Come To Terms With These Top 5 Drink Myths

And you can pass on this knowledge to others. Dieticians give us the facts on what we perceived to be the truth about various beverages and their content.

1. Diet pop is healthier than regular pop: Diet pop may contain less calories but there is really nothing healthy about artificially colored and flavored water.

2. It is less fattening to drink juice than milk: A glass of juice contains more calories than a glass of 1%, and while juice contains mostly sugar and some vitamins, milk has more nutrients such as protein, calcium, potassium and Vitamin D.

3. Sparkling water, tonic water, flavored water, and mineral water are water: Many flavored waters are flavored with artificial sweeteners or juice. Tonic water, for instance, has 125 kcal per serving, so always read the label.

4. Drinking wine instead of beer won't make a beer-belly: One glass of wine (5 oz) contains 130 kcal whereas one bottle of beer (12 oz) has 150 kcal; therefore, wine contains more calories on a per-oz basis. And the sweeter the wine, the more sugar and calories it contains.

5. Coffee is the main source of caffeine: Caffeine is widely found in tea and canned drinks, and some contain as much caffeine as coffee.

Now that you are in the know about these beverage misconceptions, you can drink to your health in better ways.