"Don't Forget Liquid Calories"

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FRAPPUCCINOS GIVE YOU CANCER, EXPERTS FIND!

Or in other words, frappuccinos are surprisingly high in calories, and habitually consuming food and drink which is high in calories risks might make you fat, and being fat *might* increase your risk of cancer, although the jury's well and truly out on that one.

Or in other words, the World Cancer Research Fund have too many funds and are picking on Britney's favourite roadside refreshment for a piece of the ARGH! ARGH! OBESITY EPIDEMIC!! media frenzy pie. Seriously, do they think we're stupid? I'm shit at science but even I can see this for what it is: a crap gimmick from a group of researchers with nothing to say and a hankering for some headlines.

Anyways, the indigance of reading this NON-NEWS aside, it really is surprising to see how many calories there are in iced coffees and here's a very pleasing visual aid to help you get the best value caffeine boost from your liquid calories.

A large hazlenut mocha is roughly equivalent to a Big Mac. But if you're looking at a huge plastic bucket filled with syrup and whipped cream and assuming it's the equivalent of a shot of espresso then you probably did conclude from that WCRS study that coffee causes cancer and therefore do need to be told these things. You div.

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