Fruit Smoothies

Hi Adam,

As long as you keep it in the fridge between morning and afternoon that's fine. Lots of people suggest that whole fruit is somehow healthier than smoothies. In fact there was a fairly recent paper that showed that blending or pureeing fruit can actually make some of the healthiest part of the fruit more available for digestion.

I personally use Innocent Smoothies and add that to whey protein, healthy fat, creatine, etc. Because these smoothies contain all of the fibre etc from the fruit with nothing added and nothing taken away, it is at least as healthy as whole fruit.

So as long as you are counting the carbs and fats as part of your intake, then there is nothing wrong with your smoothie and it may actually have benefits over whole fruit.

As ever Mark thanks for the response. This was the answer I was hoping for and expecting due to the fact the smootie is pure using the whole fruit and keeping all the fibre. I keep these in the fridge at the office and find these a nice alternative to snacking on the ingredients indidually.

Can I just ask about the smoothies as it was something I was looking into making Ive been told and read somewhere that pre cutting, smashing or blending (etc) of fruit releases the natural sugars from inside (activates it so chewing of the fruit wouldnt increase it) and actually increase the sugar lvls that would otherwise not be there. This if true would make the smoothies a lot less healthy for you so my question is really is this true as I feel smoothies would be a good part of my diet as with my work environment I find it hard to go off and eat but drinking isnt a problem?