How good are juices?
The only drawback to drinking juices and smoothies is, that in order to get one glass of orange juice (I use oranges as an example only), you have to squeeze more than one oranges. This makes juices and smoothies less than ideal if you are trying to follow a low calorie plan or if you want to watch the amount of nutrients ingested at one sitting. In other words, juices and smoothies can be a double-edged sword – on one side they are packed with nutrients and on the other side they are packed with calories. Some beverages also contain a lot of sugar and they will be represented as high either in the glycemic index or glycemic load tables.
