alternative to juice for supplements...

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

My 3 yo ASD son will only take his enzymes/supplements in a beverage

(not water) and so far it is either juice, chocolate almond milk, or

when we are out, sprite. I hate the fact that he is getting so much

sugar in his diet and I'm sure it is contributing to some other

issues. I can only get him to eat the Zyme Prime Chewables and not the

AFP chewables, so I have to put the AFP cap in liquid. I have been

trying to teach him how to swallow capsules, but that is just a

losing battle at this point. Does anyone have a recipe for a kid

approved drink that doesn't contain a ton of sugar and dyes? Does

anyone have any experience with Xylitol? Thanks a bunch!!

[Guest guest]

Well I don't know if this is helpful or not, but I make a smoothie every morning

for my daughter with organic yogurt, organic milk, and organic fruit and I

throw in her supplements including enzymes all into the blender. She is six and

has a very hard time getting pills down.........most of the time she will gag

and barf. My daughter is is intolerant to corn syrup and dye, among other

things so I understand your need to make the drink healthy.

holden5577 <holden5577@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

My 3 yo ASD son will only take his enzymes/supplements in a beverage

(not water) and so far it is either juice, chocolate almond milk, or

when we are out, sprite. I hate the fact that he is getting so much

sugar in his diet and I'm sure it is contributing to some other

issues. I can only get him to eat the Zyme Prime Chewables and not the

AFP chewables, so I have to put the AFP cap in liquid. I have been

trying to teach him how to swallow capsules, but that is just a

losing battle at this point. Does anyone have a recipe for a kid

approved drink that doesn't contain a ton of sugar and dyes? Does

anyone have any experience with Xylitol? Thanks a bunch!!

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

This may not be the best method out there, but my daughter only takes

her via liquid too.

We make a special jug of kool-aid made with very little organic sugar,

just for mixing. I believe the recipe per package of kool-aid is 1

cup, we use less than a 1/2 cup to make it....just enough to take the

bitterness/sourness off it. Then we mix our enzymes/supplements,etc in

a small 2 oz plastic container.

She has never complained about the taste and it takes the bite off the

powdered enzymes enough that she will not complain about that either.

Like I said, it is probably not the best method, but it's very little

sugar IMHO.