That Cup O' Joe Might Have To Go

My husband’s recently diagnosed diabetes and the necessary adjustments in his eating habits have gotten me very curious about the near epidemic proportions of the occurrence of this disease here in America.

I watch several times daily as Steve checks his blood sugar, which seems to spike and dip like the Dow Jones Industrial average…with about as much mystery.
With every reading we sit and ponder what exactly it was that he ate that caused this or that to happen. He’s had to eliminate a lot of his old favorites – one of which is his daily Starbucks Frappuccino® habit.

Starbucks has recently introduced some lower calorie drinks, but this made me curious and so I grabbed one of those little nutrition brochures they keep at the condiment stations. You won’t believe what I found…and you probably don’t want to hear it.

Following is a brief list of the sugar content in grams/calories of Starbucks' most popular drinks: 
(Grande size, nonfat milk where applicable)

Caffe Latte 18/130
Caffe Mocha 32/290 (no whipped crème)

Caramel Frappuccino 45/270 (no whipped crème)

Caramel Macchiato 32/270

Coffee Frappuccino Light 16/130

Iced Brewed Coffee 20/90

Iced Tazo® Green Tea Latte 43/220

Mocha /Coffee Blended Frappuccino 45/260

Vanilla Latte 35/200

Don’t see your drink here? You can go to the Starbucks website and see the entire menu and all nutritional contents…if you dare.

Yikes!

Talk about a prescription for trouble. Forget "Supersize Me"…let’s all say "Grande Mocha Frappuccino with whipped crème!"

Hey, I love my Grande Soy Latte as much as the next girl. I’m just going to think twice the next time I sidle up to the counter and speak to the eager barrista waiting to serve me my next cup-o-joe!

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