Post: #1

So I bought a NutriBullet recently and have been pretty satisfied with it recently



There's nothing particularly magical about it, it's just a blender, albeit a pretty powerful one which can turn everything, even seeds and peanuts, into a smooth liquid consistency. Of course, it's being advertised as a NUTRIENT EXTRACTOR which is obvious bullshit since it simply blends up the stuff you throw in it. So, disregarding the marketing hype, what's so good about it?

1) Shakes are incredibly convenient. Drinking your food compared to eating it is faster and the food is absorbed into your body way quicker. Which is good because if you've ever had to bulk the proper way (not just randomly eating whatever to get into a calorie surplus but actually eating the needed amount of protein etc.) then you know that you'll feel bloated and full most of the day with a full stomach, which isn't the most comfortable of feelings.

2) Don't have to prepare the food you throw into it because it'll simply liquify it anyway.

3) Closely related to point 2): because no food prep is needed, and all tastes are blended into one mixture, you can actually start "eating" veggies that you'd be too lazy/too disgusted/too disinterested to eat otherwise. Stuff like beets, turnips, brocolli, celery, ginger roots, colesaw, kale, different seeds, whatever you can throw it in, mix in some source of sweetness like an apple or banana and voila, you have a mixture that tastes well.

4) It's not juicing. Why is it good? Why are veggies so good for us: because of the minerals and the non-soluble fibres which aid in digestion. When you just extract the juice, you probably reduce the vitamins by half and completely eliminate the fibres. So basically you're just making very wasteful high carb drinks. No point in doing that if you can get the benefit of the whole veggies by simply blending them. If you add enough water into the blender, you'll get your sugar drink alright.

5) Protein drinks will never be the same. Of course just blending whey into milk to make it creamy is one thing, but why stop there? Blend like 250g of greek yoghurt (which is pure protein) and you're already getting a milkshake.

6) Good for bulking and getting calories in you. Today I made a nice "let's start the day" calorie shake. Bananas, frozen fruits, greek yoghurt, whey, olive oil (yes, you put about 20-30g of it in it and you won't even taste it, but it adds some needed calories), peanuts, grated coconut, chia seeds, milk, ananas and carrots. 1500cals, went down easy, felt full the first 20 minutes, then that feeling went away. Not hungry at all, but also no bloated feeling like I would've had if I ate 400g of meat with rice or other side dishes.

7) Good for cutting and getting satiated without putting much calories into you. That same shake can be made to be ridiculously low caloric if you just switch some things up. Put some Spinach, Brocolli, Celery, Beetroot, Water, Apple, Ginger or whatever you want into it, it'll be still very satiating but a smooth consistency and will total about 400calories. Same as a water 1L bottle of Cola or some Energy Drink, but what a big difference in satiation and ingridients!

8) Can make your own flour, oatmeal or shredd some other things.

tl;dr Blending feels good man

Post: #2

I don't know, I can see some advantages of that, maybe if I took an 80 hr a week office job and had no free time at all I would do that...but I consider buying fresh high quality ingredients, preparing or cooking them, and eating a nice balanced meal either alone or with others one of life's pleasures.

Post: #3

Consuming raw vegetables is alot better than cooking the shit outta them. I'm sure this has to have been discussed at length on the forum, search around for it.

http://foodmatters.tv/food-matters-film

Watch this documentary and all will be made clear to you Voy.

Post: #4

(01-16-2015 10:43 AM)VolandoVengoVolandoVoy Wrote:  I don't know, I can see some advantages of that, maybe if I took an 80 hr a week office job and had no free time at all I would do that...but I consider buying fresh high quality ingredients, preparing or cooking them, and eating a nice balanced meal either alone or with others one of life's pleasures.

I'm not sure how your reply relates to my post. Obviously the fruits/veggies/whatever I throw in are fresh, I don't subsist on only shakes but also cook me some meat, rice, stir fry etc. Also not sure how you are, but having a quick meal that doesn't take long to prep -> make -> cleanup is what many people wish, even the ones who aren't 80hr/week jet setters

Post: #5

A guy at my gym had a shaker cup filled with blended chicken and broccoli.

Did not look appetizing.

Post: #6

Ok, so this is a bit different than what I thought. I might try it out as part of a rotation. Thanks

Post: #7

Nice pic of the Nutribullet, though there are other threads mentioning smoothies, blending, Nutribullet, etc, per my post below:
/thread-42248-...#pid901988

Since I bought one in November it's become an essential part of my life. I make on either the evening before or morning before work. Gym, then work, I drink it throughout the day (sometimes in place of lunch).

I stick to a standard veggie, frozen fruit, banana (for taste/sweet), yogurt, vanilla and cinnamon. Healthy and nutritious.

Fisto mentioned blending with bone broth and veggies in a couple posts, similar to chicken and veggie above. It didn't sound appealing to me, but I'm sure it's even healthier than my smoothies:
/thread-11830-...#pid882228
/thread-11830-...#pid889248

Post: #8

Yeah I've got a similar machine but way cheaper. I went for the George Foreman blender it makes the drink in little sports bottles too.

Any recipes that are easy to make and full of super foods for lazy people like me?

Post: #9

If you blend all your food, your jaw muscles will atrophy from lack of use. This will weaken your ability to take a punch, and alter the pitch of your voice to a higher, more feminine sound. For this reason I must advise against blending your meals, and in fact recommend that guys attach weights to their heads while they eat to strengthen their jaw muscles.*















* Disclaimer: this post is 100% bullshit bro science.

Post: #10

I'm thinking that blending everything, including meats, probably aids digestion enough that your absorption levels will be a bit higher. Just a hunch. Problem is, when you go back to solid food, do you have harder time digesting it and then, resulting in indigestion?

I supposed it probably depends on if you blend EVERYTHING, or just some meals.

Post: #11

(01-17-2015 09:19 PM)Ingocnito Wrote:  I'm thinking that blending everything, including meats, probably aids digestion enough that your absorption levels will be a bit higher. Just a hunch. Problem is, when you go back to solid food, do you have harder time digesting it and then, resulting in indigestion?

I supposed it probably depends on if you blend EVERYTHING, or just some meals.

lol no one is blending meat. at least I hope so, that just sounds gross

Post: #12

I have always been told that if you blend stuff up it would spike you blood sugar up and keep you full for all of ten minutes then your blood sugar spikes back down leaving you hungry again. Maybe it's diffrent for vegetables, but I learned not to drink smoothies for breakfast because of that reasoning.

Post: #13

(01-18-2015 05:06 PM)ThePrinceOfDixie Wrote:  I have always been told that if you blend stuff up it would spike you blood sugar up and keep you full for all of ten minutes then your blood sugar spikes back down leaving you hungry again. Maybe it's diffrent for vegetables, but I learned not to drink smoothies for breakfast because of that reasoning.

Maybe if you only blend fruits and nothing else. Try blending some nuts, veggies, greek yoghurt and assorted seeds, you'll be happy if you're hungry again for lunch

Post: #14

(01-16-2015 10:51 AM)TravelerKai Wrote:  Consuming raw vegetables is alot better than cooking the shit outta them. I'm sure this has to have been discussed at length on the forum, search around for it.

http://foodmatters.tv/food-matters-film

Watch this documentary and all will be made clear to you Voy.

Except for carrots, I read somewhere. Cooking carrots breaks open the something-or-other that keeps the good stuff in.