: Does juicing make fiber digestible? I was just talking with a nutritionist who told me that when you mechanically blend a fruit you make the fiber become more digestible to your body Hence you lose a little bit of

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Accourding to the following, blending has no effect on fiber content per say.
www.oprah.com/health/Does-Blending-Fruit-Reduce-Its-Fiber-Content
Like the article says, the main issue, is that you digest a liquid faster than you do a solid. This is probably what your nutritionist means when she says the fiber becomes "more digestable".

However, there is still the same amount of fiber in your smoothie as there is in a whole fruit.