Hey everyone, I'm a bit late to this whole debate I know, but I'm trying to inform myself as best as possible about different approaches I'd like to try to clean up my diet. In particular, I'm wanting to add smoothies to my diet. I cannot, for the life of me, eat whole fruits and veggies. Don't ask why, it started in childhood, it's an issue, I'm working on it. But, for now I'm wanting to do smoothies so I can get at least SOME fruits and veggies in. I haven't had a single fruit or vegetable in about 6 years. The last veggie I had was in a smoothie...6 years ago. BUT, I'm really wanting to do this right, and in my google searches I came across quite a few articles stating that smoothies cause huge insulin spikes which is the issue with my current diet. I will not be adding any fruit juices, sweeteners, or milks of any kind (almond, soy, etc...) fruits will be added in moderation and I do plan to add leafy greens (kale) as well as flax, or chia and healthy fats. On one hand I want to do this right and I really want to make these changes and be proactive about it. On the other hand, I feel like fresh smoothies for breakfast are still better than the ben and Jerries ice cream I have had for breakfast lately (and sometimes lunch, followed by a Nutella sandwich. Yeah. It's bad right now). What do you think?
OH. And this isn't a crash diet, or detox BTW. I truly just want to make this addition and cut back on sweets which are (kind of literally) killing me and causing all sorts of mayhem in my body :(
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