Smoothies

[Sanste]

Daft question no.2.
A few friends have advised smoothies (homemade) as a breakfast alternative. It consists of 5 apple slices, small orange, Greek yoghurt, 1% milk and a pinch of oats. Does anyone else have these and are they suitable....admittedly they do taste lovely!!!!

 

[chri5]

I think @Brunneria is needed here.

 

[mfactor]

Daft question no.2.
A few friends have advised smoothies (homemade) as a breakfast alternative. It consists of 5 apple slices, small orange, Greek yoghurt, 1% milk and a pinch of oats. Does anyone else have these and are they suitable....admittedly they do taste lovely!!!!

Smoothies are great ........your ingredients not so much

Greek yogurt is good (full fat is a must) a little fruit is ok (but orange and apple possibly a bit much), you will need to experiment, but the milk could be a problem (fructose) and the oats also depending on whether you wish to low carb or not.....

I had one earlier but used half soy milk and half full fat milk (always go full fat with dairy as that means less sugar), peanut butter ( organic with no added sugar or salt and made with the skin on) and low carb/sugar protein power.......

I also have a third of banana and a few berries some honey but test to my meter and am ok with it..........


Green ones are good



Try this


Soya/Almond milk
1tbsp Peanut Butter
Handful of frozen mixed berries
1 tbsp + Greek Yogurt
Protein Powder
Bit of fruit if you dont spike with it..............a bit of banana out of the freezer is nice but is not the best fruit , but ok for me....


I get my protein powder from myprotein , its dirt cheap and I only use half a scoop , it gives the smoothie a nice texture and flavour (strawberry at the mo ).........( just make sure you get the low carb one)

 

[Brunneria]

I think @Brunneria is needed here.

Ha ha ha! @chri5

@Sanste have a search on the forum search engine. This question comes up regularly, and basically the only way you will ever know if a smoothie (or any food!) suits you is to test before and after it using your blood glucose meter. This is because we are all different, and our tolerances of fruit varies tremendously.

My body reacts badly to all tropical fruit unless I bury them in green smoothies.
Here is a thread that explains what they are
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/in-praise-of-green-smoothies.70800/
and there is a link in my signature that takes you to a site with lots of different recipes - but even green smoothies have to be checked with the blood glucose meter, or you could be shooting your blood glucose sky high, and not know it.

 

[Daibell]

Hi. In general fruit smoothies will cause a big rise in blood sugar so are best avoided but your meter will guide you. Veg smoothies are better. Munching veg and fruit in a blender breaks down the cells releasing stored sugar so having the raw ingredients is less of a carb hit.