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Re:A Month Without Sugar by foo101 on Monday January 02, 2017 @01:04AM (#13299380)
Why wouldn't fruit juices contain fiber? Say I put an apple in my mixer grinder, add some water, grind and mix to create apple juice, what part of this mixing and grinding process would get rid of the fiber?

As far as I understand, the fiber should still stay in the juice because I did nothing to take the fiber out of this mixture.

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Re:A Month Without Sugar by che_shirecat on Monday January 02, 2017 @01:28AM (#13299447)
poster above is assuming the consumption of store-bought juice, which is highly filtered and usually from concentrate. not many people have the time or equipment to juice apples themselves.
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Re:A Month Without Sugar by mrfusion on Monday January 02, 2017 @04:27PM (#13304691)
It's a really good question. I've tried researching it before and it seems to be an open question whether blending destroys fiber.

But even if the fiber stays intact you're going to drink and potentially overdose on a smoothie more easily than a while fruit.

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Re:A Month Without Sugar by EpicEng on Monday January 02, 2017 @10:10AM (#13301512)
If you do that you're all good. That's not how store bought juice is prepared though.
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