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[Now]

Hello everyone,

I'm seriously considering to start with a diet based on steamed and blended food only. It seems really easy and convenient to just eat a good smoothie with all necessary nutrients three (or more) times a day. Philips has made a device to make babyfood, but the idea is pretty much the same. Steam (if necessary) and blend it to a smoothie.

What do you guys think? Is this a stupid idea and would Freud say that I'm still in my oral age or does it make sense? It is easy, you have less dishwashing, you have minimal nutrient loss because of steaming etcetera.

What ingredients are perfect for steaming/blending?

Thank you!

[Mind]

Here are a couple of past discussions related to your question:

http://www.longecity...-which-is-best/ Boiled/steamed vs. raw veggies

http://www.longecity...are-vegetables/ preparing vegetables

http://www.longecity...ned-to-juicing/ A little talk about juicing

http://www.longecity...-your-smoothie/ favorite smoothie recipes

[misterE]

I think that it would be very hard to get enough calories by eating only steamed vegetables or fruit-smoothies. It can also be quite expensive and time consuming. I personally eat enough steamed vegetables to obtain my vitamin-c and phytonutrients and to fill in the calorie-deficit I eat starches. This type of diet has been shown to reverse atherosclerosis, type-2 diabetes and early-stage prostate-cancer by Esselstyn, the Pritikin-research team, and Ornish et al.

[william7]

I just got a NutriBullet. It works better than a blender or a juicer. Checkout their advertisement, at http://www.nutribull...te/watchtheshow
No need for steaming.

[nupi]

Sounds like an overpriced blender that you'd expect to be sold in infomercials...

[Luminosity]

I think you should eat a normal balanced diet. It might be interesting for you to see what Traditional Chinese Medicine says about proper diet, including balancing yin and yang. Your diet seems potentially lacking in that area as well as several others. The act of chewing also aids digestion. Cold food and drinks, which smoothies tend to be, are too yin in Chinese medicine.

You can read more about Chinese Medicine here:
http://www.longecity...inese-medicine/

Edited by Luminosity, 18 April 2013 - 01:34 AM.

[Laura C. Cole]

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[Oakman]

Sounds like an overpriced blender that you'd expect to be sold in infomercials...

 

You would rightly think that would be the case - but you'd be wrong. Far from overpriced, the basic version is often on sale for ~$40. I've owned two of them over the last 20 years and they are the most used appliance (other than coffee maker) in our kitchen. It excels at quick single servings of anything you want blended with minimal fuss and cleaning required.  I also use it to blend supplement mixtures I'm compounding. It's fast, a bit noisy, but the perfect tool for many jobs.  I may sound like a commercial, but I'll say that this is one appliance that has lived up to, and far exceeded even it's own hype.