Blender or Juicer: Is it better to drink juice or smoothies?

Find out if it's better to use a blender or a juicer on a daily basis, and see which tool you should invest in first. Will you prefer smoothies or juice? Find out the benefits of each before you make up your mind.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• blenders
• juicers
• smoothies
• green
• juicing
• juice
• vegetables
• raw
• food

[NoSaltyPeanuts]

Would you still lose weight with the blender?

[RawFoodSwitch]

You can definitely still lose weight if drinking blended green smoothies, etc. Of course it depends what else you're eating, if you're exercising / sleeping enough, etc. :) Let me know if you need more help with this!

[starseed84]

I will add that vegetables are better juiced, and fruits are better blended. Personally I prefer just eating foods whole and don't do blending or juicing anymore as neither of these are whole foods. Fruit juice lacks fiber and raises blood sugar too quickly. Blending energetically disrupts subtle qualities in live foods such as electricity, magnetics, and enzymes and are better consumed whole. But, that's just my opinion.

[RawFoodSwitch]

You beat me to the punch Starseed! ;) I am writing a long blog post to accompany this video, and mentioned some of these things in it. I am just polishing it up and adding the final touches, so it's cool to know others are already in tune with these things. :)

[SNKRhead5O]

Do I need to cut the skin off apples if I blend them into juice ?

[Harrygton]

Good analysis... I agree! I juice hard veggies like carrots, beets, celery, cucumbers and blend the fruits(except for hard green apples) I also blend the leafy vegetables! I also add flax seed powder to the whole mixture to make my smoothies!

[szymusiek1980]

We should juice the vegetables and blend the fruits. My strong examples: a juice from the carrots and a paste (mousse) from the apples. It's better to eat the whole content of the fruits, and only the essential elements of vegetables - a juice. I don't see the sense of making a juice from the fruits! So many profitable things we lose then, and it gets a weaker taste.

[samauripizzacats101]

I already know how to juice. Watched the video cause ur super cute

[cortezforever]

the raw foods witch??? what!

[euJUICERScom]

Nice video, well done! What do you think about the idea of people who use or want a juicer, for them to take the pulp and mix it back into the juice. Of course it is not a smooth as a blender but you are getting more of both worlds perhaps by getting pure juice easy to absorb and digest and a "thicker" juice should you want that also. Just as an idea ;-) Keep up the good work!

[otattoo]

Thanks Great info.

[midcitygym]

I like the meaasge of Raw, I also enjoy weight training and worry about going catabolic due to lack of protein, also I have a vegan friend that looks kinda anemic, any suggestions?

[akwolfsong]

@NoSaltyPeanuts You tend to lose faster or at least I did with blending. The fiber slows the absorbtion of sugar so it really helps with diabetes and weight loss. My blood sugars soar with juice only whereas with blended it stays low and even. I do have to say juice is easier to drink at times. Good luck!