How to Enjoy Milk Tea in a Healthier Way

Milk tea is so fascinating. How can we drink it in a healthier way?

The prices of milk tea on the market vary widely. The more expensive ones claim to use better raw materials, combined with exquisite packaging and marketing tactics like scarcity marketing. We can often see long queues in front of many popular milk tea shops, and even scalpers are reselling them at high prices. What makes young people so obsessed with milk tea?

Milk tea packaging is mostly refreshing, and its sweet taste can bring great pleasure. High-sugar drinks always make people feel happy. Whether it’s for an office afternoon tea, a gathering with friends, or shopping, milk tea is perfect for posing and taking photos.

Many merchants, in order to reduce costs, use a large amount of vegetable fat powder. This ingredient is an artificially synthesized hydrogenated vegetable oil, containing a large amount of fatty acids. Not only is it high in calories and prone to causing obesity, but it can also lead to many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Milk tea also contains a large amount of sugar. Even the so-called low-sugar milk tea has a very high sugar content in the syrup used. Fat plus sugar, while giving us double the pleasure, also puts a great burden on our bodies. High blood pressure and high blood lipids follow suit.

Additionally, milk tea contains a large amount of caffeine. Some milk teas can have a caffeine content of up to 270 mg/L. Therefore, many friends who drink it in the evening may have trouble sleeping because caffeine makes them very excited.

If you really want to drink milk tea, it is recommended to refer to the following tips, which can reduce the calories of the milk tea by more than 30%.

Even milk tea made from pure natural ingredients will still have excessive calories and put a burden on our bodies if too much sugar is added. Many milk tea shops default to full sugar when taking orders. Therefore, it is still recommended that everyone choose less sugar/30% sugar/no sugar when ordering milk tea.

Note that if you are ordering probiotic, lactic acid bacteria, coconut milk, or fruit-flavored milk tea, since the raw materials of the milk tea already contain sugar, you can directly choose no sugar. Similarly, when adding toppings like brown sugar pearls or ice cream that are naturally sweet, it is better to choose no sugar.

The topping options in milk tea shops are becoming increasingly diverse. Since most toppings are soaked in sugary canned syrup, if you don’t want a milk tea that is overly sweet, you should choose low-sugar, low-starch, and low-calorie toppings.

Milk tea is delicious, but it should be consumed in moderation. Limit yourself to one cup a day and increase your physical activity to burn more energy and prevent fat accumulation.