Worst "Healthy" Drink

Glaceau VitaminWater (any flavor; 20 oz bottle)
130 calories
33 grams sugar



Vitamins and water might sound like the ultimate nutritional tag team, but what the label doesn’t say is that a bottle of this stuff carries nearly as much sugar and calories as a can of Coke. Makes sense, though, since this so-called functional beverage is produced by our often-sugar-crazy friends at The Coca-Cola Company.

America's Unhealthiest Drinks Exposed

Americans have a drinking problem, and not the type you might think. After posting a blog a few weeks ago called "Belt-Busting Beverages," we received hundreds of comments from the Yahoo community claiming they had no idea the stuff they drink could be so hazardous to their waistlines.

Here’s a typical refrain voiced by one disturbed drinker: "I know a lot of people that are battling with their weight, and they tell me all the time, 'I don't eat that much, and I still can't lose weight.' "



Whether you are a desperate dieter or just someone looking to drop another few pounds in time for beach season, here’s a tough stat to swallow: According to the FDA, the average American takes in 82 grams of added sugars every day. That’s 20 teaspoons, which contribute an empty 317 calories to our already calorie-saturated diets.

Sure, some of that comes from soda, but even if you've traded regular Coke for diet, whole milk coffee drinks for low-fat lattes, and you barely touch the booze, you could still be taking in 20 percent or more of your calories from beverages. Add a few of those other indulgences in — or consume one of the liquid disasters listed here — and you can suddenly be sucking in a few days' worth of calories through a straw!

(You read that last sentence right.)

To give you a better idea of the drinks most responsible for sabotaging your health, fitness, and weight-loss goals, we created a list of America’s Unhealthiest Drinks. Read up, then sip responsibly.

By David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding

Keeping Your PC And Yourself Healthy

Back in the day, when computers were new, if you said the phrase ‘Computer Security,’ your audience would have assumed you meant the security guard hired to keep the actual machine safe. Now, of course, computers and the internet are a way of life and scores of information are kept on them. So computer security, on your PC and for the computers at work, has become a big issue.

There are various methods used to maintain system integrity and keep out virus attacks, hackers and identity thieves. The most common of these is encryption. Requiring your computer to have the correct code, or key, to translate encrypted data keeps would-be hackers at bay, or at least that is the theory behind encryption. Another precaution can be the implementation of security passcards, where access to a specific computer is denied if the proper card with matching info is supplied to log in each day. These are more common at bigger businesses where there is money to invest in such a system.

We all know we have to keep invaders out of our bodies as well. “Virus” did not come to be a term for computers without them reeking havoc on our bodies first. Maintain optimal health and wellbeing by using DEFENDER to protect you from the effects of poor health. Get a proprietary blend of 40 fruits and vegetables with this healthy drink supplement.