Juice/Smoothie bars
Discussion
swerni said:
Answer your question?
Almost all fruit and vegetables count towards your 5 A Day, so it may be easier than you think to get your recommended daily amount.
At a glance: what counts?
80g of fresh, canned and or frozen fruit and vegetables counts as 1 portion of your 5 A Day. Opt for tinned or canned fruit and vegetables in natural juice or water, with no added sugar or salt.
30g of dried fruit (this is equivalent to around 80g fresh fruit) counts as 1 portion of your 5 A Day. Dried fruit should be eaten at mealtimes, not as a between-meal snack, to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
Some portions only count once in a day:
150ml fruit juice, vegetable juice or smoothie. Limit the amount you drink to a combined total of 150ml a day. Crushing fruit and vegetables into juice and smoothies releases the sugars contained in the fruit and vegetables, which can cause damage to teeth. Juices and smoothies should be consumed at mealtimes, not as a between-meal snack, to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
What question are you answering? Almost all fruit and vegetables count towards your 5 A Day, so it may be easier than you think to get your recommended daily amount.
At a glance: what counts?
80g of fresh, canned and or frozen fruit and vegetables counts as 1 portion of your 5 A Day. Opt for tinned or canned fruit and vegetables in natural juice or water, with no added sugar or salt.
30g of dried fruit (this is equivalent to around 80g fresh fruit) counts as 1 portion of your 5 A Day. Dried fruit should be eaten at mealtimes, not as a between-meal snack, to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
Some portions only count once in a day:
150ml fruit juice, vegetable juice or smoothie. Limit the amount you drink to a combined total of 150ml a day. Crushing fruit and vegetables into juice and smoothies releases the sugars contained in the fruit and vegetables, which can cause damage to teeth. Juices and smoothies should be consumed at mealtimes, not as a between-meal snack, to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
liam1986 said:
Monkeylegend said:
liam1986 said:
Monkeylegend said:
Looks like you have found it then, well done you.
You haven't read what I wrote. Try again.Good start.
But they say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,
Very true
and it seems you have been taught something recently
No. This is stuff taught at A level
and feel you can call out a medical doctor based on that. Bad form on your part.
Someone claiming to be a medical doctor
Monkeylegend said:
liam1986 said:
Monkeylegend said:
liam1986 said:
Monkeylegend said:
Looks like you have found it then, well done you.
You haven't read what I wrote. Try again.Good start.
But they say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,
Very true
and it seems you have been taught something recently
No. This is stuff taught at A level
and feel you can call out a medical doctor based on that. Bad form on your part.
Someone claiming to be a medical doctor
Any thoughts on the rest of the post?
liam1986 said:
Monkeylegend said:
liam1986 said:
Monkeylegend said:
liam1986 said:
Monkeylegend said:
Looks like you have found it then, well done you.
You haven't read what I wrote. Try again.Good start.
But they say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,
Very true
and it seems you have been taught something recently
No. This is stuff taught at A level
and feel you can call out a medical doctor based on that. Bad form on your part.
Someone claiming to be a medical doctor
Any thoughts on the rest of the post?
king clue what you are on about 
Response.
swerni said:
Answer your question?
Almost all fruit and vegetables count towards your 5 A Day, so it may be easier than you think to get your recommended daily amount.
At a glance: what counts?
80g of fresh, canned and or frozen fruit and vegetables counts as 1 portion of your 5 A Day. Opt for tinned or canned fruit and vegetables in natural juice or water, with no added sugar or salt.
30g of dried fruit (this is equivalent to around 80g fresh fruit) counts as 1 portion of your 5 A Day. Dried fruit should be eaten at mealtimes, not as a between-meal snack, to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
Some portions only count once in a day:
150ml fruit juice, vegetable juice or smoothie. Limit the amount you drink to a combined total of 150ml a day. Crushing fruit and vegetables into juice and smoothies releases the sugars contained in the fruit and vegetables, which can cause damage to teeth. Juices and smoothies should be consumed at mealtimes, not as a between-meal snack, to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
Thank you for all that info, hopefully some will find it interesting. Personally I rarely drink fruit juice.Almost all fruit and vegetables count towards your 5 A Day, so it may be easier than you think to get your recommended daily amount.
At a glance: what counts?
80g of fresh, canned and or frozen fruit and vegetables counts as 1 portion of your 5 A Day. Opt for tinned or canned fruit and vegetables in natural juice or water, with no added sugar or salt.
30g of dried fruit (this is equivalent to around 80g fresh fruit) counts as 1 portion of your 5 A Day. Dried fruit should be eaten at mealtimes, not as a between-meal snack, to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
Some portions only count once in a day:
150ml fruit juice, vegetable juice or smoothie. Limit the amount you drink to a combined total of 150ml a day. Crushing fruit and vegetables into juice and smoothies releases the sugars contained in the fruit and vegetables, which can cause damage to teeth. Juices and smoothies should be consumed at mealtimes, not as a between-meal snack, to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
Thankyou4calling said:
Alas health is not a priority with most.
I beg to differ actually. Peoples attitude is changing to more healthier options, or what is perceived as healthy anyway.For example, I own a few convenience stores and if you told me 5 years ago that the majority of the school kids coming in would be buying water or the "sports" drinks that are marketed as being healthy, I would have laughed you to next week.
As it is, the majority of kids, and adults, are now preferring water, flavoured water & sports drinks over traditional carbonated cola style drinks. Energy drinks are still a big part of the market, but even these have recently shifted to people choosing the sugar free versions.
5 years ago I would have had a mix of 80% carbonated sugar drinks, 10% sugar free & 5% Water on offer. Now, by comparison my soft drinks fridge is 40% carbonated sugar drinks, 30% sugar free, 30% water & flavoured water.
Strange... these places do amazingly well in Australia and Singapore
https://www.boostjuice.com.au/drinks/
https://www.boostjuice.com.au/drinks/
swerni said:
I didn't mention fruit at all. If I ever have a smoothie it's mainly veg based, kale / spinach/ ginger / chilli and apple etc.
Any additional calories, regardless of source will have an adverse effect and as you rightly say " will not end well", but as an alternative to maccy D's or Subway etc?
does the ginger affect the flavour much?Any additional calories, regardless of source will have an adverse effect and as you rightly say " will not end well", but as an alternative to maccy D's or Subway etc?
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