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Are smoothies good?
I’m 13 and over weight and was trying to find away for me to eat more fruit and less unhealthy snacks and I thought I would try smoothies but I was wondering if having too many smoothies would be bad. I was thinking because I’m in high school I could quickly make a smoothie for breakfast and take it with me and then maybe another one after school? Is that too many? Should I have more? I’ll make another question about possible recipes.
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Smoothies are very good for you. You can choose specific ingrediants to make them even better. AT Health food stores you can find nutritive powders that can add lots to it. For example, there are all sorts of protein powders to provide protein with all those fruits and veggies. You can also add in one smoothie each day, spirulina powder...that provides all your amino acids I believe it is. I have also put yogurt in with fruits to add dairy to my smoothies. I especially used more smoothies during hot weather when it was too hot to cook in kitchen and salads as well. Some smoothies can even have avocado in it. It has very little flavor of it's own, is creamy texture and will blend well with soft fruits like banana and strawberries. You can put in pears if they are soft enough as well as any other fruit that is really soft when ripe like Kiwi, peaches, nectarines. If you have a very strong blender, there should be no problem. I eventually bought one of those high powered ones sold at the fairs, but you can look for better made but expensive ones on line. You'd have to convince the parents to invest in it though. As well as smoothies, using a juicer is also healthy. It though takes out the pulp and leaves only juice so you lose fiber which your body needs. Overall, even juicers are healthier than the snacks most Americans eat. If you are wondering if a smoothie can replace a meal like breakfast or lunch, yes it can. In fact, in other countries, there is no such thing as extra sugary breakfasts like sugared cereal, donuts or pop tarts. Some fruit and yogurt is a typical breakfast in many other countries. I just read something on Facebook with a list of what they eat. Yes, eggs too, but you can buy powdered egg protein to put in your smoothies. It would still be a good idea to eat a well balanced dinner each day. If you do two a day, that's okay but it is even better to be taking a multi vitamin daily as well. When we are your age and still developing and again older adults like at my age, its important to add vitamins to our daily intake.
theres plenty of creative recipes on line for smoothies. I put 'smoothie ideas' for search and got tons of hits. Heres just one on breakfast smoothies:
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Good luck and enjoy those smoothies
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