Health diet: smoothies..are they bad for you?

Ah, I was wondering what veggies could be used.
That sounds good.

I've been using a Nutri Bullet to make "health" drinks for a number of years .I dont put a lot of fruit in them my favourites are celery ,spinach and banana sometimes with applejuice instaed of water and whole peeled oranges with carrot ,ginger and turmeric ,diluted with water if needed.
I buy ginger paste and large bags of turmeric from Amazon and do feel I have more energy from the daily drink .

Eating fresh raw fruit and vegetables depends on the state of your teeth. I received no dental examinations or treatment as a child, my Mother had all her teeth removed as a 21st birthday gift (yes!) and she fully expected that to be my future.
I only started dental care when I started secondary school, so the few teeth i have left are fragile.
There must be many 80+ year olds in the same state.
All my fruit is cooked or whizzed.

So, it's a bit like drinking an energy drink, in effect?
A huge sugar rush?

Smoothies were mentioned on my diabetes prevention course. Fruit smoothies break down the fibre and release the natural sugars of the fruit so that the sugars in them are absorbed almost immediately into the blood stream and sugar =sugar, so getting all that sugar into you allat once is not good, same with juice, when I was younger fruit juice was drunk in small amounts and not often. Non starchy veg in smoothies - ok, quite a wake up call that seemingly healthy drinks are actually not that good for you in uantity and often. Lookat how smoothie manufactures boast about how many items of fruit there are in a bottle of their smoothie. I learned that of your 5 a day 3 should be veg, portions the size of a couple of handfuls, only 2 of fruit, of which the portion size should be only one handful. So getting a large amount of liuidised fruit in one is actually really bad for your health as it is like eating the euivalent amount of a sugary drink, albe it with some fibre and vitamins and minerals included
I was gutted to learn abuot juice and smoothies but my blook sugar levels have gone down to non dangerous levels a voiding them [and obviously other stuff]
This is all NHS guidance based, the courses are ru on behalf of the NHs
Smoothies with yoghurt in better as they contain protein which helps slow down the absorption of sugar, if the fruit is just a flavouring for vegetable juice
As for don't teeth break the fruits down, well yes but to a lesser extent. But how long would it take to chew all that fruit to a liquid consistency, like a blender does, with blades. We'd be like Mr Gladstone who said "I have made it a rule to give every tooth of mine a chance, and when I eat, to chew every bite thirty-two times. To this rule I owe much of my success in life."
How long would that take compared to how long it takes to drink a glass of a smoothie or juice
And Marketing - contains no added sugar, well true but it doesn't need added sugar with all that sugar already there

I'll need one as big as a bucket at this rate!

I love my smoothies, have about three a week and they might be high in fruit sugar but I don’t smoke or drink alcohol so I think I might get away with that. ?
I also use a protein powder, vanilla ice cream flavour makes it delicious…?

Perhaps all fruit ones are sugary?
How much harm could a big piece of cucumber do, though?

I think I just need to change my mindset in that smoothies are a lovely treat but not uber healthy!

Oh that does sound nice!!
I'm swaying now towards considering trying out a small, cheap thing, now.

Oh I love my smoothies. Just had one with vanilla protein powder, blueberries, apple, banana, broccoli, yoghurt, cinnamon,green tea and nuts and I buy flavour boosts, todays was strawberry. I’ve thrown in my daily turmeric golden paste, too. Perhaps I should throw in a sachet of Fybogel!

Actually, I'm glad you posted this, because I have been considering getting a very cheap smoothie maker.
I don't think I'll bother, now.

Yes, I suppose that could be a point; it's a bit too technical for me.

So, perhaps if someone made a lumpier smoothie, that would be better, in that case?

I wish I could find it and am annoyed that I didn’t make a note of who he was. But it came on after another podcast and I immediately found what he was saying interesting. I think it’s the fact that a smoothie is easily absorbed so all the roughage doesn’t pass through the intestines and maybe it pushes blood sugar levels up quickly? He also recommended green tea, blueberries and turmeric, all things that I make a point of eating. But yesterday I had my fruit with yoghurt instead of throwing it all in the blender. Another thing that the podcast made me remember was standing in a supermarket years ago and a woman next to me saying ‘ if you want to be healthy don’t eat dairy or pork’. I’ve never forgotten that! Now to try to find the podcast again. I can’t even remember what I’d been listening to beforehand.

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Less work for the jaw

I can't see any difference in using your teeth to liquidise smoothie ingredients, or a gadget.
It's exactly the same food.

One interesting thing was he said it was it was tragic that cannabis was regarded as a recreational drug in the ( I think) 1940’s which stopped it’s potential both as a preventative medicine and as pain relief

I've often thought that if Walter Raleigh had been around in the last century and discovered tobacco, it would be classified as Class C drug!

But surely if you use the liquidiser to make the smoothie the fibre stays in?

I would think so too.

growstuff

The trouble with smoothies and juices is that fibre is broken down and sometimes removed completely. Whole foods are healthier and probably more filling, but I agree with Callistemon. Smoothies contain vitamins and minerals, so they're not bad for you, especially if you can't eat anything else.

Juices remove the fibres but are smoothies the whole fruit and/or veg?

I'm not sure because I don't often have them.

There is no such thing as bad food, just bad diets. if you only consume vegetables in a smoothie, probably a no no, do it once a week and it doesn't matter a toss.

Repeat. There is no such thing as a bad food, just a bad diet.

BigBertha1

I agree its the fibre you are missing out on if you dont eat the fruit and veg whole as it were. I just think that at some stage in our lives we should eat and drink what we like as long as we feel well and not giving ourselves other problems.

But surely if you use the liquidiser to make the smoothie the fibre stays in?

I agree its the fibre you are missing out on if you dont eat the fruit and veg whole as it were. I just think that at some stage in our lives we should eat and drink what we like as long as we feel well and not giving ourselves other problems.

Smoothies are personal choice but miss out on fibre from actual fruit and vegetable. Probably good for those who have difficulty preparing food or have extremely busy lives. Some fresh fruit and maybe raw veg such as carrots or peppers would be a healthy addition.
I cook big stews casseroles and the likes to freeze in portions. I make soup every couple of days so there is always some for lunch. I make big salads but don’t put any dressing on until needed so it lasts longer.
I use stalks from all veg and rarely peel the skin as I was told by my mum that’s where the goodness is under the skin.

MayBee if you enjoy smoothies have them. But make sure you eat food in its normal state as well. Anything liquid and cold is quickly drunk. But it doesn't fill you up for long. Eating a hot homemade made soup slows you down eating and I have found keeps me full longer so I don't snack.

You need to eat an proper meal to keep your body in good working order. I have stopped buying some things because I am still trying to lose just over a stone after lossing 7 over a 5 year time period. I realised it's a marathon not a sprint. I have no control over some foods so I don't buy them .

If you listened to all the so called experts we wouldn't eat and drink anything. It's goes in phases. Coffee,red wine,chocolate etc is bad for you then a few months later they are good for you. All it is people making money from writing a book or doing a program about it.

We just need to use common sense . And cook from scratch it's cheaper and healthier than ready made foods. I don't mean cooking from scratch everyday . I can't do that. I make a large stew of some sort heavy in veg and pulses plus either Quorn or chicken . I portion it up into 6 oven proof dishes. And keep it in the fridge same with my lentil and whatever soup. Soup is made up with what veg I have fresh or frozen. Again 6 lunches. I eat like this all year round even in the hottest weather. As with health problems at least I always have lunch and dinner in the fridge. My breakfast porridge is made in the microwave .

My dad had a great saying any fool can follow a recipe but it's take skill to use left overs.

Lost it. Should have made a note of who it was.