“This smoothie cleanse is awesome,” my friend Trevor told me as we walked to our local boxing gym.
Trevor was already straw-deep in 32 ounces of bright blue frozen slush, and he was slurping it up like he hadn’t had water in a week.
“I’m just replacing breakfast and my snacks with these, and I’m not even hungry!” he laughed. “I can’t believe this actually works.”
“So you’re losing weight?” I asked him, a bit skeptical about these supersized smoothie he was toting around.
“Well, that’s the thing,” he replied. “I’m not hungry all the time, but I’m not losing any weight, either. Even worse, I’m paying through the nose for these drinks.”
“Here’s the problem,” I said, pulling up his favorite juice joint’s menu on my phone. “That smoothie has more calories than your average milkshake, and that cup has about six servings in it! No wonder you’re struggling.
“How about this: for a week, try adding some of the Zero Belly Smoothies recipes to your diet in place of these shakes, and see how it goes? You can supplement with the 40 Drinks That Fight Fat, too.”
“Deal,” Trevor replied, tossing his sugar-packed smoothie in the trash.
While the recipes in the Zero Belly Cookbook and Zero Belly Smoothies may be the key to a flatter belly and healthier body, all smoothies are far from equal. Most of the smoothies you’ll get at your favorite juice chain or supermarket will give you little more than a spare tire and a sugar crash to look forward to later. I’ve rounded up the worst offenders, so read on to discover if your favorite drink is one of the 42 Worst Smoothies on the Market!