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Most of us, especially children, don't' eat enough fruits and vegetables. Smoothies can change this for you, your family and your patients. This is especially true if you keep the other ingredients healthy and you find them satisfying.  They help us to eat more fruits and vegetables quickly and easily. Unlike juices, you get all the fiber in a smoothie.. For a quick snack try 3/4 cup of frozen fruit, a handful of greens and nondairy milk and a teaspoon of coconut oil or nut butter.  For a complete meal, add more fruits veggies, twice the fat and a protein.

Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University and author of the Volumetric diet book series  says, "most of us are not eating enough fruits and vegetables, so if [smoothies are] encouraging people to eat more fruits and vegetables, they're keeping the other ingredients pretty healthy and they're finding them satisfying, I think that could be a good thing."