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Product Reviews for Athletes
Buddy Fruits & Veggies
Fruit purées are not new, but adding vegetables (our superfoods) to them thereby making smoothies portable IS new. Buddy Fruits have a small pouch that makes them easy to pack in a sports bag, or even carry in a pocket. Their recipes are simply fruit purées, vegetable purées and fruit juices. Most have 15 grams of carbohydrates per pouch making eating them the equivalent of eating 1 whole fruit (i.e apple).
Processed produce are not a first choice normally, but 1 to 2 hours before sport when digestion time is limited processing food helps speed up digestion. So have fruit and vegetable purées in the hours closer to sport and right after sport to benefit from a quick digesting option.
Fruit and vegetable purées can be combined with milk or soymilk to make a quick smoothie on-the-go. Many grocery stores carry tetra-packed milks that will preserve un-refridgerated. Fruit and vegetable purées can also be great energy top-ups in combination with a recovery snack.
company website: www.buddyfruits.com
cost per pouch: $1.29-$2.00 (IGA online grocery price)
Disclaimer:Pearle reviews products for the benefit of her hockey playing community. She never accepts endorsements from supplement companies. The company is notified of Pearle’s product review after her review has been published.
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Pearle Nerenberg, MSc., R.D. is Canada's leading expert on hockey nutrition, and author of the book The Nutrition Edge for Hockey Performance. She co-founded and chairs the Hockey Nutrition Network, an international non-profit organization dedicated to linking hockey players with top sports dietitians who have an expertise in hockey nutrition.
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