smoothies from Robeks

[Anonymous]

I've been making my own smoothies every day from fresh Avocado, strawberries, blueberries, mango, banana, pineapple, non-fat yogurt with a little bit of local honey and almond milk. I drink twice a day, in the morning and in the afternoon two hours before dinner.

I've been busy at work for the past month and it is getting harder to prepare the fruits for smoothie. I am willing to buy the smoothie from Robeks if I know everything is made fresh to continue my healthy living style even when I am busy.

How fresh are the smoothies from Robeks?

[Anonymous]

They taste great. However, most fruits come frozen from another place. I have seen staff breaking them from plastic containers. So, basically it's not fresh. But, it seems healthier than almost anything else from the market. Just make sure there is no extra sugar or syrups added.

[Anonymous]

What's your goal for these smoothies? Robeks or equivalent would probably be able to replicate what you are doing at home, but I'm a little confused on why you would drink this 2x a day. It's basically a sugar bomb with no protein, fiber, or anything really good for you. Robeks will be able to replicate the "freshness" but what you are describing is basically eating sorbet 2x a day with little nutritional value.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's your goal for these smoothies? Robeks or equivalent would probably be able to replicate what you are doing at home, but I'm a little confused on why you would drink this 2x a day. It's basically a sugar bomb with no protein, fiber, or anything really good for you. Robeks will be able to replicate the "freshness" but what you are describing is basically eating sorbet 2x a day with little nutritional value.

There’s fiber in the fruit and protein in the yogurt (not OP)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's your goal for these smoothies? Robeks or equivalent would probably be able to replicate what you are doing at home, but I'm a little confused on why you would drink this 2x a day. It's basically a sugar bomb with no protein, fiber, or anything really good for you. Robeks will be able to replicate the "freshness" but what you are describing is basically eating sorbet 2x a day with little nutritional value.

There’s fiber in the fruit and protein in the yogurt (not OP)

Right, but twice a day, every day?

Perhaps try non-fat Greek yogurt for more protein, and replace some fruit with green vegetables like kale. You won't notice the taste.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's your goal for these smoothies? Robeks or equivalent would probably be able to replicate what you are doing at home, but I'm a little confused on why you would drink this 2x a day. It's basically a sugar bomb with no protein, fiber, or anything really good for you. Robeks will be able to replicate the "freshness" but what you are describing is basically eating sorbet 2x a day with little nutritional value.

There’s fiber in the fruit and protein in the yogurt (not OP)

Right, but twice a day, every day?

Perhaps try non-fat Greek yogurt for more protein, and replace some fruit with green vegetables like kale. You won't notice the taste.

USDA recommends 5 to 13 servings of fruit every day. The smoothie described by OP is very healthy and you can't compare it to eating sorbet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They taste great. However, most fruits come frozen from another place. I have seen staff breaking them from plastic containers. So, basically it's not fresh. But, it seems healthier than almost anything else from the market. Just make sure there is no extra sugar or syrups added.

Taste great does not mean it is healthy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's your goal for these smoothies? Robeks or equivalent would probably be able to replicate what you are doing at home, but I'm a little confused on why you would drink this 2x a day. It's basically a sugar bomb with no protein, fiber, or anything really good for you. Robeks will be able to replicate the "freshness" but what you are describing is basically eating sorbet 2x a day with little nutritional value.

There’s fiber in the fruit and protein in the yogurt (not OP)

Right, but twice a day, every day?

Perhaps try non-fat Greek yogurt for more protein, and replace some fruit with green vegetables like kale. You won't notice the taste.

USDA recommends 5 to 13 servings of fruit every day. The smoothie described by OP is very healthy and you can't compare it to eating sorbet.

Look at the nutritional information for robeks: https://www.robeks.com/nutrition.html

Some of the "low calorie" smoothies have upwards of 400 calories and the carb content ranges between 40-115 grams per smoothie. There are between 30-100 grams of sugar per smoothie. A teaspoon of sugar = 4 grams, so robeks smoothies have between 10-28 teaspoons of sugar per serving. I personally wouldn't call these smoothies healthy. Much better to make your own at home.

[Anonymous]

Smoothies aren’t healthy because you end up eating way more calories when you drink a beverage than when you would eat a fruit. You would never eat all that fruit in one sitting but it’s easy to drink it. That’s why Weight Watchers counts points for blended fruit but not whole fruit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's your goal for these smoothies? Robeks or equivalent would probably be able to replicate what you are doing at home, but I'm a little confused on why you would drink this 2x a day. It's basically a sugar bomb with no protein, fiber, or anything really good for you. Robeks will be able to replicate the "freshness" but what you are describing is basically eating sorbet 2x a day with little nutritional value.

There’s fiber in the fruit and protein in the yogurt (not OP)

That is a ton of extra calories and you're negating your workout . Not to mention it is expensive.
And how much fruit/fiber and protein goes into those drinks?

And unless you're hard core training/weight lifting, you are probably getting enough protein from your daily diet. People go over board with that.

Fiber - um just regular fruit and veggies. Maybe sprinkle fibercon into a meal or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's your goal for these smoothies? Robeks or equivalent would probably be able to replicate what you are doing at home, but I'm a little confused on why you would drink this 2x a day. It's basically a sugar bomb with no protein, fiber, or anything really good for you. Robeks will be able to replicate the "freshness" but what you are describing is basically eating sorbet 2x a day with little nutritional value.

There’s fiber in the fruit and protein in the yogurt (not OP)

The protein is really low. 5 grams of protein for 500 calories is so minimal to not be worth it. Your morning latte would get you more than 5g of protein for a lot fewer calories and sugar.

[Anonymous]

Why not simplify your smoothie?

I get frozen avocados as well as a frozen mix of berries and kale. I toss in a fresh banana, some sugar free coconut milk or oat milk, frozen stuff and blend.

Frozen pineapple + fresh spinach is good with a banana and skim milk.

Why so many fruits in 1 smoothie? You are making this harder than it needs to be. Also why twice a day? With avocados and yogurt, it seems more like a meal replacement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's your goal for these smoothies? Robeks or equivalent would probably be able to replicate what you are doing at home, but I'm a little confused on why you would drink this 2x a day. It's basically a sugar bomb with no protein, fiber, or anything really good for you. Robeks will be able to replicate the "freshness" but what you are describing is basically eating sorbet 2x a day with little nutritional value.

There’s fiber in the fruit and protein in the yogurt (not OP)

Right, but twice a day, every day?

Perhaps try non-fat Greek yogurt for more protein, and replace some fruit with green vegetables like kale. You won't notice the taste.

USDA recommends 5 to 13 servings of fruit every day. The smoothie described by OP is very healthy and you can't compare it to eating sorbet.

The recommendation is 5 to 12 servings of fruit AND VEGETABLES.

Smoothies can be healthy or incredibly loaded with sugar. The Robeks ones are almost all extremely high in sugar and low in fiber and protein.

[Anonymous]

Just eat that fruit.

[Anonymous]

My go-to smoothie is half a banana, a few spoonfuls of plain greek yogurt (full fat or 2%), a spoonful of natural peanut butter, large handful of frozen or fresh berries, and several large handfuls of mixed greens (I get the "power greens" from Costco). Some water to thin it out as needed. The greens really take the sweetness level down while not really being noticeable. They also add tons of fiber and nutrition to the basic fruit smoothie. I usually eat this as a lunch and find that the fat in the yogurt and PB keep me full better than non-fat smoothies.

Your smoothie is overly complicated. Frozen berries are likely "fresher" than what you buy in fresh section of the grocery store because they are frozen within hours of picking rather than sitting for days in trucks, distribution centers, and grocery shelves. Even just getting rid of the mango and pineapple will reduce your prep load significantly.