How much fruit juice/smoothie should you drink in a day

ciaoluana
ciaoluana Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition

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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,518 Member

    What for? Tooth health? Probably not too many. Weight loss? As long as it fits in your calories. Weight gain? As long as it fits…

  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,647 Member

    That would be a big 0. 😁

  • Jazzykatt
    Jazzykatt Posts: 42 Member

    as many as you like if it’s within your calorie count. That comes down to preference. I personally prefer chewing rather than drinking my calories.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,407 Member

    I drink zero fruit juice/smoothies at all, and lost weight fine. There's nothing wrong with those for people who enjoy them, if they have the right number of calories and contribute to good overall nutrition. But it's not necessary to drink them, either.

    Honestly, I feel a bit of skepticism about juice specifically: Usually all the fiber/pulp is removed when juice is made, so it tends to be less filling plus net higher in sugars with no fiber to slow it through the digestive system (depending on what else is eaten close to the same time, of course). Whole fruit is likely to be more nutrient-dense, slower to be metabolized, and more filling, compared to juice.

    Smoothies can be a lot of different things blended together, and may even amount to a quick balanced meal. Whether they're filling is more of an individual thing - combination of nutrient density and personal taste, probably.

  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,474 Member

    you have to be careful with smoothies. Depending on the ingredients they be very high in calories.

  • MesserMac
    MesserMac Posts: 1 Member
    edited April 25

    Not a single one... You quickly eat too much fruit this way. Or combine Banana with other fruits… Don't do that. Seriously look it up.

    Eat lots of greens!

  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,518 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48582289#Comment_48582289

    There's nothing wrong with eating fruit. There's also nothing wrong with eating veg in colours other than green. But lots of people feel more full when they eat their calories rather than drink them. And smoothies and the likes have no magical properties for weight loss.

  • jodymaro1
    jodymaro1 Posts: 259 Member

    It depends on what you put in it. It also depends on your daily caloric value allowed. I have a recipe I will share with you for green juice. Hold on BRB

  • jodymaro1
    jodymaro1 Posts: 259 Member

    Homemade green juice recipe:

    Make hot green tea in a teapot… use about 4-6 teabags. Let cool and put in fridge for as long as possible. Then, for each smoothie… combine the following:

    Green tea (1 cup)

    20 raspberries

    10 blueberries

    Small handful of spinach

    Large handful of kale

    1 slice or wedge of lemon

    Ginger (however much you like, to make it a little spicy)

    Total calories is like 50 (per 12 ounce roughly I think).

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