paintedlady said:

free2bfreeda said:

Calories in Homemade All Fruit Smoothie

Nutrition Facts

Homemade - All Fruit Smoothie

1. Servings: 8 oz 1 oz

Calories	183	Sodium	38 mg
Total Fat	3 g	Potassium	33 mg
Saturated	0 g	Total Carbs	63 g
Polyunsaturated	0 g	Dietary Fiber	3 g
Monounsaturated	0 g	Sugars	10 g
Trans	10 g	Protein	2 g
Cholesterol	0 mg
Vitamin A	16%	Calcium	160%
Vitamin C	60%	Iron	4

link: http://www.myfitnesspal.c...-137740204

there seems to be a bit of a descrepancy here. i know for a fact an 8oz all fruit smoothy contains less than 400 calories at best.

I would make a smoothie with all fruit totalling up to a tall glass... 10 ounces... maybe 12?

Maybe not 3,000 calories, but enough to make me get dizzy after drinking it. NEVER had I had that iissue with anything before or after eating/drinking other smoothies that included yogurt/milk/vegetable blends

a straight fruit one spiked my sugars and made me gain weight like crazy.

I used a juicer. a pinaapple, mango, a banana, an apple and two oranges usually. THAT is a lot of sugar to chug down daily.

People need to be more careful recommending all fruit smoothies to folks. Best to blend in veggies or yogurt... plus the smoothies still taste great with out the light-headed feeling.

Not a good thing when you hit your 40's and your body can't handle high sugar intake.

maybe it's just your individual metabalism. maybea 4oz smoothie would be better for you. i've only had positive results from drinking smoothies. plus i consider an 8oz smoothie a meal. then no solid food for me at least for 4-5 hrs.

free2bfreeda said:

maybe it's just your individual metabalism. maybea 4oz smoothie would be better for you. i've only had positive results from drinking smoothies. plus i consider an 8oz smoothie a meal. then no solid food for me at least for 4-5 hrs.

I think that's a good point people forget. If you are having a really rich smoothie (500 calories or so), it is a meal not a beverage to wash down a solid lunch of equivalent calories.

If your normal breakfast is a donut and a coffee for example, you could replace that with a smoothie instead. I doubt one or 2 pieces of blended fruit would send your blood sugar soaring any worse than the average breakfast cereal or pastry would.

iZsaZsa said:

morningsong said:

Love the juice. But the taking apart & cleaning the machine is a pain. That is the number one hindrance, I found for me, with the entire process of juicing and smoothies, the freakin' clean up. Occasionally is one thing, but the added time to ones daily routine can feel like another tedious chore.

Yep. I use my juicer maybe a couple times a month and I make a lot of juice at a time to make it worth the mess.

That's the thing, it's been instilled in my head that the juice is only good for a few hours then it's worthless, so making a bunch I don't drink in about 8 hours makes me nervous. I only make enough for 2 servings at a time. I learnt that juice fasting is not for me, so it's just a supplement to my regular diet when I do it.

free2bfreeda said:

paintedlady said:

I would make a smoothie with all fruit totalling up to a tall glass... 10 ounces... maybe 12?

Maybe not 3,000 calories, but enough to make me get dizzy after drinking it. NEVER had I had that iissue with anything before or after eating/drinking other smoothies that included yogurt/milk/vegetable blends

a straight fruit one spiked my sugars and made me gain weight like crazy.

I used a juicer. a pinaapple, mango, a banana, an apple and two oranges usually. THAT is a lot of sugar to chug down daily.

People need to be more careful recommending all fruit smoothies to folks. Best to blend in veggies or yogurt... plus the smoothies still taste great with out the light-headed feeling.

Not a good thing when you hit your 40's and your body can't handle high sugar intake.

maybe it's just your individual metabalism. maybea 4oz smoothie would be better for you. i've only had positive results from drinking smoothies. plus i consider an 8oz smoothie a meal. then no solid food for me at least for 4-5 hrs.

I got greedy and made TALL drinks thinking it was only fresh fruit and how bad could that be?

DUMB.

Fruit is great but in moderation... too much sugar at once like that is really bad, and it was a lot of fruit but didn't seem like it because it was juiced (pureed)



lesson learned. Now I just eat whole fruit and drink water because it is more satisfying.

morningsong said:

For a couple to 3 days after juicing I drink big juices during those days, and I have some mono juices that I use to mix salad dressings and sauces with. If it looks and smells and tastes good I use it. I figure whichever part of a red pepper I would eat (juice and/or the fiber) is still nutritious. Maybe you could freeze some?

Blueberry smoothie got me like...

iZsaZsa said:

Blueberry smoothie got me like... ^^^^^^^^^^^ the above

after a good cleansing, back to the clean smile and back to smoothies

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