Toby’s Diabetes-Friendly Smoothie

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A couple of weeks ago, we posted an overview of best practices if you want to have a smoothie as you manage your blood sugar levels. In today’s video, I will share a recipe for a smoothie that follows the guidelines I mentioned.

Let’s Review…

Make sure the smoothie with all the ingredients you add does not run your caloric intake too high and cause weight gain; to help blunt sharp rises in blood sugar from fruit or juice;

• Add protein as one of the ingredients, like peanut butter,
• or plant-based milk that has only 1 gram or less of carb but contains 8 grams of protein,
• or add whey protein (because there was a small study done on people with type 2 diabetes that showed whey protein could have a glucose-lowering effect)

Be Sure To Check Out-Are Smoothies Good For My Diabetes?

Now To Make The Smoothie

My ingredients today are:

• 1 cup plant-based milk, containing 1 gram of carb or less (or use 1 ounce of this whey protein powder and 1 cup of water)
• 3/4 cup blueberries
• 3/4 cup strawberries
• 1 T peanut or almond butter

The recipe directions are as simple as it gets…

Combine all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. I’m going to go with the whey powder and water

The nutrition info for this whey powder and almond butter version is:

• 254 calories
• 26 grams of carbs
• 15 grams proteins
• 9 grams of fat
• 56 mg sodium

If I wanted to increase the volume of this recipe, I can just add more water…. Water will not change the nutrition information.

For one serving using the plant-based milk and almond butter recipe the numbers are:

• 254 calories
• 26 grams carb
• 11 grams protein
• 12grams fat
• 226 mg sodium

Remember, the calories and carbohydrates we drink have precisely the same effects as the calories and carbohydrates we eat. Smoothies are a great option as long as we remember that simple truth.