The Smooth or the Roughage?
Smoothies are often included in weight loss regimens – seasonal fruits, frozen berries, milk, yoghurt, protein powder and maybe even a handful of seeds. Promises of fabulous flavours and packed with ‘goodness’, however there a few things you need to understand for weight loss.
- When you combine all those ingredients in a blender, in effect the machine is doing the chewing for you. The physical action of chewing your food helps you to feel full, so you are better off chewing your food and choosing water as your preferred drink for weight loss.
- Smoothies initially came onto the market for people having difficulty getting enough kilojoules into their day, such as high performance sports people and underweight people. Unfortunately, like many food items with smart marketing methods they find their way onto the vast weight loss market.
