These caveats can mostly be described in two
words:
Fruit. Smoothie.We know that sounds really healthy.
Unfortunately, waking up in the morning and
blending large amounts of fruit into a
breakfast smoothie is not a good idea, for a
few reasons.
First, liquid foods, while convenient, don’t
promote the same satiety response as eating
real food. Which means your fruit smoothie
isn’t as satiating as the eggs, spinach, and
avocado you’d have to chew and swallow. A
smoothie is likely to fill you up short-term,
but leave you hungry between meals,
especially if you drink it all by itself. In
addition, eating mostly fruit in the morning
means you’ll have to make up for the missed
nutrients and calories from protein and fat in
your other meals, leaving you stuffed if you