Does blending fruit and vegetables and turning them into smoothies/hot soups cause them to lose some of their nutrients?
Cold smoothies: no
Hot soups: yes
Cooking fruit/vegetables causes them to lose nutrients, blending doesn't. So this guy is right: >>8419286
>>8419292
Yes
>>8419316
Generally the longer you cook them, the more nutrients you lose. I think steaming is generally given as the method that leads to the least nutrient loss.
Honestly, any dietitian will tell you that it doesn't matter how you cook them, just eat more vegetables and you'll be healthier.
>>8419320
This. I get my nutrients in supplements to support the infowar
>>8419292
http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-2e.shtml
Vitamin C is the most vulnerable to heat, that's why dried fruit has 0% RDA of it
>>8419316
Some nutrients are destroyed some are made more available when cooked. Eat a variety.
>>8419457
This. It's not black and white. Neither "raw" or "cooked" is better; they both have pros and cons.
raw food is a meme, humans are at this point evolved to eat cooked food. You are getting less nutritional value out of your food when it's raw because your body can't break it down well enough on it's own
this is especially the case in vegetables which we can barely digest to begin with because cellulose