Healthy? Delicious?
Too much?
Calories?
What about the amount of sugar?
All very good questions… Thing is I’m drinking one right now: oranges with peaches, that’s it! I like it!
When it’s homemade without adding sugars and other unnecessary additives you can call it more or less healthy.
Delicious? Well yes of course! Various types of combinations can be made…
Too much? It depends when you are drinking it. Usually when you order a smoothie, you get a tall glass but when you drink it at breakfast for example and you have already had more than enough to eat then a smaller glass is sufficient… This is sort of mirrored in the amount of calories…
The amount of sugar is all up to you. If you buy smoothies at the market then everybody knows it’s “full” of additive sugars, colorants, conservatives,… you name it!
Smoothies already have the sugars you “need” namely the natural sugars of the chosen fruits… Is this bad? No, not necessarily! We do need sugars, but everything in moderation… I’m sure you saw that one coming 😉
Usually when you use a juicer, you lose a lot of the fibers. This is unfortunate because these fibers are precisely one of the essential elements for a good bowel movement… Too much? No? No, but this is a known fact 🙂 A good alternative is to use a blender!
Nowadays the green smoothies steal the show! It is said that it’s better to drink a green smoothie made of mostly green vegetables and one fruit. Fruity smoothies – like the sound of that 🙂 – will keep you satisfied for a “short” period of time: your blood sugar will peak fast enough only to drop down as quickly. What does this mean? Well, for one thing if your body does not need these sugars right away, it will store these as fats which will be added to your fat reserves… We don’t want that right?! Secondly, you will have a quicker craving for sweets which you will interpret as hunger…
The thing about green smoothies is that your blood sugar will not peak as fast, you will have a longer sated feeling and you will have ingested your daily portion of vegetables! Because let’s face it, we all want to eat more vegetables, but sometimes it’s not that “easy” for a lack of a better word 😉
Again, everything in moderation…
What is your opinion on this topic?
*Cheers*