Smoothies: benefit and harm

Did you know that smoothies were widely known back in the 70s of last century?It was served in many cafes, positioned as absolutely healthy food.Smoothies - a drink consisting of crushed vegetables or fruits with the addition of yogurt, ice cream, milk or muesli.

Now smoothies are experiencing a second wave of popularity, so the usual dessert of crushed berries, fruits or vegetables is considered almost a panacea for all diseases.How real is its benefit in the opinion of doctors and scientists?

Chemical composition and calorific value

It is impossible to accurately determine the chemical composition of the beverage in question, because it is prepared from different products every time. Only the following moments of can be distinguished:

• as in smoothies there are always fruits, berries or vegetables( fresh), the drink is saturated with vitamins;
• given the addition of milk or lactic acid products in smoothies, you can expect to receive a sufficient amount of calcium;
• the drink does not undergo heat treatment, which means it does not lose its useful qualities - all vitamins "in place".
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About caloric content, too, you can not give an exact answer, but you can safely use smoothies in the framework of weight loss - a satisfying, but a low-calorie drink perfectly "fit" in a meager menu.

Useful properties of smoothies

First and foremost, doctors recommend drinking smoothies to those who want to lose excess weight - it contains a lot of fiber, which helps to normalize the work of the intestine and the entire digestive tract. But to really drink helped to lose weight, you need to adhere to some of the rules for its preparation. :

1. Smoothies need to be cooked and consumed without adding even a small amount of sugar.
2. Only natural yogurt and / or kefir can be added to the cocktail.Various creams, ice cream, nuts, chocolate and other fillers are prohibited.
3. If you want to consume fruit smoothies, then give preference to fruits with low caloric content - the best choice will be apples, kiwi, apricots and plums and all sorts of berries.
4. When preparing vegetable smoothies instead of salt, add sea kale powder.
5. You can not "indulge" the drink in question between meals - the use of smoothies should be considered as the main meal.
6. To drink smoothies it is not necessary - it needs to be chewed so that the signal to the brain about satiety comes on time, and not on the fact of overeating.
7. Do not drink cold smoothies - the feeling of saturation comes in that case late.

Well, do not forget that all the benefits of the usual vegetables, fruits, berries and dairy products are concentrated in one glass.Vitamins and minerals feed the body with the necessary elements, stabilize the work of the gastrointestinal tract, normalize the heart rhythms.Positively smoothies affect the skin condition - it becomes smooth, velvety and acquires a healthy color.

Scientists and doctors believe that this beverage can and should be consumed absolutely for all people, regardless of age.However, it is necessary to prepare smoothies taking into account individual intolerance or some restrictions in relation to products.

Possible harm of smoothies

The considered drink is positioned so useful product that some people try to replace them in general with all food.Why not?Smoothies and satiates, and does not add extra pounds, and provides the body with vitamins and minerals. .. But doctors warn: thoughtless use of smoothies can lead to disruption in the work of the entire digestive system.Liquid food will never replace a solid, so do not get carried away with the drink - 1-2 glasses a day is enough.

By the way, if a person uses only smoothies( for noble purposes!), Then everything can end in the development of caries.

Please note: smoothies should be prepared only from those products that do not cause an allergic reaction in humans.

How to prepare smoothies

To prepare the beverage in question, you will need a submersible blender.And, not with coronals, but with knives - it is not necessary to break vegetables and fruits / berries in smoothie for smoothies, the ingredients should be finely chopped, but be slices.

You can mix absolutely any fruit and berries, but experts recommend to use for smoothies namely fleshy fruits - for example, an excellent drink is obtained from mango, banana, apricot, kiwi.You can add a few drops of orange juice or vanilla essence to the smoothie to improve the taste.

As filling for smoothies use mineral water, kefir, yoghurts, ice cream.But doctors say that the greatest benefit will be with the use of fermented milk products.And if you want to use sweet smoothies, then instead of sugar it is better to add honey.

With regard to vegetable smoothies, it's also simple here - any vegetables are blended with a blender, they are poured with kefir( more often it is suitable for a drink), salt, pepper and condiments are added to taste.

In general, the composition of smoothies can be absolutely anything - it all depends on individual taste preferences. But the most popular are the following combinations of :

• Strawberry, apples, blueberries, banana, kefir;
• strawberries, orange, banana, low-fat yogurt;
• wheat sprouts, almonds, soy milk, honey, bananas.

Several popular smoothies recipes:

Smoothies are a drink from a series of "everything new is a well-forgotten old", but it did not become less useful.This drink can be served for breakfast and dinner, be a good option to replace one or two meals for those who want to lose weight, used as vitamin feeding for children.