Are the low carb smoothies at Smoothie King with 6 grams of Carbs allowed on Phase 1?

Hi Nurse!!! Welcome to LCE!!!!

I'm not familiar with this place, but I would say that you might want to find out what the ingredients are. If they contain fruit, the answer would be "no". That would be something to wait on until phase I is over. Are you doing South Beach? If you are doing Atkins it's a definite "no" until after induction. The reason for this is that you want to eliminate all sugars, including fruit sugars, to give your insulin response a chance to normalize.

I would find out what they put into the smoothies, post them here and then get more feedback. We need a little more info.

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Hi nurse2929,
Fruit and dairy(in the form of kefir and yogart) are not allowed on induction. A good lo carb smoothie would be something you might want to add later on into OWL on occasion as a treat.
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Wow, I didn't know Smoothie King had anything LC! We have one near my work. I'll try to avoid it for the next few weeks, but it's great to know I have something to look forward to!

~*Have a wonderful LC Day! *~