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Originally Posted by RuthB
I was under the impression that if you use whole fruit/veg and blend them into the smoothie drink that you're still getting the relevant nutrients and benefits from the fruit/veg itself, since you're using all of the fruit/veg and not cooking it in any way.
Of course, I'm not a nutritionist, nor am I trained in any way as such. I base my knowledge on what I've read, and of course what I've read may have been misinformed.
So are you saying that by drinking smoothies consisting of fruits and vegetables each day, I'm not actually getting my '5 daily servings' I'm supposed to get each day, even if I'm using the equivalent amount of fruit and veg in the smoothie itself?
I wouldn't have thought the nutrients/benefits would degrade simply from being pureed.. ?
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I'm not a nutritionist either and I am sure some people will argue that the nutrients derived from drinking your veggies or fruits are exactly the same as if from eating them in solid form. But I reject all those arguments even if they are technically correct no matter how much evidence they are supported by for a whole host of other reasons that I feel are important. You are free to disagree if you are hell bent on drinking your veggies and fruits no matter what, but in my opinion it's just not as healthy from a psychological or physiological viewpoint. Firstly, drinking liquid food is not the same as eating solid food. It doesn't exert the same pressure on your stomach walls, it doesn't satiate you in the same way and your brain doesn't react to it the same way. Essentially you are training your body to subsitute liquid food for solid and that to me is always bad. You also don't get the benefit of the fiber in solid food if you are drinking it. I just have a strong aversion to any of the shakes, smoothies, concoctions, bars or other ways that the diet industry sells you that provide a way around simply doing what you are supposed to and eating healthy solid foods including protein, carbs and fats from a variety of sources including fruits and vegetables.