Guest guest Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 Hi , Assuming you're talking about juice *fasts*, I tried it myself a couple of times and, I have to say, I've never felt better afterwards. I can't imagine how I would do it successfully with a child, though. Do they get enough calories? Kids get so hungry during the day. Have you done it with your kids? How long were the fasts and how often did you do it? In my own son's case, I can't imagine how I could get him to drink vegetable juice...all he wants is apple juice and Rice Dream! You have correctly surmised that the approach is about resting the immune system, and the dietary philosophy is to eliminate allergens as much as possible. So another concern that I would have about juicing (and juice in general) is avoiding juices of offending fruits. A lot of kids are allergic to citrus, for example. Donna > > Has anyone tried juicing to boost their own or their child's immune > system? > > I was just wondering because I have been reading the posts and what I > gather is that the approach is to basically rest the body by > stopping the supplements and perhaps by changing the diet and then > use medications. > > So, it made me think of juicing because I was taught that it rests > the digestive system -- which requires a lot of energy! With juicing > you bypass 90% of digestion and all those great natural nutrients go > straight to assimilation. > > I looked for a website that supports what I am saying and found these: > > http://energyplusonline.com/Why%20juice.htm > > http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=1996 > > I believe juicing has helped my family. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Our son only drinks water and by choice...at the age of 2 he took himself off milk, and then later all juices - maybe they made him feel sick!?. The only juice he would drink was that in a syringe mixed with meds...now he swallows the pills whole with mouthful water! Re: Juicing? Hi , Assuming you're talking about juice *fasts*, I tried it myself a couple of times and, I have to say, I've never felt better afterwards. I can't imagine how I would do it successfully with a child, though. Do they get enough calories? Kids get so hungry during the day. Have you done it with your kids? How long were the fasts and how often did you do it? In my own son's case, I can't imagine how I could get him to drink vegetable juice...all he wants is apple juice and Rice Dream! You have correctly surmised that the approach is about resting the immune system, and the dietary philosophy is to eliminate allergens as much as possible. So another concern that I would have about juicing (and juice in general) is avoiding juices of offending fruits. A lot of kids are allergic to citrus, for example. Donna > > Has anyone tried juicing to boost their own or their child's immune > system? > > I was just wondering because I have been reading the posts and what I > gather is that the approach is to basically rest the body by > stopping the supplements and perhaps by changing the diet and then > use medications. > > So, it made me think of juicing because I was taught that it rests > the digestive system -- which requires a lot of energy! With juicing > you bypass 90% of digestion and all those great natural nutrients go > straight to assimilation. > > I looked for a website that supports what I am saying and found these: > > http://energyplusonline.com/Why%20juice.htm > > http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=1996 > > I believe juicing has helped my family. > > > Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the opinion of the Research Institute and/or the Parent Coalition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Hi Donna, Those links probably talked about juice fasts and that is a great way to heal if you have the discipline and time to do it (have to make a lot of juice, so that is very time consuming). I have done a couple of one weeks fasts and I did feel good, but I was really talking about just the idea of adding a glass of juice to one's daily diet. For instance, Dr. Mercola talks about juicing: http://www.mercola.com/nutritionplan/juicing.htm# and he just means to add it to your daily diet, not to fast. Btw, I don't agree with everything he has to say about juicing but it's still a good article. I don't believe in eating the pulp, I eat vegetables separately but the whole idea of juicing is to bypass digestion so I don't think mixing the pulp back in is a good idea. I also think carrot juice is good and have seen it help a lot of people. Juicing as an early morning snack before breakfast or an after school snack is what I was referring to, just an extra immune system booster -- an all natural whole food vitamin/mineral supplement. My kids used to drink four ounces of celery/carrot juice before breakfast or after school. Now that I am working full time I find it tough to do. I still juice on the weekends sometimes. I must admit that I had to start slow with the juice. One week they just smelled the juice each morning, I insisted that they take a sniff. Then I gave them 1 ounce for a week and asked them to take a sip (with a water chaser if they wanted it). Then I asked them to drink half of that 1 ounce for a week (with the water chaser). Then half of 2 ounces for a week. I always gave them more than I expected them to drink, it made them feel like they were getting away with something since they got to leave some in the glass. Anyway, I eventually worked up to 4 ounces (without leaving anything in the glass) and they were not gagging on it! They even told some neighbor kids that saw them drink it, that it wasn't that bad. I also went through the same type of routine to get them to eat salads, took a couple of months but now they eat a bit salad with supper. They had to eat a tiny, tiny bite of salad (leaf lettuce) before eating a bite of the other food on their plate (which could be a big bite). I called it the 'circle the plate' method. They could chase it with water, but they had to take a bite of salad before circling the plate with their other foods. Their tongues just have to adjust to the taste -- it worked with steamed broccoli and cauliflower and raw carrots also. Now I am working on scrambled eggs with my son. We are still on the tiniest bites, but my goal is to have him taking big bites by the end of January. Wish me luck! ;-) > > Hi , > > Assuming you're talking about juice *fasts*, I tried it myself a > couple of times and, I have to say, I've never felt better afterwards. > I can't imagine how I would do it successfully with a child, though. > Do they get enough calories? Kids get so hungry during the day. > Have you done it with your kids? How long were the fasts and how > often did you do it? In my own son's case, I can't imagine how I > could get him to drink vegetable juice...all he wants is apple juice > and Rice Dream! > > You have correctly surmised that the approach is about resting > the immune system, and the dietary philosophy is to eliminate > allergens as much as possible. So another concern that I would have > about juicing (and juice in general) is avoiding juices of offending > fruits. A lot of kids are allergic to citrus, for example. > > Donna > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 , Yes, my kids only drink water also -- no store bought juices and only a substitute milk called DariFree on cereal on occasion, except for fresh homemade juice that I create from the fruits or vegetables myself. Store bought juice has all been cooked and most of the nutrients cooked out of them. Store bought apple juice is like drinking a glass of sugar. They also use the worst fruits to make the juice, the ones they could not sell in the store -- some with mold on them. I do use some organic apple juice to mix with a couple of my son's supplements, but that is the only time we use bottled fruit juice also. I say good for your son, he knows what is good for him! > > Our son only drinks water and by choice...at the age of 2 he took himself > off milk, and then later all juices - maybe they made him feel sick!?. The > only juice he would drink was that in a syringe mixed with meds...now he > swallows the pills whole with mouthful water! > > > > Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with > the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the > opinion of the Research Institute and/or the Parent Coalition. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Hi , thanks for clarifying. I'm going to try some of your " food desensitization " techniques with my son! Especially trying the salad. :=) Donna > > > > Hi , > > > > Assuming you're talking about juice *fasts*, I tried it myself a > > couple of times and, I have to say, I've never felt better > afterwards. > > I can't imagine how I would do it successfully with a child, > though. > > Do they get enough calories? Kids get so hungry during the day. > > Have you done it with your kids? How long were the fasts and how > > often did you do it? In my own son's case, I can't imagine how I > > could get him to drink vegetable juice...all he wants is apple juice > > and Rice Dream! > > > > You have correctly surmised that the approach is about resting > > the immune system, and the dietary philosophy is to eliminate > > allergens as much as possible. So another concern that I would have > > about juicing (and juice in general) is avoiding juices of offending > > fruits. A lot of kids are allergic to citrus, for example. > > > > Donna > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Ithink it works great, we have one of the jack lalane ultimate stainless steel juicers. we bought it to make sure we would like it, and love it. it has a good amount of power, but my kids eat alot of live food, and we are looking into a more commercial model that I can use for my business. And I am thinking of selling the Jack lalane. To get a bigger one, I still have the box, and only used it 4-5 times. since I have another one... It is easy, and now is an awesome time to make fresh popsicles out of real fruit and put their enzymes in... Jen Juicing? Do you any of you juice to get live enzymes into your child. My child has never a day in his life ate a live food. Crazy I know....but I got to thinking about it and he ate cooked baby food when he was an infant and then he couldn't eat solids until he was 13 months old and after that we couldn't get him to touch anything raw or live and then we found out he had autism and we worked forever to expand his diet in therapy, but none of the food we used was live bringing us to now ....he still won't do it..! So I thought of juicing some carrots and celery and putting it in a syringe. What do you guys think??? Do you think live foods are going to give me any improvements. Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 How much are you selling it for? debgonzalez@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 PRobably $100.00, I paid $200.00 + shipping and we oly used this model 5 times... Re: Juicing? > How much are you selling it for? > debgonzalez@... > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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