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Drinking your calories - the ones you forget

Drinking your calories - the ones you forget

Your daily chai, lassi, juice and cold drinks can quietly add up to about 700 kcal - close to 8 home rotis - because your body counts every sip, not just every bite. Small fixes do most of the work: less sugar in the chai, chaas for sweet lassi, water for cola.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Chai, lassi, fresh juice, a cold cola - these don't feel like food. You sip them between meals, at your desk, with friends, on the way home. But your body counts every sip the same as every bite. A glass of sweet lassi alone can quietly hold more calories than a plate of food. Let's see where the drink calories actually hide - and how to turn the tap down.

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