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<br>Hungry Girl Today: 09.27.06 
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<br>Dear Hungry Girl,
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<br>I love Boba drinks. Please tell me, are they bad for you?
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<br>Boba-Luvin' Babe
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<br>Dear Boba-Luvin' Babe,
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<br>For those of you who aren't familiar with boba, it's basically a sweet tea drink 
<br>with gummy balls of tapioca. And although the boba craze peaked in 2002, I 
<br>tried my first boba drink just a couple of years ago. I can understand why 
<br>people either love or hate it. Those weird little round jellies seem a little out 
<br>of place in tea. But I loved it (and the cool giant boba straw) and 
<br>immediately wanted to know if boba drinks were diet-friendly. Turns out, 
<br>they're not. Sure, you can get sugar-free boba tea and go with low-fat milk 
<br>(or cut out the milk altogether) -- but the tapioca balls themselves are often 
<br>a problem. It's nearly impossible to get clear info on this, but my research 
<br>shows that each boba ball contains between 5 and 14 calories. A typical boba 
<br>drink uses between 25 and 75 of these tapioca pearls, so that means that 
<br>just the tapioca in your drink can easily add up to hundreds of calories. And 
<br>that's without the tea blend!  So, your boba drink will probably contain 400 - 
<br>1000 calories, depending on the size and the ingredients.  Lollicup, a popular 
<br>chain that features boba drinks, offers teas that are lower-cal and low-fat, 
<br>and they claim that a serving of their boba balls only has 87 calories and no 
<br>fat; so if you poke around their website you can figure out ways to create 
<br>boba drinks that have about 150 calories or so.  Boba tea is definitely tricky, 
<br>so unless you know exactly what you're getting, be very careful.
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<br>link:  http://www.lollicup.com/
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<br>Dear Hungry Girl,
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<br>I don't know how many calories I should be eating a day. What's a good 
<br>number?
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<br>Curious Calorie-Counter
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<br>Dear Curious,
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<br>The number of calories needed per day varies from person to person 
<br>depending on age, sex, height, weight and activity level. Still, most experts 
<br>recommend that no one dip below 1,200 calories a day (someone PLEASE 
<br>relay this info to young Hollywood). Taking in too few calories could keep you 
<br>from getting necessary nutrients or cause your body to go into starvation 
<br>mode and, consequently, do screwy things to your metabolism. To find out 
<br>how many calories you should be taking in daily, visit Active.com or Vhi 
<br>Healthcare. These sites provide cool little tools that calculate your 
<br>personalized caloric needs. Also, check out this health calculator on iVillage 
<br>for a breakdown of how many grams of fat, carbs, protein, etc. you should 
<br>take in per day. Good stuff!
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