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Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
RawPracticalist
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Date: February 21, 2011 09:14AM I bought a high speed blender and could not believe the nose, tiny nutrients cannot possibly survive this, they must die of fright and scare. What is happening here, this is cooked food, we were told nutrients do not survive 118 degree heat. Are there any scientific studies on this. Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: February 21, 2011 03:29PM Uh, nutrients aren't like zygotes. As long as you don't blend to the point where friction heat starts to cook the ingredients, your smoothie should still be alive with vitamins, minerals[not prone to heat damage, btw], co-factors, etc. There is plenty of evidence that enzymes and certain vitamins deteriorate from exposure to heat. From this very site:
[rawfoods.com] Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
KidRaw
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Date: February 21, 2011 05:07PM This is probably a stupid question, because I'm scientifically impaired, but doesn't it change the molecular structure depending on what you're blending together? For example, if you're blending oil and water, you're making an emulsion, which would behave differently in the cells. Although everything will still be raw and the nutrients won't be destroyed. Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: February 22, 2011 02:23PM KidRaw,
It is true that an emulsion is a chemically altered substance, but bear in mind that it is restructured in digestion so can't directly act on cells. One would have to actually cook the ingredients in a green smoothie through over-blending--did this once unintentionally and blech!--to chemically alter the ingredients  Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
madinah
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Date: February 24, 2011 04:11AM It seems to me that it is the juice coming out of the blending that is nutritious as the green remains indigestible. Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
pborst
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Date: February 24, 2011 07:53PM RawPracticalist Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I bought a high speed blender and could not > believe the nose, tiny nutrients cannot possibly > survive this, they must die of fright and scare. > What is happening here, this is cooked food, we > were told nutrients do not survive 118 degree > heat. Are there any scientific studies on this. High speed blenders probably get nowhere near 118 degrees unless you blender for several minutes. Here is an interesting video by John Kohler on heat in high speed juicers. [www.youtube.com] John finds that heat doesn't matter so much as oxidation. You can address that to some extent by blending on the lowest speed which gets the job done for the shortest time. Paul Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: February 24, 2011 10:44PM madinah Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It seems to me that it is the juice coming out of > the blending that is nutritious as the green > remains indigestible. What? Greens are indigestible how exactly? Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
adamlogan
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Date: February 25, 2011 01:18AM @ pborst
Great video, I had to laugh when John Kohler drank from both glasses, to be fair I guess? @ Madinah I second coco's question. Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
madinah
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Date: February 26, 2011 05:02AM coco Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > madinah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It seems to me that it is the juice coming out > of > > the blending that is nutritious as the green > > remains indigestible. > > > What? Greens are indigestible how exactly? I feel better on juices, with green smoothies I feel heavy, bloated. Green smoothies are not entirely digestible. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/26/2011 05:05AM by madinah. Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
BackAgain
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Date: February 26, 2011 09:34AM madinah Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > coco Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > madinah Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > It seems to me that it is the juice coming > out > > of > > > the blending that is nutritious as the green > > > remains indigestible. > > > > > > What? Greens are indigestible how exactly? > > I feel better on juices, with green smoothies I > feel heavy, bloated. Green smoothies are not > entirely digestible. Probably because they're usually fruit smoothies with a few vegetables hiding in them. Basic food combo rules. I can't eat fruit and vegetables together on a plate never mind blended. Re: Does High Speed Blending Destroy Nutrients, Is It Still Raw?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: February 26, 2011 02:23PM LOL just because you feel "heavy" on them doesn't mean greens are indigestible. Watch the sweeping generalizations please. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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