Are Smoothies a Healthy Alternative to Fizzy Drinks?

Across the world fruit smoothies are being promoted as a guilt free beverage to replace fizzy drinks. Not only do they taste good but it is claimed that a 250 ml serving can give you up to 2 of your 5 a day.  To profit from the popularity of smoothies the big drinks manufactures have been acquiring juice companies. Innocent is now part of Coca Cola UK.

Are smoothies better for us than fizzy drinks?

In a recent report Professor Barry Popkins of the University of North Carolina has warned that smoothies and fruit juices are the ‘new danger’ in the battle against obesity. “Pulped up smoothies do nothing good for us but give us the same amount of sugar as 4 to 6 oranges or a large coke”.

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