Do Foods Lose Nutrients When Blended. Preserved juices even when made entirely from fruit juice without additives lose nutrients through the bottling process. Exposure to oxygen causes the breakdown of nutrients in food.
Like sugars and starches fiber is made up of carbohydrate molecules. However that is not to say that there are no differences between blended spinach raw spinach and spinach that you put through a juicer. However oxidation occurs when whole foods are juiced cut chopped shredded peeled chewed dehydrated and otherwise exposed to air.
If you juice vegetables you lose the fiber which is a very nutritious part of the vegetable clarifies Leigh Tracy a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.
The oxygen sucked in will quickly react with the fruits exposed portion while it is being blended. Now Im not denying that some nutrient loss does occur from blending. Does Blending Destroy Nutrients And Fiber. This doesnt mean that the fruits and vegetables in your refrigerator are lacking nutrients or unhealthy.
