and your family having it regularly!
Tip: If your family really has a thirst for the fizz, use mineral water and natural fruit flavourings to create fun and healthy combinations.