Health shake
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A health shake is a blended
drink intended to be, or marketed as being, healthy for one to consume. Slim-Fast is a prominent example. Bodybuilders sometimes drink a protein shake
to help build and repair muscles. Some health shakes are intended as a meal replacement
, often as a supposedly healthier alternative to traditional sugar- and fat-laden breakfast
s. However, some health shakes have more amounts of calories than a plate of pancakes or cheese omelet.
Any number of ingredients may be put into a health shake, including superfood
s, bee pollen, peanut butter
, coconut oil
, bean powder, clover
sprouts, etc. Health shakes can be quite similar to smoothies, although they are not necessarily chilled and tend to not contain large quantities of fruit
.
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drink intended to be, or marketed as being, healthy for one to consume. Slim-Fast is a prominent example. Bodybuilders sometimes drink a protein shake
Protein shake
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to help build and repair muscles. Some health shakes are intended as a meal replacement
Meal replacement
A meal replacement drink is one intended as a substitute for a solid food meal, usually for purposes of weight loss. Often such drinks are in the form of a health shake. Medically-prescribed meal replacement drinks, which include required vitamins and minerals, include Optifast and HMR...
, often as a supposedly healthier alternative to traditional sugar- and fat-laden breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast is the first meal taken after rising from a night's sleep, most often eaten in the early morning before undertaking the day's work...
s. However, some health shakes have more amounts of calories than a plate of pancakes or cheese omelet.
Any number of ingredients may be put into a health shake, including superfood
Superfood
Superfood is a term used by various people in a wide variety of manners and contexts. For example, it is sometimes used to describe food with high phytonutrient content that may confer health benefits as a result...
s, bee pollen, peanut butter
Peanut butter
Peanut butter is a food paste made primarily from ground dry roasted peanuts, popular in North America, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and parts of Asia, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia. It is mainly used as a sandwich spread, sometimes in combination as in the peanut butter and jelly...
, coconut oil
Coconut oil
Coconut oil is an edible oil extracted from the kernel or meat of matured coconuts harvested from the coconut palm . Throughout the tropical world, it has provided the primary source of fat in the diets of millions of people for generations. It has various applications in food, medicine, and industry...
, bean powder, clover
Clover
Clover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the leguminous pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes...
sprouts, etc. Health shakes can be quite similar to smoothies, although they are not necessarily chilled and tend to not contain large quantities of fruit
Fruit
In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
.