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Blending speeds up digestion and reduces satiety versus eating whole fruit, but (unlike juicing) I haven't seen any evidence that it destroys fiber. Do you have

• pyre 13y ago
  Apparently the lowered glycemic index for foods of a smaller particle size is only for starchy foods (smaller particles hydrolyze easier, making them higher GI). So while my statement may have held true for starches, it wouldn't for fruits. I have no idea about smoothies! It's out of the scope of the paper, though, so all we can say is that the study suggests that juicing increases diabetic risk and whole fruits lower it. Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/veg/comments/1le10o/eating_fruit_cuts_diabetes_risk_but_juice_raises/cbz2hd3 http://www.reddit.com/r/veg/comments/1le10o/eating_fruit_cut...
• dodyg 13y ago
  "Moreover, the process of blending fruit destroys its latticework of insoluble fiber, whose job it is to slow food’s digestion and absorption from the intestine into the blood, explains Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California-San Francisco" http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/the_kids/2013/03/pure_organic_buddyfruit_the_case_against_blended_fruit_snacks.html http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/the_kids/2013/03/pure...