Smoothies to lose weight, are they healthy or a dangerous fad? Nutritionists respond. Liam Hemsworth blamed spinach smoothies for an episode of kidney stones he suffered in 2019 that required surgery.
When we take them to replace a meal "we are accustoming our body to drinking liquid instead of solid, so we can later have heavier digestion," says Sandra Moñino, dietician and nutritionist expert in anti-inflammatory diet. Smoothies can inflame our body because they promote malnutrition since it will never be the same as feeding us from solids.