I was craving a healthy fruit smoothie since I’m in winter and summer but all together!!
The last days, the weather has been completely variable and the temperature tripled in few days.
With the short summer you tend to delight with refreshing drinks and this one accomplished with its yummy mission.
Banana, strawberry and orange, an easy smoothie full of vitamins with no-recipe to share, because is too simple to make it.
Certainly the alternatives are endless: smoothie with yogurt, chocolate and your imagination can add the rest of the ingredients. At the end of this post I’m putting more smoothie variants to your choice.
With these suffocating days, it came to my mind also what you can desire to drink. A cool beer, cocktail, cola, smoothie or plain water; but do you know what effects produce in your body, the different options? Let’s see them.
Hypotonic, Isotonic, Hypertonic Drinks
Hypotonic drinks are less concentrated than body fluids so are quick to replace fluids lost by principally sweating on hot days or during short exercise trainings. The proportion of carbohydrates (energy) is low around of 2%. Examples are low calorie drinks. As they’ve poor energy you can complement them with food, supplying the necessary calories.
Isotonic drinks can replace lost fluids quickly by sweating as well as glucose and electrolytes in comparable concentrations to the body. They take a little more to be absorbed than plain water and they supply a boost of energy through carbohydrates.
The concentration in glucose is around 6% to 8% and there’re many commercial brands available.
The principal use is as sport drinks for training and lately I’ve seen people drinking them normally in hot days. If you have spent several hours walking is fine but if not, you’re adding unnecessary calories that can rebound in your body weight!
Hypertonic drinks: Hyper means high concentration, more than body fluids. The absorption rate is very slow compared to plain water, then they can reduce the speed of fluid replacements, and potentially can cause dehydration! Usually they’ve large amounts of sugar or glucose, 8% to 10% or more.
They can boost your energy and warning, the daily carbohydrate intake! Examples sodas, alcoholic drinks, colas, fruit juices and …you get the idea. From time to time they’re delicious but not recommended as rehydrating drinks, because the water go out of the cells instead to enter to them.
Healthy Fruit Smoothies Recipes
- Easy Healthy Smoothies Recipe from Chew On That
- Strawberry & Banana Smoothie from NoobCook
- Smoothie Secrets from 5 Star Foodie – Culinary Adventures
- Recipe: The Addison’s Peach-Berry Smoothie from Inn Cuisine
- Namaste Cafe and a Smoothie Recipe from Healthy and Gourmet
- Foodie Friday – Smoothies (because it’s summer… and it’s HOT) from Way More Homemade
- Tropical Fruit Ice Cubes, Foodportunity, and a Vegan Smoothie from DianasaurDishes
- Strawberry and Banana Smoothie from For the love of cooking
- Got (Rice) Milk?: Avocado & Strawberry Smoothie from Zomppa
- Banana Mango Smoothie from Food Gourmand
- Blueberry smoothie from Health Nut
- Green Smoothies from A Veggie Venture
- Sophie’s breakfast smoothie from Sophies Foodiefiles
- Banana-Papaya Smoothie (recipe) from TriniGourmet
- Berry Banana Smoothie from Simply Recipes
- Blueberry Smoothie- Veganluscious from Karina’s Kitchen
- Avocado Smoothie with Soy Milk from Andrea’s Recipes
- Summer Recipe: Summer Berry Smoothie from My Cooking Hut
- Strawberry Green Smoothie from TammysRecipes
I’m pretty sure that, every now and then, you enjoy some appetizing smoothie. Which are your preferred ones?
Have you felt the sensation of being thirstier after drunk some hypertonic drinks?
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Great Post! I love smoothies…so refreshing!!
For us, breakfast is not complete without a smoothie – we have them every day. The base fruit is bananas and oranges but we love to add peaches, apples, pineapple, grapes, we usually just add a bit of soy milk so we can blend, but otherwise its mostly fruit.
I also love adding different herbs and a favorite is basil.
Thanks for the great info on the different types of drinks, I certainly had no idea.
Great info! smoothies is always welcome in my home. Thanks gera!
Thanks for the insightful drink info. I really enjoy fruit smoothies especially without ice cream. The natural sweetness from the fruit is plenty for me!
great links and good post Gera thanks
I love smoothies! They are very refreshing!
Such great info for us! I hardly ever drink soda, it doesn't quench my thirst and actually makes me thirstier just like you said here. I love smoothies – always with bananas and sometimes berries or even dates if I have them.
ohhh I am a huge fan of smoothies, I try to keep them all natural by using fresh fruits and low fat yogurt and a little bit of pom or apple juice!
A wonderful smoothie! Thanks for the links!
Cheers,
Rosa
I don't like drinking a lot of dairy so a smoothie that is rich in fruit is perfect for me!
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Great post Gera. I love smoothies and am a no-soda person! My kids love smoothies too. Made a mango-yougurt-vanilla sugar smoothie/mango lassi over the weekend that they loved!
Smoothies are a great way to start the day! Banana, strawberry, blueberry with a little yogurt is my favorite!
Great information! We drink a lot of smoothies here. I think our favorite right now may be the acai banana smoothie, my daughter said it's the best one she's ever had!
I enjoyed my visit here and the smoothies looks delightful, yum! yum!
Thank you for the info about the types of drinks. I love smoothies and they are among our favorites during summer. Generally we mix fruits of any kind with a little yogurt and some honey.
Great looking smoothie! Thanks for the explanation and recipes. We also recommend this list of Top 10 Smoothies!
I love smoothies!!! Thanks for the wonderful info and links!!!
Buen trabajo Gera
Wow, thanks for a real education about fruity drinks. I didn't know those terms before. Helpful info the next time I walk into Jamba Juice.
Love your smoothie with a touch of salt at the rim. I love isotonic drinks, opps I drink them even when I'm not exercising
Thanks for the link ^^
Great info on the different types of drinks out there. I never drink sodas and can't remember the last time I had fruit juice (prefer to eat fresh fruit) but this will make me think more every time I think of hydrating.
hello gera!
thanx for the links!
great info! i rili vud love to try a banana and strawberry smoothie
hello gera!
thanx for the links!
great info! i rili vud love to try a banana and strawberry smoothie
@The Healthy Apple
Smoothies are pure sweetness
@OysterCulture
More fruits more flavorful, with soy milk is extremely healthy
@Jessie
The smoothies with low fat yogurt are one of my fav too
@Elra
No doubt about it, after saw all the baked things done by you
@redkathy
Sometimes a little of ice cream can spice it up: D
@Chow and Chatter
Thanks Rebecca!
@♥peachkins♥
Refreshing and you always want more
@Cinnamon Girl aka Reeni♥
Bananas and berries are great combo.
Sodas are hypertonic drinks, make you thirstier
@Rosa's Yummy Yums
Thanks Rosa!
@Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
Few dairy? So healthy fruit smoothies should be on daily basis for you
@Deeba @Passionate About Baking
The smoothie/lassi with mango-yogurt-vanilla sound spectacular!
@averagebetty
Wow definitively agree with your choices
@5 Star Foodie
Natasha you make wonderful desserts including awesome smoothies
@Rena
Happy you've enjoyed your visit here
@zerrin
Smoothies with a touch of honey instead of sugar are great as well
@Hillary
Thanks for the worthy link Hillary
@Erica
Thanks to you Erica, muchas gracias
@Carolyn Jung
Glad you find these technical & scientific terms about drinks useful
@noobcook
Isotonic drinks can supply extra kcals that without exercise, can be a great theme
@Natasha
In very hot days to be hydrated should be done knowing really what to drink
@nora@ffr
Happy you like it Nora
thanks so much for all this knowledge about smoothies and drinks! This is fantastic, and those are great tips for healthy, delicious smoothies!
INCREDIBLE smoothie recipes and information!
You always come up with the most fabulous collections, Gera! It's still pretty hot out here in LA, so I really appreciate it!
Wow, so much information about a very confusing issue! GREG
try freezing those in an ice tray to make popsicles!
Homemade smoothies are sssooo good!
Learned somethings i did not know:-)
never heard of anyone not liking smoothies. lovely collection.
Banana shake one of my favorite health drink.
we have them every day. The base fruit is bananas and oranges but we love to add peaches, apples, pineapple, grapes, we usually just add a bit of soy milk so we can blend, but otherwise its mostly fruit.
I love smoothies and they are among our favorites during summer. Generally we mix fruits of any kind with a little yogurt and some honey.
smoothies is always welcome in my home. Thanks gera!
I hardly ever drink soda, it doesn't quench my thirst and actually makes me thirstier just like you said here. I love smoothies – always with bananas and sometimes berries or even dates if I have them.
I love smoothies, my hubby made one for me last night. I better tell him I'm craving for another one now.. Great post.
They are very refreshing! I looks like very healthy
Drinks do come categorized and we should try to have more of Hypertonic drinks. Other than juice I’m choosy about smoothies but instead of having soda or caffeinated drinks its safer to adapt to smoothie drinking habits.
I think it is easy for most people to assume that all smoothies are healthy, and not think much beyond that. This is really good information, and I wish more people were aware of the difference between Hypotonic, Isotonic, Hypertonic drinks.
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This Smoothy is so good you will never want to go buy one again. Not only is is rich and creamy, it’s good for you too. It is packed with vitamin C! I just made my first batch and my roommates gobbled it up! I love that you can read up on how this will affect you.
This comes at just the right time for Floridians. It is strawberry season and orange season, add to some creamy frozen bananas to the blend and this triple threat will leave you NEEDING more.
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