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This photo was posted on Facebook. Despite all the hashtags here's at least two major reasons why this smoothie & ones like it are NOT #healthy for you: 

1) When you go to Naked's website (http://www.nakedjuice.com/our-products/juice/green-machine) to see the ingredients, no where does it say that their fruits, veggies, or other ingredients are GMO-free, pesticide-free, herbicide-free, etc. That's a problem because GMOs are why people are getting diseases like cancer more frequently & at younger ages, having reproductive issues/birth defects, digestive system issues, body toxicity issues, more food allergies, etc., and because consuming non-organic fruits & veggies that are full of pesticides/herbicides are what also cause birth defects, increased cases of mental illness & diseases like cancer.

2) Look at the nutrition facts. Way too much sugar to be drinking. All that sugar is because almost 50% of the ingredients are fruits which is just fructose without the fiber that comes from drinking the meat of the fruit with the juice. All that fructose will spike your insulin (blood sugar) levels through the roof, which then increases levels of the body fat producing hormone cortisol in the body. You're better off buying your own organic fruits & veggies, making a smoothie that's 80-90% veggies with just a little fruit for taste. And you must drink the meat of the veggies & fruit, not just the juice, so stick with blenders instead of juicers to make your #healthy smoothie.