How to add flavor to smoothies without fruit?

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  • DannyMussels
    DannyMussels Posts: 1,842 Member
    Where I'm from, just cause you're a personal trainer, doesn't mean it's within the scope of practice to be giving proper nutritional advice. I provide it to friends, but strictly as advice, and they aren't paying me.

    So my free advice:

    Try crystal light packets, or other non-calorie drink mix. Adds flavor, no volume and no additional calories.

    Extracts may work as well, though they're primarily alcohol: Almond, mint, vanilla, lemon, etc.

    Few spices or dry ingredients will work well other then instant coffee or cocoa powder.

    Otherwise you're gonna be adding calories , which I'm assuming the 'no strawberries' is supposed to eliminate.

    Good luck......
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    She is a certified trainer at my gym and a fitness model. I just started training with her a few days ago. The diet she put me on excludes any dairy, almond milk, nuts & fruit. It's mainly just protein shakes, egg whites, oatmeal, fish, chicken, tilapia & vegtables.

    For how long? Sounds like torture. I hope it's short term and that there's some fat in there somewhere.
  • Jrabbit321
    Jrabbit321 Posts: 91
    She is a certified trainer at my gym and a fitness model. I just started training with her a few days ago. The diet she put me on excludes any dairy, almond milk, nuts & fruit. It's mainly just protein shakes, egg whites, oatmeal, fish, chicken, tilapia & vegtables.

    For how long? Sounds like torture. I hope it's short term and that there's some fat in there somewhere.

    No fat at all. Literally just oatmeal, vein rice or sweet potatoes, fish, chicken & green veggies.
  • Valencia123456
    Valencia123456 Posts: 62 Member
    cinnamon, cocoa powder, vanilla or any other extract!
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    In the UK the standard personal trainer qualification is an absolute joke in terms of nutrition, I would not be at all surprised if it is the same elsewhere in the world. Being a fitness model proves your outside looks a certain way it doesn't show the shape of your internal organs now or in ten years time, it doesn't prove you know how to make healthy clients - there are plenty of body beautifuls in gyms who do all sorts of unsafe and unscientific things to themselves and to clients that they picked up from magazines or dodgy websites. Find a trainer who studied nutrition modules at degree level or a registered dietician specialising in sports nutrition.

    Raspberries are lower sugar than strawberries, weight for weight, and stronger flavoured: according to this just 4g sugar per 100g. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/2053/2
  • trishcass46
    trishcass46 Posts: 33 Member
    what is pb2?
  • drichards33914
    drichards33914 Posts: 1
    I have a citric acid allergy and can't have all the fruit I used to put in my smoothies. I'm looking for something that will taste good and give me some benefits.

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