[FitDream] 2 reasons to reconsider smoothies

Published: Thu, 01/19/12



Hi ,                                                                                 January 19, 2012
 
I'm excited that so many FitDream Ezine readers made it to Tuesday night's 'Kickstart Your 2012 Fitness' Teleclass.  There were over 550 signed up and the webcast and phone lines were hopping!  It was slated for 30 minutes yet there was so much information I wanted to share that, well, between that and all the questions that were coming in live, we filled the hour easily.
 
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Are you a green smoothie fan?  I have been - for some time - yet new information has me reconsider how often I indulge.  See "To smoothie or not to smoothie" below.
 
Honored to be on this healthy, happy and fit journey with you!
 
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To smoothie or not to smoothie?  The skinny on blending your fruits & greens

To smoothie or not to smoothie? 

With an upsurge in 'smoothies' and 'cleanses' all over the web this time of year, for health, 'detox', or weight loss, it's good to be mindful of why you might not want to make smoothies a part of your daily diet. Especially f you are trying to lose weight, or keep your weight in check, or have blood sugar and triglyceride challenges. Or satiety challenges for that matter.
 

2 reasons to reconsider smoothies

  • decreased satiety as compared to whole foods
  • increased destabilization of blood sugar compared to whole foods
Blending and whirring vegetables and fruits as happens in the making of smoothies disrupts the fiber of the natural food. This disruption impacts the satiety value of that food.  It seems, doesn't it, that all of the fiber that was there before you blended it should be there in your smoothie.  After all, you didn't extract the juice from  the apple, the spinach, the blueberries - you just blended it up.  Fiber is fiber, right?
 
 
It doesn't work that way.  Disrupting the fiber, as happens in the process of making a smoothie, exposes more of the surface area of the food.  This means it  is absorbed more quickly, making it more likely that it will effect your blood sugar and insulin levels.  Not only that, but the more of it you want to consume.  When the food is whole, or even chopped, we have more invested in the project of eating by chewing, an important part of the digestive and satiety process.
 
Calorie consumption comparisons between whole foods, blended foods, and juiced foods with fiber restored
 
These numbers of analysis should help. Studies comparing caloric intake at a meal following the consumption of either nothing (no preload), an apple, applesauce, apple juice (with fiber added), apple juice (no fiber added) delivered the following results.
 
 
 
 
 


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