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How do you avoid too much sugar in smoothies?

Prioritize low-sugar picks like frozen berries, and use bananas, mangoes, and pineapple in moderation. 4. Make sure your milk says this. Always choose an "unsweetened" non-dairy milk alternative like unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk for your smoothie.

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You drink smoothies to lose some pounds or maybe the morning after a midnight nacho bender. But if you think your delicious, fruit-packed kale shake is anything other than a green-colored Frosty, you could be deluding yourself. Most smoothies are ridiculously high in sugar—in fact, some can pack as many grams of the sweet stuff as are in two cans of Coke. What's that? Your smoothie is made from only natural sugar found in fruit or honey? That's great, but the natural stuff will still send your blood-sugar levels sky-high, which we're betting is not exactly how you want to start your morning or end a great workout. Here, my six best tips to make a leaner, cleaner drink that still tastes fabulous, but doesn't have all the sugar of a commercial soda. (Lose up to 15 pounds WITHOUT dieting with Eat Clean to Get Lean, our 21-day clean-eating meal plan.)

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1. Rock a new base. Proper texture and consistency is key to a tasty smoothie, but adding two frozen bananas to your shake will also add at least 30 g of sugar. Instead, start with an avocado as your texture foundation—they're low in sugar but amazingly high in fiber, potassium, and healthy fat. A little frozen banana (think no more than half) is fine, too, or you can use a half of a pear with added ice cubes for better texture. Just avoid at all costs icy additives like frozen yogurt and ice cream, for obvious reasons. 2. Add more of this. The healthiest ingredient you can put in your smoothie are green vegetables like kale, spinach, collard greens, so make these the bulk of your healthy cocktail. You'll get less sugar by default and more antioxidants, fiber, and other vital nutrients. 3. Add less of this. Sure, fruit is healthy, but if you add tons of it to one shake, like many smoothie shops do, you'll rev up your sugar odometer into the red zone. Prioritize low-sugar picks like frozen berries, and use bananas, mangoes, and pineapple in moderation.

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4. Make sure your milk says this. Always choose an "unsweetened" non-dairy milk alternative like unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk for your smoothie. Don't be fooled by "plain" or "original" alt milks, which can still contain sweeteners. Better yet, blend your drink with unsweetened green tea or just water, both which have zero sugar. 5. Boost it without blowing it. Skip the sweetened protein powders, sugary yogurt, honey, and other add-ins and boost your smoothie with unsweetened protein powder (read to make sure it doesn't have artificial sugars), spirulina greens, chia seeds, flax seeds, hemp seeds, raw nuts, carob powder, cocoa powder, lemon juice, matcha green tea powder, and/or bee pollen. If you like the probiotic kick of yogurt, add supplemental probiotic powder instead. 6. Don't double up. Put all this into one smoothie and you don't need to eat a meal, too. Smoothies can serve as full meals when they contain a good source of carbs like veggies and fruit, along with protein and fat from milk, nuts, avocado, and/or unsweetened protein powder.

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The Hurricane has become one of the most well-known vacation cocktails. Often associated with southern and tropical climates, the taste of this delicious drink has been captured in Hawaiian Shaved Ice’s Hurricane flavor shaved ice syrup. When devouring your very own hurricane shave ice cone, you’ll quickly realize just how much more satisfying this flavor is when poured over a fresh batch of cold and refreshing shaved ice. Hurricane flavor shaved ice syrup from Hawaiian Shaved Ice contains the delightful passion fruit and sweet rum flavors associated with the drink without containing any of the alcohol. Therefore, kids and adults alike can enjoy a tasty Hurricane shave ice cone with this syrup. You’ll feel like you’re vacationing right on Bourbon Street with this New Orleans-born flavor captured in our Hurricane flavor shaved ice syrup. Hawaiian Shaved Ice’s Hurricane shave ice syrup has a mouth-watering bold red color that looks just like a fresh-poured Hurricane cocktail. Order your hurricane flavor shaved ice syrup today in quart size, gallon size , or as part of a multi-pack

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