How many calories in a cup of pearl milk tea?

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Milk tea is a combination of tea and milk, depending on the amount of milk and the amount of tea and different toppings such as pearls, jelly, pudding to make a small cup of milk tea but contains a lot of calories.

1. Ingredients of pearl milk tea

1.1. Sugar The sugar content in milk tea is very high. An average cup of milk tea contains about 55 grams of sugar.
According to the standards of Singapore Health Promotion Board (HPB), the amount of sugar consumed in a day of each person should only be in the range of 40 - 50 grams of sugar, equivalent to 11 tablespoons of sugar.
According to the standards of the American Heart Association, women should consume only 25 grams of sugar per day, and men 37.5 grams.
If you drink more than one cup of milk tea per day, it means that the amount of sugar absorbed has exceeded the allowable level.
With sugar, 1 cup of pearl milk tea is equivalent to 200 calories, equivalent to 50 - 55 grams of sugar.
1.2. Starch The next ingredient in milk tea is starch, which comes mainly from pearls. Pearls are derived from filtered starch or tapioca starch (accounting for about 80%), sugar (concentrated form), synthetic food flavoring and less than 1% fiber and protein. Starch is made up of countless chains of sugar molecules. Once digested, they convert to sugar and cause a sudden spike in blood sugar. However, pearls have no nutritional value because they lack vitamins and minerals.
With 2 tablespoons of pearls in a regular cup of milk tea and an average of one pearl can contain from 5-14 calories, it can provide up to 100 calories.
1.3. Fat Another major ingredient in milk tea is hydrogenated vegetable oil, a type of trans fatty acid, which reduces male hormone levels and controls sperm vitality.
The fat in cream and milk tea is a trans fat that increases bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol, so it is easy to clog blood vessels and affect the cardiovascular system.
1.4. Other substances In addition to the above ingredients, a cup of pearl milk tea can also have additional ingredients such as egg pudding, cream cheese, jelly... Besides, to create many other milk tea flavors. For example, in fruit flavors, milk tea also contains syrup, which is also a source of calories for the body. In total, a cup of pearl milk tea can provide 350 - 500 calories.

2. 1 cup of milk tea equals how many minutes of jogging?

Studies have shown that the average amount of calories a person needs to consume in a day is about 2000 calories. However, with the calories from 350 - 500 calories that a cup of pearl milk tea provides, we have absorbed up to 17% of the allowed calories, in which, the most energetic ingredient is the pearl.
To consume the energy that a cup of milk tea provides, it is estimated that it takes about 33 minutes of jogging, 42 minutes of cycling, 98 minutes of dancing.

3. Harm of drinking pearl milk tea every day

With the above ingredients of pearl milk tea, drinking milk tea every day can cause health risks as follows:
Too much sugar, starch and saturated fat, fatty acids, not good for health. The amount of calories provided is too high, equivalent to a bowl of pho, which hides a great risk of diabetes and obesity. Excess calcium leads to kidney stones. The caffeine in milk tea makes it difficult to sleep if taken in the evening. In addition, caffeine also affects the body's iron absorption, drinking milk tea regularly will cause shortness of breath, dizziness, heart palpitations... Artificial colors and flavors in milk tea are at risk. cause damage to liver function, kidney and cardiovascular system risk of food poisoning. With about 500 calories of energy that a cup of milk tea brings, there are many potential health risks such as overweight, obesity, diabetes. Should limit the use of this drink to ensure health safety.

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