If you're enjoying milk tea every day, it's wise to worry about how much sugar you're adding to your diet. Depending on which concoction you choose, it may be a lot. "You don't want that much sugar in your body every single day," Scott Chan, program manager at the Asian and Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance (APIOPA), told KABC. "It has a lot of different impacts on your health." Consuming too much sugar can cause a spike in your blood sugar, potentially leading to type 2 diabetes.
Boba tea — a very popular milk tea with added sweetener — contains 90 grams of sugar in one 12-ounce cup, KABC reported. The Health Promotion Board recommends that people consume no more than 40 to 55 grams of sugar each day — so even six ounces of milk could put you over your daily limit.
Luckily, there are many kinds of non-dairy milk teas, so avoiding this issue can be as easy as cutting back on the ingredients you're adding to your cup. If you're worried about your sugar intake, 86 those sweeteners, tapioca pearls, syrups, or other flavorings.
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