Fortunately for those of us who love smoothies, this is not true−it is yet another Kitchen Myth! Blending actually has no effect on the nutrients in fruits and vegetables, or the fiber for that matter. You can blend to your heart’s content, and it is nutritionally equivalent to eating the whole apple, carrot, rutabaga, whatever. And the fiber is valuable, seeing how important it is for gut health, blood sugar control, and other aspects of our well-being.
The same cannot be said of juicing. The juicing process pulverizes the food and then extracts the juice. The solids are left behind and with them most of the fiber and some of the nutrients. So, drinking the juice from fruit or veggies is nothing like eating the whole apple, carrot, whatever.
Bottom line, if you want to drink your fruits and veggies, blending is the way to go.