> Assuming the caloric intake is the same, how does eating a peach smoothie differ from eating a peach? Your body has regular teeth. Most people don't chew ev

> Assuming the caloric intake is the same, how does eating a peach smoothie differ from eating a peach? Your body has regular teeth. Most people don't chew even 30 times per bite. A blender has mega-ultra-turbo teeth that are both way, way sharper than a person's and also they never get tired because they're powered by electricity not muscles. How much chewing do you think is equivalent to blending? My very unscientific guess is that blending is something like 1000 chews per bite or more given that our teeth aren't as sharp as blender blades. Eventually quantitative differences (number of chews) become qualitative (sugars and starches encapsulated in small bits vs chemically liberated). Blenders do a lot of the work of digestion mechanically well before your body has a chance to do it chemically.