fruit = sugar = ‘burst of energy’ followed by sugar crash
Sounds healthy and if you have such personal good experience, keep it up.
“Good” carbs are essential. Many fruits are loaded with sugars (”bad” carbs) so make sure you don’t go too heavy with them.
I always add water or milk depending on the ingredients. Water today.
Actually felt a little hyper right after drinking it...but then it settled in and I felt smarter and had more energy.
I’m not sure if it is considered a smoothie but I do drink (Purity Products) greens and blue juicers. I do several times a week and I do notice that I have more energy afterwards.
It all depends upon what you’re putting into your smoothies. Vegetables blended smooth are a great way of getting mega-vegetables. An entire cauliflower head can go into one drink whereas there is no way I could eat the whole thing.
I blend mine with heavy cream, which is low in carbs, and butter, also low in carbs.
How many grams of protein do you take in per day? A lack of protein might make you tired.
I didn’t read about the fruit. Fruit has fructose in it. Anything ending in “-ose” has sugar (carbohydrates) in it. Skip that.
I believe from my reading that cancer cells (extra info) feed off sugars, but cannot metabolize fat into sugars. Therefore, if a person is trying to starve cancer cells, I think they would be wise to avoid as much of sugar in every form as possible, i.e. breads, starchy foods, etc. While I don’t have cancer, I do have a pre-cancerous blood condition and so this is part of the plan I follow.
Free sugar as in watermelon or pineapple will trigger insulin reaction, like eating a doughnut or cookies.
Try some MCT oil in your smoothie too.
Sounds like you are into a good healthy drink.
I don’t get enough veggies so I take a few slices of seeded rye bread and make open face sorta pizza sandwiches with tomato sauce, a mountain of spinach that cooks down, diced onions, parsley flakes, oregano, pepperoni, and cheddar, Swiss, or Irish cheese and put it in the oven at 445 for ten minutes.
Sometimes I substitute shredded cabbage or broccoli for the Spinach or do combinations. The pepperoni on top flavors the veggies. I pull all the stems off the spinach leaves so that is the part that takes time but it makes for a nice smooth meal.
Just my own experience:
Low carb is best used cyclically. Low carb/high fat ketogenic certainly makes transitioning into and out of periods of fasting (to maximize bodyfat loss) much easier.
For short bursts of maximum effort, high carb/low fat works well. Low carb gurus Lyle MacDonald and John Kiefer advocated weekly “carb ups” to maintain metabolic flexibility, so your body can burn whatever fuel is available.
Some experts recommend seasonal cycling, such as high carb during fruit season, and high fat during the winter.
See Drs. Gundry and Bredesen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6lkRXaQKwk
Bredesen and Mercola
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrQyxWP-S2s&t=21s
Sugar is a carb
Fruit is loaded with fructose, which is a sugar
So, you feel great because you are giving your body pure carbs after your workout. So you are going to be out of ketosis for a few days
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Don’t exercise every day. You are overdoing it. Reduce hard exercise to every third day. (Walking and yard work is better exercise)
Cut out the sugar. You’re probably eating too much fruit. Eat more fat. You want to get into fat burning mode (ketosis)
Most fruits contain natural “sugars”. They do not contain fructose.
Veggies are best eaten, cooked or raw, by chewing them.
My best smoothie is with blueberries and bananas mixed with rice milk.
Everything in moderation, including moderation.
Was a vegetarian for ten years many moons ago. Not so much now. I’ve come back to earth.
I am not a real fan of smoothies with one exception. I do strongly believe in post exercise (within half an hour of stopping exercising) low cal protein/carb shakes. I would rather buy professionally prepared shakes or mixes, but if you want to mix your own to the right carb/protein ratio, go for it.
The reasons are described in the following: https://www.mcmillanrunning.com/the-runners-ultimate-nutritional-recovery-routine-runrr/
The result is that you recover much more quickly for your next session of heavy exercise, because you are giving your muscles what they depleted and need to perform and helping them purge what they need to get rid of.
I have used post exercise low cal protein/carb shakes (with a little Creatine for extra muscle building) for lunch breaks mountain climbing & doing 100 mile bike rides and it is amazing. I also use them after heavy training exercise sessions and after mountain climbs, long bike rides, and 15K to half marathons.
Your burst of energy was probably not much different than taking a “Glu Shot,” which if doing an endurance sport at full effort I need to do about once an hour to avoid “bonking.” In multi-hour events, I try to take my first “Glu Shot” about 45 minutes after the start and then every hour after that until the event is completed (or lunch break).
I have many food sensitivities and one is to beef.
Last year I was feeling really low on energy and realized I had not been getting enough iron. Beef is a great way to get iron, while chicken, pork and fish are not.
I started on a vitamin with iron and felt better in 2 days.
You may not be avoiding red meat like I am, but if so, you might look into your iron intake.
You are probably suffering from a coffee deficiency. You need the vitamins, minerals and protein that only coffee can provide.
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