{"id":2372,"date":"2010-06-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/the-2000-calorie-milkshake.html"},"modified":"2016-08-12T13:39:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T13:39:27","slug":"the-2000-calorie-milkshake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2372","title":{"rendered":"The 2,000-calorie milkshake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TAfhi_Tn9EI\/AAAAAAAACik\/z6P_DoKo1oc\/s1600\/ColdStoneMilkShake.png\"><img data-opt-id=1186794078  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 174px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TAfhi_Tn9EI\/AAAAAAAACik\/z6P_DoKo1oc\/s320\/ColdStoneMilkShake.png?w=735\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478595462945043522\" \/><\/a><span  style=\"font-family:arial;\">Sorry. My mistake. This <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; line-height: 30px; \">milkshake actually has MORE than 2,000 calories &#8212; 2,010 calories to be precise. That&#8217;s like eating 68 strips of bacon or 30 chocolate chip cookies. <\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; line-height: 30px; \"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; line-height: 30px; \">68 strips of bacon, all in one chilly, slurpable packaged earned this coronary clogger the award for America&#8217;s unhealthiest drink by Men&#8217;s Health Magazine. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><span style=\"line-height: 30px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><span style=\"line-height: 30px;\">There&#8217;s nothing actually wrong with this drink, as long as you get 68 straws, crowd around their little bistro table, and share it with 68 of your closest personal friends. Or you could take your allotment &#8212; about a half of a straw full &#8212; then pass it on. Alternatively, you could blow this off altogether, choose any other drink IN AMERICA, and do better for your weight and health. Either way. <br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span  style=\"  line-height: 30px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE64Q47A20100527?feedType=nl&amp;feedName=usoddlyenough\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">2,000-calorie milkshake tops list of worst drinks | Reuters<\/span><\/a><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\" \/><\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Button END --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry. My mistake. This milkshake actually has MORE than 2,000 calories &#8212; 2,010 calories to be precise. That&#8217;s like eating 68 strips of bacon or 30 chocolate chip cookies. 68 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[230],"class_list":["post-2372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-drinks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-Cg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2239,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2239","url_meta":{"origin":2372,"position":0},"title":"Food Porn: The worst of the worst","author":"Will Clower","date":"November 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a list of the worst fast food offenders. 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