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Veg in smoothies

Cfaria20

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Hi I've started doing smoothies in the morning with different fruits nuts and almond milk and greek yoghurt but I've not tried it with vegetables yet during the day
I've found a few recipes but it dont say if its raw veg or if I need pre cook the vegetables? Like kale spinach carrots etc does anyone do veg smoothies and what do you do?
 
Not veggies, but I made a pumpkin coconut smoothie, it’s really amazing. Avocado coconut is awesome too
 

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but it's far better to eat your food rather than make mashed up drinks.

The food provides more satiety when in its natural form.

Personally I wouldn't have any of those vegetables but if you really want to then kale and spinach would be the lowest carb (although with maximum oxalates).

Try some avocado instead as the fat content will keep you fuller for longer but eat it don't "smoothie" it.
 
In what way is a vegetable smoothie different from blended home made veg soup?
 
Noting that fruit smoothies are not that good for a T2 diabetic.
As with fruit juice you get the sugar hit very quickly because the fibre that normally gives you a slower release has been mashed up.
 
I I have looked up healthy smoothies for diabetic type 2 and most are berries natural yoghurt coconut milk and almond milk based so no sugary fruits
The reason I do the smoothies are in days I'm barely at home as I do volunteer work and other stuff these last 2 weeks I've worked 4 to 5 out of 7 days and on my feet so I can't be cooking and I'm out the door by 8am some morning so smoothie I was told are great for those busy morning
I just wanted to make a change from fruity ones to veg but wasn't sure if veg needed to be cooked before hand
I still cook from scratch most of the time though
It's the mornings I'm not home I struggle with to have time to actually cook breakfast
 
There’s one way to be sure, test your BG after a smoothie. I seem to do fine after the ones I mentioned,

I do agree whole foods are better, but I haven’t figured out how to get an avocado inside a coconut yet
 
I suggest that any veg or salad item that is normally eaten raw will be fine in a smoothie format, but that any veg that is usually eaten cooked would be best prepared before using in a smoothie/chilled soup.
 
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I can eat a salad and be fine - but I bought a blender for smoothie making just before diagnosis and found that blended salad hits the bloodstream running - as salad, rise of one, as a smoothie rise of five in half an hour. (I think those were the right numbers - but along those lines anyway. Nutribullet, that was the name of the device.
The blending process ruptures the cell walls making the nutrients easily and quickly available.
I don't make smooth soups for the same reason, I do blend some of the veges, just enough to thicken it.
Of course not everyone will react the same way I do - but if you do it is a guaranteed woosh of glucose into the blood.
 
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