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These fast-food smoothies might be delicious, but they pack on a lot of calories, fat, sodium and sugar.

Now that spring is heating up and the cold weather is (mostly) behind us, we’ll soon be cooling down with a variety of icy beverages.

Many people tend to think of summertime drinks as light, refreshing and healthy (after all, what could be so terrible about a fruit smoothie?), but some of these beverages are packed with calories, fat, sodium and sugar.

Read more: Are refreshing summer drinks sabotaging your diet?

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One lemonade packs 78 grams of sugar, which is nearly as much as two cans of Cherry Coke.

For any good, diet-abiding citizen, a simple trip to the supermarket or convenience store can easily feel like a tap dance across a minefield of temptations – having to narrowly skirt well-concealed calorie-bombs at nearly every turn.

Areas like the frozen foods aisle and the chips and cookies shelves are obvious danger zones for the health-conscious shopper, but be careful not to overlook the potential diet pitfalls sitting in those beverage-stocked cold cases. From juices and iced teas to flavored milks and protein shakes, drinks can often be like the evil ninja warriors of dieting.

Read more: 5 Unhealthy Drinks to Avoid at the Supermarket

Sipping this up to six hours after a meal could spike blood sugar a whopping 65 per cent: study.

Everyone gets a craving for a fast-food fix once in a while, but a new study shows you shouldn’t follow up that meal with a coffee because doing so can result in a spike in blood sugar similar to levels in pre-diabetics.

The study, conducted by doctorate student Marie-Soleil Beaudoin at the University of Guelph, found drinking caffeinated coffee six hours after eating fast food high in fat resulted in blood sugar levels increasing by 65 per cent. A healthy person’s blood sugar levels normally spike after eating a fast-food meal, but drinking two large cups of coffee hours later doubles the effect.

Read more: Fast food and coffee make for a dangerous health combination

One beverage packs 290 calories and more sugar than three chocolate bars.

It’s one of the greatest marketing tricks in the history of beverages: Turning a can of obesity-inducing sugar water into the coolest product in the supermarket. Here’s how it’s done.

1. Give your can of sugar water a hip-sounding name, like Monster, Rockstar, or Amp.

2. Promise that the product will do something exciting to your body, like boosting your energy and alertness, so you, too, can be a rock star—or at least stay up as late as one.

Read more: Are Energy Drinks Dangerous to Your Health?

Reports of seizures and hallucinations in kids spur new concerns about the top- selling beverages.

Energy drinks are under-studied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn’t use the popular products.

The potential harms, caused mostly by too much caffeine or similar ingredients, include heart palpitations, seizures, strokes and even sudden death, the authors write in the medical journal Pediatrics. They reviewed data from the government and interest groups, scientific literature, case reports and articles in popular and trade media.

Dakota Sailor, 18, a high school senior in Carl Junction, Missouri, says risks linked with energy drinks aren’t just hype.

Sailor had a seizure and was hospitalized for five days last year after drinking two large energy drinks — a brand he’d never tried before. He said his doctor thinks caffeine or caffeine-like ingredients may have been to blame.

Read more: Pediatrics report details risks from energy drinks, says docs should warn kids against them

Having one glass of this a day helps some people actually eat less and savour meals more.

There’s something funny about the fact that celebs choke down gross diet drinks to stay thin when they could be enjoying a glass of wine like normal people. New research found that wine (seriously, wine!) can help keep your weight in check. Of course, you can’t chug a bottle and look like Marisa Miller (or pair your cabernet with a pint of ice cream), but drinking it in moderation—that means about a glass a day, tops—has some awesome perks. We asked doctors to explain.

Read more: Why Drinking Wine Can Help You Lose Weight During the Holidays

A cat’s delicate lapping does not scoop up water but uses inertia to create kind of a backward waterfall, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Their study is more than a curiosity. It could provide insights into ways to robotically move liquids, the team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Virginia Tech and Princeton University said.

When a dog drinks, it forms a cup with its tongue and sloshes water into its mouth — and, often the floor, as any dog owner can attest.

Read more: Cat’s delicate lapping defies gravity: study

As a registered dietitian and nutrition editor at EatingWell Magazine, I’m someone who always tries to eat foods that are good for me. Until recently though, I didn’t extend this scrutiny to what I consume after I exercise.

Read more here: Best drink for after your workout