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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

Pulverizing rids it if it’s fiber?  Not if you are drinking the whole thing. It doesn’t disappear into thin air. You are consuming it. [/quote]

What do you think fiber is? Imagine a spool of thread. Now imagine thread woven or knitted into cloth. Do you see what fibers are? You can’t just consume fiberless food and say you are getting the same nutritional profile anymore than you can wrap blue yarn around yourself and claim to be wearing a blue dress. It has nothing to do with the fiber disappearing into thin air. You are talking about a different state of matter. A whole apple vs Apple cider vs Apple purée have different nutritional profiles.[/quote]

DP. You should cite that, because it doesn't make sense.

Fiber isn't long strands that are chopped up by the blender but not your teeth, nutritionally speaking. You know about fiber supplements, right? Like Benefiber, Metamucil? You realize these are powders? That's the level on which fiber operates, not like pieces of yarn.[/quote]

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