Is there anything wrong with pureed fruits and vegetables?

Question

I was watching an infomercial hosted by Montel Williams and he was promoting a vegetable "emulsifier" (sp?). Basically pureed fruits and veggies, I think Jack LaLane sold a similar product awhile back. My question, is this a good practice? Seems better than juicing which removes all or most of the fiber. I tried lettuce, spinach, a carrot, an apple, a couple of strawberries, and some bell pepper today with my blender and it was pretty good. Any thoughts?

Additional Details

just to add, I'm not really concerened about "juicing" as much as I'm more interested in pureeing the fresh fruit and veggies together like baby food or think of it like a liquid salad.

Answer 1

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There are all sorts of opinions on this.
If you want to make juice, you can use a juicer. If you make juice and you throw away the pulp from the juice, you lose the fiber from the fruit and/or vegetables that you have juiced.

On the other hand, if you keep the pulp and use it for other food purposes (for example: many people use carrot pulp from carrot juice, almond pulp from almond milk, etc. to make other recipes -- cookies, cakes, pates, etc.), you will be getting the pulp from the fruit and vegetables that you juiced.

Some people are purists -- they think that you should not even cut up your fruit and vegetables, and then other people think you can cut fruit and vegetables, you can juice them, and you can put them in the food processor, and then you can make interesting recipes.

I have never been one of those purists -- I don't like apples if you give me one to eat, but I like applesauce, and I like to use apples as sweeteners for other foods that I make. I don't like celery, but celery juice is tasty, and I can use the celery pulp in salads or pates, and I won't mind it. And so it goes.

If you want to puree or juice your fruit and vegetables, and you have a good juicer (a Champion, or a Green Star, for example), then you should do so.
I would rather know that you are consuming raw fruit and vegetables, than know that you are not doing so because you don't like to chew, or because you don't have time to sit down, or because you cannot chew.

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I am a raw vegan nutritionist

Answer 2

While there's nothing wrong with eating pureed Veggies or fruits, just remember by doing this you might be drinking( or eating) a very concentrated portion of Veggies or Fruits. Veggies would not be as bad as Fruits as they do not have the high sugars that most fruits have. A big glass of orange juice or puree might contain the sugar equivalent of eating 5-6 whole oranges. Yes, you'll be getting lots of vitamins, but you'll also be consuming a huge amount of sugar and calories. Other than those facts, theres nothing wrong with it.

Answer 3

There is nothing wrong with juicing. It has benefits. The pulp can be used in breads and if you do an all vegetable juice you can even use the pruee in meat loaf or tofu. I have a friend that does juice energy drinks before she runs. She does peel and seed the fruits and vegetables so she can use the pulp in meals.
So you can get nutrition from juicing as well as pulp from the juicing.