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Make a Power Smoothie

Choose from three fruit-forward, protein-packed recipes

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Staying Sharp

Updated July 31, 2023

Updated July 31, 2023

A blueberry and banana smoothie with a banana and blueberries beside it

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Quick Win

These smoothies are a triple threat: delicious, nutritious and filling. Try one today for breakfast or a snack.

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The High-Protein Fruitie Smoothie is packed with protein from Greek yogurt, cottage cheese or milk and protein powder.
This Almond Butter & Banana Protein Smoothie delivers on creaminess and cinnamon flavor.
With spinach, Greek yogurt and protein-packed chia seeds, our Coconut-Blueberry Green Smoothie offers substance, style and amazing flavor.

Why

Smoothies can provide a lot of nutritional bang for your buck when you make them with fiber- and nutrient-rich produce along with a healthy source of protein. Having one for breakfast or a snack can help you spread out your protein throughout the day, rather than getting most of it at dinnertime. Eating protein-rich foods evenly throughout the day was linked to greater muscle strength in a study of 192 healthy women ages 18 to 79 reported in 2022 in Nutrition and Metabolic Insights.

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