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Green Smoothies

Just curious, I used to drink green smoothies before surgery. Should I be concerned about sugar content from the fruit?

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    • Little Green
      Little Green

      No. Whole fruit consumption promotes weight reduction. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084020/) So stick to smoothies (as opposed to, say, juicing) and having fruit as a snack, and you'

    • Savagegirl
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      Yes, just use a lot of veggies but not too much fruit. I love green juices with just enough apple to sweeten it up.

    • VSGnewguy
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      Dr. Weiner recommends them to his patients.

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    Hello!

    Most advice I’ve seen is to have a maximum of 10g of sugar per serving. Under 5g is preferable

    now there is some dispute about fruit sugars and whether fructose is under same guidelines as added sugar

    but in a smoothie most of fiber been blitzed so maybe play on the safe side

    best

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    What is in a green smoothie?

    Mine are pretty much all green now because I sneak spinach in there, to keep my veggie intake up...

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    On 2/11/2018 at 10:28 PM, Taz8680 said:

    Just curious, I used to drink green smoothies before surgery. Should I be concerned about sugar content from the fruit?

    No. Whole fruit consumption promotes weight reduction. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084020/) So stick to smoothies (as opposed to, say, juicing) and having fruit as a snack, and you'll be just fine!

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    Yes, just use a lot of veggies but not too much fruit. I love green juices with just enough apple to sweeten it up.


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    Dr. Weiner recommends them to his patients.

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