RE: Juicer vs. Blender / Whole vs. fractional foods [s]

[Guest guest]

Please don't feel any need to apologize. Whenever I write something, there

are always details missing, and I recognize that the details can be of

paramount importance, particularly to those starting out. So I am always

most happy to try and fill in any gaps.

 

I will address your question in two ways.

 

First, I am saying that one whole orange contains more nutrients and a more

complete balance of nutrients than one juiced orange, given the same level

of ripeness. for example, oranges contain a nice quantity of simple sugars

(glucose and fructose) already in solution in water, which our bodies can

absorb and use a fuel with virtually no digestive processing. That same

orange also contains soluble fiber, such as guar and pectin. The fiber

actually moderates, or slows down, the absorption of the sugar through our

small intestine, preventing us from absorbing the sugar into our blood

stream " too quickly, " which is uncomfortable. So the whole food contains

nutrients that are removed by juicing.

 

Second, there is the broader issue of depth vs. breadth of nutrients. Our

scientific/medical establishment and our food industry have become rather

deranged in certain respects, and they have successfully trained most of us

to think as they think. For example, they have taught us to think in terms

of individual nutrients: am I getting enough B-12, where can I get lycopene,

that sort of thing.

 

But Nature does not generally work in this manner. An orange may actually

contain thousands of nutrients, including many nutrients not yet discovered

or thought to be important by our science. (Remember when the appendix

" served no useful purpose? " ) Whenever I consume the whole orange, I get all

the nutrients, and in the exact balance created by Nature. In effect, I

engage in a spiritual act, an act of faith: I choose to trust that Nature's

design works for me.

 

In contrast, whenever I juice, I leave behind many nutrients -- after all,

the " pulp " consists of something!! -- and I create a fractional food

(fraction of the whole food) of my own design. I KNOW I leave behind

nutrients. I choose to trust and go with Nature's design rather than with my

own.

 

Of course, this is only my own perspective in the matter, nothing more.

Nothing I have written here is " True " or " False " in any absolute sense.

 

Best to all, and please do write back with more or related questions!

Elchanan

 

 

 

Melissa Thomas [mypinkbow]

Monday, March 14, 2005 1:10 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Juicer vs. Blender

 

 

 

sorry for not being very intelligent on this entire

raw food voyage I find myself on but are you saying

then you get more nutrients from juicing the 6 oranges

or more from eating the oranage whole or are they

equal 6 oranges juiced= 1 orange whole??

 

thanks

 

melissa

--- Bridgitte <syndactylcat wrote:

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> In response to this snipet:

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> rawfood , " INFO @ Vibrant

> Life " <VLinfo@e...>

> wrote:

> [snip] whereas juicing fractionalized the food

> (removes part of the

> food) and hyperconcentrates the remainder. [snip]

>

> Juicers don't actually concentrate anything - they

> just expel juice.

> But you are getting tons of nutrients (less the

> fiber) since it

> takes, say, six oranges to make a glass of juice,

> rather than eating

> just one.

>

> Bridgitte

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