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

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People are very confused about nutrition. One of the best fibers I have found is called Inulin. It is a powerful PRE-BIOTIC too. The good bacteria feed on it and it helps to establish good bacteria in your gut. It comes as a powder that dissolves completely in a glass of water. Colorless, odorless and tasteless. It does not even clump up or becomes a soggy slimy goop like psyllium husk does. Drinking a glass of water with inulin 30 minutes before my lunch and dinner has helped me to lose weight easily.

It does not have to be like a piece of yarn. It can be pulverized as a powder and it will still work because it is basically stuff that takes a long time to break down (even in powder form) and so by the time you poop it out, it does not get absorbed in your body. It   Some fiber(like Inulin) also provide food for the good bacteria.  [/quote]

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