Is one of the biggest health food misconceptions the obsession with smoothies and bowls of fruit?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I make a smoothie with a bunch of spinach, a banana, and a bunch of frozen mango. And water. I feel like it’s pretty healthy.

Pulverizing/blending fruit rids it of fiber and you consume many more servings and calories when you get fruit in via smoothies. That’s why they can be unhealthy. It’s like drinking a quart of mango juice.

No, blended fruit still has the fiber present.

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I don't know what you think your teeth do, but chewing up and swallowing a bite of apple and blending it into a smoothy are basically the same, nutritionally. Juicing, which DOES remove the fiber is very different.

[Anonymous]

Look at it this way. On Weight Watchers, fruit, pieces of fruit is unlimited in quantity. You can eat as much hand fruit as you want, bananas included. Eating whole fruit fills you and provides fiber.

But you can’t take the fruit and make smoothies with it. Why? You destroy the fiber, you destroy the filling serving of food in your stomach, and you eat many more servings with a huge sugar rush.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at it this way. On Weight Watchers, fruit, pieces of fruit is unlimited in quantity. You can eat as much hand fruit as you want, bananas included. Eating whole fruit fills you and provides fiber.

But you can’t take the fruit and make smoothies with it. Why? You destroy the fiber, you destroy the filling serving of food in your stomach, and you eat many more servings with a huge sugar rush.

Mashing up a piece of fruit does not destroy the fiber omg lady

[Anonymous]

Pop nutrition has really ruined some people's brains. I know one family that told their DCs that "sugar is sugar, a candy bar is the same as strawberries". Guess who struggles with weight.

Oh well. Keep shunning carbs and fruit while you struggle with your weight and can't imaginnnnne why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at it this way. On Weight Watchers, fruit, pieces of fruit is unlimited in quantity. You can eat as much hand fruit as you want, bananas included. Eating whole fruit fills you and provides fiber.

But you can’t take the fruit and make smoothies with it. Why? You destroy the fiber, you destroy the filling serving of food in your stomach, and you eat many more servings with a huge sugar rush.

I haven’t seen anything reputable stating that the fiber in smoothies is destroyed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at it this way. On Weight Watchers, fruit, pieces of fruit is unlimited in quantity. You can eat as much hand fruit as you want, bananas included. Eating whole fruit fills you and provides fiber.

But you can’t take the fruit and make smoothies with it. Why? You destroy the fiber, you destroy the filling serving of food in your stomach, and you eat many more servings with a huge sugar rush.

Let's all take diet advice from someone who needs Weight Watchers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at it this way. On Weight Watchers, fruit, pieces of fruit is unlimited in quantity. You can eat as much hand fruit as you want, bananas included. Eating whole fruit fills you and provides fiber.

But you can’t take the fruit and make smoothies with it. Why? You destroy the fiber, you destroy the filling serving of food in your stomach, and you eat many more servings with a huge sugar rush.

I don’t know if a lot of people getting a sugar rush after eating mashed up spinach/ banana with 4 strawberries thrown in. Like not even diabetics.

[Anonymous]

So I toss some frozen fruit into a blender along with other stuff and blend it up. Someone please tell me where the fiber goes if not in my mouth and then my stomach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at it this way. On Weight Watchers, fruit, pieces of fruit is unlimited in quantity. You can eat as much hand fruit as you want, bananas included. Eating whole fruit fills you and provides fiber.

But you can’t take the fruit and make smoothies with it. Why? You destroy the fiber, you destroy the filling serving of food in your stomach, and you eat many more servings with a huge sugar rush.

I haven’t seen anything reputable stating that the fiber in smoothies is destroyed.

It’s not destroyed in smoothies. She’s getting it mixed up with juicing. I drink a smoothie everyday. Banana, berries, spinach, almond milk, protein powder, hemp seeds. No added sugar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at it this way. On Weight Watchers, fruit, pieces of fruit is unlimited in quantity. You can eat as much hand fruit as you want, bananas included. Eating whole fruit fills you and provides fiber.

But you can’t take the fruit and make smoothies with it. Why? You destroy the fiber, you destroy the filling serving of food in your stomach, and you eat many more servings with a huge sugar rush.

Mashing up a piece of fruit does not destroy the fiber omg lady

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https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/fruit-lose-fiber-used-smoothie-11293.html

[Anonymous]

Smoothies aren't evil. They're an easy way to get a lot of fruit and a little protein into your diet. Demonizing any food is dumb.

[Anonymous]

Ugh OP you have serious misconceptions about food. Glad your kid seems to be smarter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I make a smoothie with a bunch of spinach, a banana, and a bunch of frozen mango. And water. I feel like it’s pretty healthy.

Pulverizing/blending fruit rids it of fiber and you consume many more servings and calories when you get fruit in via smoothies. That’s why they can be unhealthy. It’s like drinking a quart of mango juice.

No it’s not. It still has the exact same amount of fiber.
Are you confusing it with juicing? A juicer extracts the juice, leaving the fiber behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I make a smoothie with a bunch of spinach, a banana, and a bunch of frozen mango. And water. I feel like it’s pretty healthy.

Pulverizing/blending fruit rids it of fiber and you consume many more servings and calories when you get fruit in via smoothies. That’s why they can be unhealthy. It’s like drinking a quart of mango juice.

No it’s not. It still has the exact same amount of fiber.
Are you confusing it with juicing? A juicer extracts the juice, leaving the fiber behind.

This. Juicing removes the fiber and isn't all that great for you. Blending keeps all the good stuff. Drinking mango juice and drinking s smoothie with mangos is not the same thing.

[Anonymous]

https://www.newhealthadvisor.org/does-blending-fruit-remove-fiber.html#:~:text=No%2C%20it%20does%20not.%20If%20you%20use%20a,for%20your%20body%20to%20absorb%20nutrients%20from%20it.
Does Blending Fruit Remove Fiber?
No, it does not. If you use a high-speed blender, it might break down fiber but you still get the same amount of fiber that you would otherwise get from the whole fruit. A blended smoothie is actually better in that it makes it easier for your body to absorb nutrients from it. This speeds up digestion and provides a number of health benefits.
Blending fruits only changes their appearance and texture and does nothing to change their nutritional value. Most people blend fruit to make it more drinkable or spoonable. You should avoid storing your blended smoothies for long because longer storage time may cause nutrient degradation. In fact, the vitamin-C content of pineapple, kiwi, strawberry, mango, cantaloupe, and watermelon may come down by 5% to 25% when stored for six days at 41F.