YA Program: Think Your Drink

Today's YA SRP activity was "Think Your Drink," an eye-opening presentation that illustrated how much sugar is in our everyday drinks.

A variety of common drinks were presented. Each participant chose a beverage and calculated the number of teaspoons of sugar in their can or bottle. They then scooped that number of teaspoons into a clear cup.

We made our own sports drink by dissolving sugar and salt in warm water, adding juice (we chose apple), and cold water. After refrigeration, the general concensus was that it wasn't like the #1 sports drink, and was too sweet. This portion of the program could be bigger by using different types of juice and comparing the concoctions.

To wrap up the program we took a simple recipe and made an easy smoothie with yogurt and orange juice.

Our sandwich shop donated sandwiches and cookies for the event.