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Belaire, we have a smoothie king near our house. I want to try one but I'm overwhelmed by the choices. Id love to hear what you've tried and if you liked it. I also hope your question gets answered so we will know :)

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1. smoothies tend to be high in sugar so be ware of that

2. The body can only absorb about 25g of Protein at a time, rest isn't absorbed

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I didn't know that about the absorption of 25g Protein at a time, glad you mentioned it. I've been doing 2 scoops of my Unjury Protein Powder to get 42g at lunch time. Guess i'm wasting a scoop...Will only use one now...

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I like the gladiator but I only use them when I am out of town and concerned about Protein. Twice in 5 months.

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if you're going to put fruit, yeah, fruit can be high in sugar.. but so what.. just be smart & pick a lower sugar fruit...

lemon, lime, blueberry, raspberry.. pretty much any kinda berry is low in sugar.. even on an anti-candida diet, you can have berries & lemon or lime. also, apple is another good fruit that's got Fiber & is low in sugar.

there ya go. :)

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I go to Smoothie King quite often- I ask them to give me a kid's size gladiator- I do get fruit and stick with raspberry and blueberry or one of those and mango- I do ask them to use half the fruit to reduce carbs but still a great high Protein low carb option and it keeps me full for hours and takes about 1 1/2 to 2 hrs to drink the whole thing and I am just over 6 months post op-

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Isn't fruit good sugars though? I figure a small 20 fl oz for Breakfast cause I'm having trouble drinking Protein shakes.

for sure, early out I think this is not a bad idea. I couldn't drink Protein Shakes either. I hate the idea of only taking in 200-300 calories a day-- and tanking my metabolism. So I didn't. I eat 1500-2000 daily now in maintenance.!

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