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Are Fruit Smoothies Fattening?"Are fruit smoothies fattening?" is a good question you should ask yourself. They can be if you are not careful. Risks of Drinking Smoothies
Fruit contain fructose, a kind of sugar and consumed fast it can result in a fast raise of your blood sugar levels. When this occurs your body immediately starts producing insulin to get the blood sugar levels down to acceptable levels.With a lot of insulin in the blood stream, your body can’t burn fat. This is one reason smoothies can be fattening. A second reason why smoothies can be fattening is that because it’s easy to drink the smoothie fast, it’s also easy to drink too much. Have you checked the total caloric content of your smoothie? We sometimes use smoothies as meal replacements. A good meal for weight loss should have the right energy balance of carbohydrates, protein and fat. Fruit is mostly carbohydrates (sugar) and sugar we consume, but do not use, is converted and stored in the body as fat. There are ways of making a fruit smoothie the healthy, slimming food you want it to be, so the answer to the question: "Are fruit smoothies fattening?" should be "Not when you know how to make them right". 
With you on the weigh, Eva
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