The fiber in your diet not only helps you pass waste more efficiently, but it also stabilizes blood sugar and reduces the risk for colon cancer. Although some preparation methods do affect the fiber content of food, pureeing the vegetables will not break down the fiber content.

Dietary fiber is the part of the plant that the enzymes in the upper intestine cannot digest. The bacteria in the lower intestine can digest some of the fiber, but much of it passes out of the system. Dietary fiber comes in two varieties: soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber partially breaks down in water and slows down the rate that the food passes through the digestive system. Soluble fiber assists in lowering blood sugar and cholesterol. Insoluble fiber is only partially digested and adds bulk to stool.

Raw vegetables contain both soluble and insoluble fiber, depending on the type of vegetable. The soluble fibers come from inside the cells of the vegetables, whereas the insoluble fiber comes from the fibers in the cell walls. The amount of fiber contained in raw vegetables varies. Legumes and beans contain the most fiber, but they are typically not consumed raw. Raw vegetables such as broccoli, carrots, cabbage and cauliflower are also good sources of fiber.

Cutting, chopping or pureeing raw vegetables will not affect their fiber content. Although we associate fiber with the crunchiness of the vegetable, fiber is made up of small molecules that don't require the structure of the vegetable to be intact. If this were not the case, the fiber would be lost as you chewed and swallowed your vegetables. Even though a pureed vegetable is not crunchy, as long as it is not cooked it has the same fiber content as it did before it was pureed.

Although pureeing a raw vegetable will not affect its fiber content, cooking it can: Heat breaks down the fiber. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst found that boiling vegetables such as green beans and carrots destroyed their soluble fiber. Another study at the University of Georgia found that microwaving or deep frying potatoes destroyed both soluble and insoluble fiber. Your best option for preserving the fiber content in your vegetables is to eat them raw or to cook them as little as possible, such as by stir-frying or lightly steaming them.