Consequences of drinking a 5-liter Big Mac bubble milk tea... Nutritionist reveals: Four terrifying moments!

Oh my god! Recently, a business launched a 5-liter giant bubble milk tea challenge, which made many people eager to try it. However, do you know what serious consequences there will be? Professional nutritionists specifically cite four "life-threatening moments". In addition to expanding the stomach and possibly compressing the internal organs, the body weight will increase by 5 kilograms instantly after drinking it, and drinking a cup of calories is equivalent to 6 roasted chicken legs in bento, etc. There are even more terrifying sequelae.

"Fast and Furious 1": What are the consequences of 5 liters of fructose?

Did you know that most shaken drink shops use fructose and sucrose to increase sweetness? When a beverage tastes sweet, it means it contains about 10% to 12% added sugar. If we convert it to 5 liters, that is equivalent to drinking 500 grams of added sugar, which is almost the weight of a light lunch box.

Nutritionist You Weiming from the Catholic St. Martin's Hospital reminds people not to joke with their lives, because eating 500 grams of added sugar will cause blood sugar levels to instantly soar to over 300mg/dL. In addition, a large amount of fructose enters the body and is converted into a large amount of triglycerides in the liver, causing blood fat to soar. High sugar and high oil levels cause obesity, and the burden on the body is difficult to estimate.

"Fast and Furious 2": What are the side effects of eating a lot of tapioca pearls?

Let’s take a look at the key pearls in the 5-liter giant bubble tea, which are tapioca pearls. The main ingredient of tapioca pearls is starch, which is usually made from cornstarch, that is, cassava (manioc, Cassava) and taro starch, potato starch, lotus root powder and pectin and other coagulation ingredients. It is a starch ball with a diameter of 5 to 10 mm, and water, sugar and spices are added. The color and taste vary depending on the ingredients.

In addition to the astonishing amount of added sugar in the 5-liter giant pearl milk, it is worth noting that in order to maintain the chewy texture of the pearls at both hot and cold temperatures, they are probably made of modified starch and added with spices, pigments, syrup, etc. Although the pearls are delicious, you are also inadvertently consuming food additives that the body does not need. In addition, the main ingredients of pearls are sweet potato starch, cornstarch, tapioca starch, etc., which are not easy to digest in the stomach. If you force yourself to drink a 5-liter Big Mac pearl milk, the large amount of pearls will cause indigestion, resulting in gastroparesis and vomiting symptoms.

Fast and Furious 3: Drinking 5 liters of milk, what's there to worry about?

Nowadays, hand-shaken beverage shops can replace the creamer powder in pearl milk tea with healthier fresh milk for a fee. But if you drink a 5-liter giant bubble milk tea with fresh milk, even if it is relatively healthier fresh milk, once you drink too much, it will cause gastroparesis and vomiting symptoms. The main reason is that the stomach capacity of an adult is about 700~900 ml, which can generally be expanded about twice, but it cannot accommodate a giant bubble milk tea. Therefore, drinking 5 liters in one breath is almost a fantasy.

Nutritionist You Weiming reminds us that the correct and safe amount of fresh milk intake is 2 cups a day (240ml per cup). The fresh milk intake can be increased according to physical condition, but people must not drink 5 liters in one breath.

"Fast and Furious 4": How to use up the calories in a 5-liter bubble milk tea?

Can you imagine? After drinking a 5-liter Big Mac pearl milk, not only will your body instantly gain 5 kilograms in weight, but how will it consume all the extra calories? After careful calculation, nutritionist You Weiming said that a Big Mac pearl milk contains at least 5487 calories, which is equivalent to 6 roast chicken leg bento boxes. This calorie content is quite astonishing. The average person has to walk 104 kilometers to burn it all off, but modern people don’t like to exercise and it’s impossible for them to walk such a long distance, so after drinking it, it will probably just be stored as fat in the thighs and stomach.

Internet myth: Will drinking bubble milk tea interact with the oxalic acid in the tea and reduce the body's calcium absorption?

Are you surprised after seeing the above “Four Fast and Furious Moments”? In addition, the general public also has the following common misconception about drinking bubble milk tea: "Public milk tea uses fresh milk, which will react with the oxalic acid in the tea and reduce the body's absorption of calcium." Is this true? Nutritionist You Weiming said that the calcium in fresh milk tea will indeed combine with oxalic acid to form calcium oxalate, which reduces the body's absorption of calcium, but even if the absorption is reduced, it still supplements calcium. Moreover, the nutritional value of fresh milk also includes high-quality protein, rich vitamins B group, A, D, etc., which are helpful to human health.

In fact, the main reasons for modern people's calcium deficiency are: long-term sitting in the office, lack of sun exposure, lack of exercise and monotonous food intake. Nutritionist You Weiming recommends that adults should consume 1,200 mg of calcium per day. In addition to daily physical activity and more sun exposure, a diversified and balanced diet that includes dark green vegetables, tofu products, nuts, dried fish, black sesame powder, dairy products, etc. is the real way to supplement calcium.

Drinking bubble tea wisely to get the benefits

After all, bubble tea is a national delicacy of Taiwan. How can we eat it smartly and without burden while taking into account our health? Nutritionist You Weiming suggests that as long as we don't drink too much, we can just say to the waiter when ordering bubble tea: "I want a small cup of sugar-free bubble milk tea." The calories will instantly become 250 calories, and you can also get energy supplements such as B vitamins, calcium and high-quality protein. Friends who like bubble milk tea, why not write it down quickly!