Deciding to go on a diet is smart, using the health benefits of smoothies to your advantage is even smarter. With total control over your recipes you have the power to alter the nutrition going into your body. Many studies that are coming out are saying that the calorie count of foods isn’t the main factor in weight gain or weight loss, rather everything else is. Saturated fat, low vitamins, high sodium, cholesterol, trans fat…. these are all things even someone not wanting to lose weight should be avoiding. A home made fruit smoothie will contain none of these and still pack a high content of vitamins and nutrients

TIPS

  • Instead of using whole milk use skim or even soy/rice milk
  • Always use low fat yogurt
  • One 16 ounce smoothie is enough to replace a meal, if using smoothies to lose weight avoid food until the next meal time
  • Try to use more super fruits (such as Goji/acai) more than others