Breakfast, as we all know, is the most important meal of the day. And a breakfast smoothie is a speedy and cost-saving solution to the bodega bagel or soggy coffee chain egg cup. Ultra-processed options be damned. But the science-savvy voice of Jessie Inchauspé—better known as the Glucose Goddess — issues a clear statement for when you break out the blender.

“It is really important to not have a breakfast that is just a fruit smoothie…what you really want to avoid is a pure mango, banana, apple, strawberry fruit smoothie,” she says on her Instagram . “The fruit can be there…as long as it’s there for taste and you’re adding lots of the other good stuff in there.” While that sweet—and sugary—kick sounds like a sunny way to start your morning, Inchauspé is echoing the bigger picture

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