[news.yahoo.com]

LOL! It just shows how scared they are!

Here's the article sourced in the Yahoo one. Seems like a lot of the research has to do with "natural sugars" and juice concentrates:

[www.theguardian.com]

It's a really dumbed down article. All it talks about is sugar and ignores the fact that soft drinks have additional nasty factors in them.

I always laugh when people are referred to as experts. I wonder what Barry Popkin is expert in...disinformation perhaps?...or maybe making dumbed down conclusions.

Do experts know it all? Well, after reading the article l am lead to believe they don't know much at all. The use of the word "expert" is a highly dubious word.

powerlifter Wrote:
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> Lol he says that consuming smoothies doesn't have
> the same benefits as eating the whole fruit or
> vegetable.
>
> Where do the benefits magically go once blended
> lol ?, do the phytonutrients suddenly dissappear.
>
>
> They may have the comparable amounts of sugar, but
> compare the nutrition from a regular fruit
> smoothie to a can of coke. As with anything its
> about moderation and balance, drinking nothing but
> sugary date/banana smoothies all day isn't going
> to be healthy in the long run. But including a
> fruit smoothie especially over the choice of soda
> pop, is always going to be healthier.
>
> Most people don't eat anywhere near enough fresh
> fruits or vegetables, so smoothies if done right
> can offer a convient and tasty way to get these
> into the diet.
>
> The Natural Health Blogger


Welcome back. Love the new handle, by the way The fiber is still there so it slows down the impact of the sugar entering the system. What a smear job.

I actually agree with what the study found. He wasn't talking about people who have an interest in health like we do. He was directing it at the mainstream of society. He wasn't referring to people who might make a smoothie at home with 2 or 3 bananas or 2 or 3 mangoes and add water, or might put fresh fruit in and add water, greens, parsley or celery. He was giving a warning to mainstream people who are going to the health bars that have sprung up, offering their version of fruit smoothies as being a '' healthy alternative ''.

Their healthy version of a smoothie looks like this - either 1 fresh banana, or a handful of frozen strawberries or other frozen berries, and the rest of the smoothie would consist of ice cream or frozen '' low fat yoghurt '' ( which would have 6 teaspoons of sugar ) plus lots of sugary ' fruit ' syrup or fruit juice concentrate with water added as a filler, so all you would be getting is a small piece of fruit, and the rest would be sugary junk under the guise of a fruit smoothie.

These people would actually be better off buying a banana and an apple for lunch, plus a bottle of water. It would be healthier, and cheaper.

an expert was seen
in a sugar coma
after inhaling four cans of mr pibbs soda

he reached for a jamba juice choco smoothie
until

a big hand descended from out of the clouds
smacked the tall inferior frozen smoothie from his hands

and replaced it with a dandelion green broccoli alfalfa tomato smoothie

the expert drank it
and felt renewed

and thusly became a believer

carry forth

MANY OF THESE SO CALLED EXPERTS ARE DRUG AND AMA SPONSORED PROPAGANDA EXPERTS TRYING TO GET THE PUBLIC UNHEALTHY SO THEY DISPENSE THEIR TOXIC POISONS.