Since I started drinking more soups and smoothies and less solid foods, I have dropped a bit of weight. Not a lot, just a few pounds. In addition, I feel less ‘full’ after having liquid meals.
Why is this? Shouldn’t calories be the same, regardless of whether something is in solid or liquid form?
For example, I had a smoothie with two bananas, a cup of blueberries, and two cups of oat milk today. I could never bring myself to actually eat two bananas, a cup of blueberries, and two cups of oat milk *separately,* but blended together I can consume all of that, no problem. Why?
In: Biology
Think of your stomach like a bucket with a holes in it.
Liquids pass through with relative ease, where as solids need to be decreased in size through digestion until they’re small enough to pass through the hole.
Your stomach sends a message to your brain when it’s full, and as liquids are passing through quicker than solids, it can stop the message being sent.
Another interesting point on calories is how many you consume drinking juice Vs whole fruit. For example, a glass of orange juice is like 6 oranges… But try eating 6 oranges at once.
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