One, always use whole fruits and vegetables as part of your base.

It's waaaay easier to drink a smoothie containing 45 grams of protein than chew through the equivalent of that much pork tenderloin.īut before you start loading up your blender, there are a few things to keep in mind when it comes to building the best high-protein, high-fiber smoothie. So if you want to weigh 185, that's 185 grams of protein daily- which is a lot. 'Most Americans aren’t getting enough produce or fiber in their diet, so smoothies can be a fun and delicious way to make up for that,' says nutrition expert Frances Largeman-Roth, R.D.N., author of Smoothies & Juices: Prevention Healing Kitchen.Īnd then in terms of protein, if you're looking to build or maintain muscle, you likely need to consume about 1 gram of protein for every target pound of body weight. Smoothies, shakes, liquid joy in a cup-whatever you call them, these blended-up drinks of are also a stomach-patting way to consume two keys nutrient you're probably not consuming enough of: fiber and protein.

SMOOTHIES MAY JUST be one of the best ways to fill up on important nutrients and dismantle the myth that eating more fruits and vegetables has to be boring.

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