As a health advocate and teacher (one of the definitions of
the word ‘Doctor’ means a learned or
authoritative teacher) patients, friends and friends of friends approach
me regularly regarding nutrition. What should I eat? What shouldn't I eat? Is
this or that good for me? And
inevitably, when it comes to nutrition I’m often asked about juicing, smoothies
and what’s the best blender or juicer I should get.
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| My Machine-The Vitamix 5200 |
Over the past year or so I’ve
been watching infomercials pop up on television purporting the virtues of XYZ
blender and ALWAYS comparing it to the Vitamix.
Now, I’m gonna tell you straight up, I’m biased. After I got married in
over 20 years ago, one of the things we purchased was a Vitamix. Why? Because I
always believed whole foods were better to eat than foods that had the juices
extracted from them.
As I studied nutrition,
turns out I was right. Not that there isn’t a place for fresh juice, but with
juice as opposed to blended whole foods, you’re missing out on some valuable
nutrition. As such, Vitamix was my
choice. Because a couple of my food experiments were a bit harsh (maybe a lot
harsh) on the Vitamix, after 18 years, we purchased a second Vitamix. Yes, I’m
a big fan. To be able to take veggies and frozen berries and blend them into a
smooth liquid is the fastest way for me to get some incredibly dense nutrition
into my body and absorbed.
That being said, I’ve had
some recent encounters with the Nutribullet, Blendtec and Ninja Turbo blenders
that prompted me to write this post. Why? Because they’re all lying to you
about the Vitamix.
The reason why the Vitamix
is such a great blender is because of the ultra-high blade speed. In an
infomercial promoting the Ninja to the Vitamix, they kept stating the Ninja has
the same blade speed as the Vitamix. 24,000 rpm. But here’s the thing about the
Ninja. That’s all it has. Yes, the motor is a bit more powerful in watts, but
the Vitamix has higher amperage. Oh, one
other very important thing (sit back, I’m about to expose the Ninja infomercial’s
cover-up . All you have to do on the Vitamix is flip the switch to the high
speed setting and the Vitamix trounces the Ninja’s palrty 24, 000 and raising
them to 37,000 rpms. Along with the Ninja, the Vitamix also trounces the
Blendtec’s 28,000 rpms, the Omega blender’s 27,500 rpms and the New Nutrabullet
900’s 25,000 rpms.
And here’s why the added
blade speed is important. Skins and seeds. If you’ve tried making smoothies
with berries, kale, chard, broccoli, ginger, turmeric, black radish and beets
like I do, you’ll need the higher blade speed to pulverize the skins, seeds and
dense fiber. Otherwise, as I’ve experience with the Blendtec, Ninja and
Nutribullet, you’ll end up doing the drinking-chew with your smoothie.
The added blade speed on
the Vitamix makes it the king of all smoothie makers because it takes skins,
seeds and dense fibrous veggies and blends them into a smooth liquid. No
chewing necessary.
And for all those infomercial
clowns that find it so awkward to use the tamper stick, how the hell do you
drive a car or use a cell phone? It’s a stick for crying out loud? Seriosly? I
make nut butters in my Vitamix and do so with much less oil and end up with a
much smoother end product than any of the other machines can because of the
tamper.
So if you’re on the fence
about which high speed blender to get, the others may have a more powerful
motor or funny infomercial, but the people at Vitamix have engineered a more
efficient motor that delivers what you need to pulverize the fruits and veggies
to get to the vital nutrients-blade speed.
Until another blender exceeds the Vitamix’s 37,000 rpms, don’t even
bother telling me about it. I'm tired of wasting my time.
If you want a “chewy”, get
the Nutribullet, Blendtec or Ninja. If you want to blend seriously dense fruit
and veggies into a real smooth smoothie, there’s no choice-The Vitamix is the
hands down king of all smoothies.
You shouldn't have to chew your smoothie... Get a Vitamix!
Yours in Health
Dr. Todd Narson
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