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Correct me if I am wrong, but I have an issue with "liquid" food. My concern with products like Soylent and Huel is whether the nutruients they claim to provid
by petargyurov 6y ago
Correct me if I am wrong, but I have an issue with "liquid" food.
My concern with products like Soylent and Huel is whether the nutruients they claim to provide are actually absorbed by your body.
Solid food that has been liquidised is not the same as solid food: nutrient absorbption is affected by rate of digestion - more solid food, especially if it is fibrous, gives our bodies more time to absorb nutrients.
It's the same way a fruit smoothie is actually worse for you than just eating the solid contents (disregarding the insane sugar content you would consume).
- cwkoss 6y agoI think solid food takes longer to digest because it takes our bodies longer to absorb the ingredients. Liquid foods are much more bioavailable, so I would expect them to be better absorbed than solid foods. If the liquid food has bad stuff in it (ex. bunch of sugar in a smoothie) that could be a negative thing, but for good stuff that would be a good thing.