Two types of people buy smoothies:
1. Really cool teenagers trying to become cooler teenagers.
2. People who are healthy.
I am neither of these. But, I went and got a smoothie this morning from Smoothie Junction. This is a new smoothie place about a block from my house in Clearwater. It's owned by Bucs player Joey Galloway and his friend Dr. Michael Youssef. They have combined all of their "health" knowledge to create a mecca for
health freaks.
In addition to just selling smoothies that have stocked their store with health products and supplements. They have the cheapest prices you can find and 3/4 of their store is dedicated to hundreds and hundreds of products.
The good news? Their smoothies taste really good too.
Being the kind of man that I am, I went for the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Smoothie. Trust me, this is no shake from Chick-Fil-A but it was still creamy and delicious. Unlike other treats that have a chocolate peanut butter combination this only had 272 calories. Not to mention it's packed with 27 grams of protein and .6 grams of fiber. (I think this all means it's good for you).
As I started to suck down this creamy health drink the employee told me that it was a breakfast "meal replacement." A what? Does this mean I can't eat breakfast now because I just ate it through a straw? Although, I can't really complain since I ate chocolate and peanut butter for breakfast.
The difference between Smoothie Junction and every other smoothie place is simple. It's really all about health and how smoothies can enhance your wellness. Taste and flavor is important, but at the Junction health rules. They have a whole brochure at the register that has all of the calories, fat, carbs and other information about every one of their smoothies. For example: Fluffernutter Smoothie (fluffernutter is amazing by itself, imagine it in smoothie form) has 384 calories but 24.5 grams of protein.
Bottom line: If you're living on this planet, jamba your way to Smoothie Junction where you will be treated like a healthy king.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Jamba your Way to Smoothie Junction
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Smoothies are sketchy because I thought everyone in the world was aware of the fact that they AREN'T ACTUALLY HEALTHY. Everyone used to think they were healthy...but now we all know that we were wrong. The funny thing is that people still come to Ebar and go "Oooh smoothies! I should be good today, I think I'll get one." Which causes me to go "Seriously?? You'd actually be better off with a milkshake, calorie-wise." I love when people go "Hmm...what has more sugar? A latte or a smoothie?" Uh let me think...our smoothies have fruit juice, sorbet, and fruit. A latte has espresso and milk...are you really too dumb to figure that out? Anyway, point is: Smoothie Junction sounds fascinating because their smoothies might actually have a chance of being healthier than...oh, say, eating a whole cake.
ReplyDeleteSo did you eat brekfast on top of the smoothie or not???
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I did not eat breakfast after my smoothie...I ate it before...
ReplyDeleteyour an idiot if u think all smoothies are bad for you...hmm lets just think. mike youseff one of the founders is a doctor. in which his reume iuncludes...Brown, WV med school, Duke, and Baylor. smoothies are bad if u make them bad...it depends on what you put into them. My guess is that your just mad because your body isnt the way u want and you can't have smoothies, but my body is and I drink them all the time. all natural, healthy ones. sorry if i come off wrong but that was a very unintelligant answer...oh and not to mention. smoothie king and jamba juice smoothies are loaded, i mean loaded with sugars and carbs. smoothie junction's chocolate peanut better cup has 4 g of fat, 25 carbs, and 27 g protein. the numbers dont lie.
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