What about blending for smoothies?

[magnetic]

The myth that fiber is necessary is much like the myth about the dangers of eating red meat.  There is some truth to it, but you have to consider other factors, such as processed food in the diet and how the meat was raised. 

I find so much chewing as unnecessary as blending, but okay.  I know there are competing theories about paleolithic humans, what they ate and how long they lived.  Suffice it to say that you and I subscribe to competing theories.  I find one more compelling, while you accept a different theory. 

[sabertooth]

Raw paleo dieters shouldn't need any extra fiber, what ever fiber that is present in foods naturally should be all one needs, any attempt to add fiber to a diet for the sake of eating more fiber is an ignorant practice based on a belief in the great fiber fallacy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz53dawDtJ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGg8ya_U7CQ&feature=related

[magnetic]

Raw paleo dieters shouldn't need any extra fiber, what ever fiber that is present in foods naturally should be all one needs, any attempt to add fiber to a diet for the sake of eating more fiber is an ignorant practice based on a belief in the great fiber fallacy.

Exactly.  It is the removal of fiber and fibrous material in foods that necessitates the addition of fiber, and has led to the current guidelines for consuming fiber, the idea that fiber is healthy, and so on.  If you avoid refined foods, and you do not remove fiber from your food (such as removing the skin from the apple), then you will get the fiber you need. 

Fruit plants have evolved such that it is evolutionarily advantageous for them to make fruit with fibrous material such that when the fruit is eaten, it does not spend too much time inside the intestines of the animal eating the fruit.  It is a symbiotic type relationship between plant/fruit and man.

[proteus]

Exactly.  It is the removal of fiber and fibrous material in foods that necessitates the addition of fiber, and has led to the current guidelines for consuming fiber, the idea that fiber is healthy, and so on.  If you avoid refined foods, and you do not remove fiber from your food (such as removing the skin from the apple), then you will get the fiber you need.  

Fruit plants have evolved such that it is evolutionarily advantageous for them to make fruit with fibrous material such that when the fruit is eaten, it does not spend too much time inside the intestines of the animal eating the fruit.  It is a symbiotic type relationship between plant/fruit and man.

the fiber has already been removed from your fruit before that fruit tree was even planted.  your fruit was selectively bred to have low fiber and high fructose content.

if you eat only WILD fruits and eat them RANDOMLY ( without picking whichever ones are softer and sweeter on the supermarket shelf ) THEN you will certainly get all the fiber you need and then some.

go live in a forest for a month and you will end up having as much fiber as you can physically handle processing in your intestine.  you will have so much fiber you will be in constant pain.

it doesn't matter if you buy an "artificial" food like pizza or a "natural" food like fruits - the fact that you buy it in a supermarket ( instead of finding it in the forest ) ensures that you will get 1/10th the fiber and 10 times the fructose UNLESS you specifically take steps to counter that trend ( like i do ).

GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD ALREADY - THERE IS NOTHING NATURAL ABOUT SUPERMARKETS ! ! !

[proteus]

Raw paleo dieters shouldn't need any extra fiber, what ever fiber that is present in foods naturally should be all one needs, any attempt to add fiber to a diet for the sake of eating more fiber is an ignorant practice based on a belief in the great fiber fallacy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz53dawDtJ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGg8ya_U7CQ&feature=related

good video, thanks for sharing.

in all likelihood me and this dude eat a similar diet of something like meat and vegetables.  he seems to be against fruits just as i am.

i had tried using fiber supplements before and they never worked for me - they just gave me all sorts of problems - so i definitely agree with him that fiber supplements are a scam.  fiber must be consumed AS PART OF FOOD not as supplement.

when i drink a green smoothie i feel great and so do my bowels - that's why i use them and will continue to use them.

once again thanks for sharing the video - i will never use a fiber supplement again - like i said my personal experience with such supplements was almost 100% negative.

[magnetic]

the fiber has already been removed from your fruit before that fruit tree was even planted.  your fruit was selectively bred to have low fiber and high fructose content.

if you eat only WILD fruits and eat them RANDOMLY ( without picking whichever ones are softer and sweeter on the supermarket shelf ) THEN you will certainly get all the fiber you need and then some.

go live in a forest for a month and you will end up having as much fiber as you can physically handle processing in your intestine.  you will have so much fiber you will be in constant pain.

it doesn't matter if you buy an "artificial" food like pizza or a "natural" food like fruits - the fact that you buy it in a supermarket ( instead of finding it in the forest ) ensures that you will get 1/10th the fiber and 10 times the fructose UNLESS you specifically take steps to counter that trend ( like i do ).

GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD ALREADY - THERE IS NOTHING NATURAL ABOUT SUPERMARKETS ! ! !

There is nothing new to what you are saying here.  I already select fruits that are more like wild varieties, and I eat them in small quantities.  Were I to live in a forest I would eat even more meat and less fruit/berries.  I know I am getting plenty of fiber as I am quite regular and have had only what I can describe as perfect poop since eating my current diet of mono-eating primarily raw grass fed meat and whole fruit.  I don't even have to wipe.

[bonita]

Never use honey or other sweeteners with fruits. Honey makes acidic reaction. It's not good for you.

[Alive]

My teeth are pretty worn out from a history of overeating SMD grains and sugars, so I find that a smoothie is a great way to finely break up food for maximum digestion without too much further wear. I like to swill the blended food around in my mouth and give it a final chew to get saliva mixed in. It seems many primitive people died because their teeth just wore out on the harsh foods they were eating, whereas I can just buy a new blender when it blows up! My bowls love green smoothies, with a dash of animal product (eggs, whole raw prawns, whole raw sardines, offal...) and coconut cream (want to find a source of frozen raw coconut meat in NZ).