# Worthwhile smoothie add-ins?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-smoothie-add-ins/821511>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-smoothie-add-ins/821511 "2018-09-18T02:12:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-smoothie-add-ins/821511/1 "2018-09-18T02:12:53Z")

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I’ve started making simple smoothies for a quick on-the-go breakfast (frozen mixed fruit + plain greek yogurt + water.)

I see many “superfood” add-in ingredients recommended - flax, bee pollen, acai, cacao, hemp (that plant seems to magically be the hippies’ answer to everything, LOL), chia, goji, maca, spirulina, etc…

I don’t know what half of these things are, and suspect a lot of hype and/or “woo” involved with them (“fat burning”, etc.) - are there any that are truly nutritionally useful? Ideally they would increase satiety, and be complementary or neutral in flavor/texture.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-smoothie-add-ins/821511/2 "2018-09-18T02:23:05Z")

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