I like to have fruit smoothies, with
several kinds of fruit, sometimes peanut
butter, soy milk, and protein powder,
after I work out at the gym, and sometimes
when I am not doing the gym. I was
wondering if the fruit, with all the
sugar, makes this smoothie more fattening
than it does nutritious.
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Posted: 08-06-04 12:30pm
The fruit is the least of your
worries.Peanut butter is very high in fat
as well as some soy milks.These are not
animal fats,but if you are worried about
your caloric intake,smoothies can be very
high in calories.Look at your jar of
peanut butter and your soy milk carton and
the protein powder.Are you measuring the
servings or do you just dump stuff in?How
much of each ingredient is important.A lot
of people fail to include drinkable
calories into their daily intake,which can
be a lot of missed calories!I was shocked
when I read the nutrtional info for a
jamba juice smoothie!600 calories for a 16
oz serving!I freeze some fruit,whatever I
have and blend that with either lowfat soy
or skim milk(8 oz plus 3-4 oz frozen
fruit).This makes a good smoothie and much
lower in fat and cals than commercial
stuff.If I have one of these,that is my
meal,not in addition to a meal.Hope this
was helpful.Patty
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cgm707
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Posts: 2 Location: San Diego
Thanks Patty Posted: 08-07-04 11:34am
Thanks patty for your response to my
smoothie question....I do like soy milk a
lot, but you're right, a switch to skim
milk would reduce my calories....I was
mainly concerned with the sugar content of
all the fruit, wondering if just the fruit
on a regular basis would be too much.
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Posted: 08-08-04 16:41pm
If you avoid white sugar,fruit should be
just fine.Just pay attention to serving
size.Fresh fruit is better than
prepackaged,processed(usually has high
fructose corn syrup).I like to freeze
fresh fruit and use that instead of ice in
a smoothie.I also use soy milk,but use the
lowfat type instead of regular,but am not
opposed to using skim milk.
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jfslenes
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Albuquerque/Taos, NM
a Smoothy Is a Great Way to Take Supplements Too Posted: 08-30-04 11:21am
Just add your supplements to your smoothy.
No intent to be similar to orange juice
ad on tv I
add a liquid nutrition supplement with 178
ingredients in each ounce to our
smoothies. Adds the antioxidant
equivalent of 6 fresh fruits to your
smoothie (according to independent lab
orac test results). Post exercise,
antioxidants are important as exercise
creates large quantities of free radicals.
I
add a liquid nutrition supplement with 178
ingredients in each ounce to our
smoothies. Adds the antioxidant
equivalent of 6 fresh fruits to your
smoothie (according to independent lab
orac test results). Post exercise,
antioxidants are important as exercise
creates large quantities of free radicals.