>If I'm feeling lazy or in a rush to go out I find eating a large meal
>of raw greens and roots very tiresome.  Chances are I'll skip the meal
>altogether.

>Just recently I've tried dumping the whole meal into a blender with a
>pint of water and switching on.  The end result is 2 pints of slush
>which I drink as fast as I can before it oxidizes too much.  Now I
>guess the puritans amongst you will frown on this practice and argue
>that the food won't get a proper mixing with saliva first.  Also I've
>noticed that taking food this way makes me constipated...dunno why it
>should.

>Anyone any comments on this?

Maybe the blended food is more "nutrient-available" to your instineal walls
and your body is sucking every last drop from them before letting the fiber
move on...

Cheers,
Kirt