Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 In a message dated 5/19/02 8:54:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, writes: Juicing is taking your fruits and/or vegetables and putting them in a "juicer" it extracts the juice (vitamins and minerals) from the source to make it easier to digest. You don't cook out the vitamins, but get the vitamins by drinking it rather than eating it. Since, we have trouble digesting some foods. Like drinking cranberry or orange juice rather than eating cranberries or oranges. You do this with fruits and vegetables, like spinach and carrats, etc. I might be wrong, but I don't believe there to be an herbal context to this, unless you added it yourself. Thanks, Rhonda/TN This does not sound like a good idea at all to me. except perhaps for a few rare people with odd digestive problems. Juice extractor salesmen have been noted for unscrupulous sales tactics for the past 50 years. When you extract the juice, you are leaving behind the fiber. If you have a lot of money to spare, perhaps a juice extractor would be nice to have if it reduced your dependence on soft drinks. You speak of cranberries being easier to digest in juice form. When we drink "cranberry juice", we are drinking a manufactured drink containing water and a great deal of sweetener, not pure cranberry juice. Don't forget that even pure fruit juices, without sugar added, are quite high in calories and provide little or no fiber. Keep in mind that cooking actually releases some nutrients for human use. Carrots, for example, are more nutritious cooked than raw, as some of the vitamins are "locked" in the raw states. I think you should definitely talk with a doctor and/or nutritionist before commiting to such a regimen. With liver disease, we MUST have a full, well-balanced diet, as our livers don't process nutrients efficiently. Beth, I'm very glad to hear from you again! Harper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 for people with liver conditions,juicing is a big nono,i'm inclined to say it's not the most brilliant of things even for those who are healthy,but any of the fads all carb,no carb,juicing,and of course the 'liver cleansing' diet should be avoided,when a major organ is not functioning well it is not the time to start depriving the body,re:the liver cleansing diet,no amount of 'cleansing' is going to magically clean away a disease,i get oh soo tired of -well meaning admittedly -people telling me of this 'amazing' diest,of course people feel better afterit,it's called detoxing,it's not new,and it doesn't suddenly start fixing things,it's just all of a sudden the body doesn't have all these unnatural toxins caffeine high sugar etc,aaaanyways,that's my little rant *puts away the soapbox* it just worries me that there are so many people out there selling snakeoil. >From: flatcat9@... >Reply- > >Subject: Re: [ ] " Juicing " , Beth >Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 10:38:57 EDT > >In a message dated 5/19/02 8:54:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > writes: > > > > Juicing is taking your fruits and/or vegetables and putting them in > > a " juicer " it extracts the juice (vitamins and minerals) from the > > source to make it easier to digest. You don't cook out the vitamins, > > but get the vitamins by drinking it rather than eating it. Since, we > > have trouble digesting some foods. Like drinking cranberry or orange > > juice rather than eating cranberries or oranges. You do this with > > fruits and vegetables, like spinach and carrats, etc. I might be > > wrong, but I don't believe there to be an herbal context to this, > > unless you added it yourself. > > Thanks, > > > >This does not sound like a good idea at all to me. except perhaps for a few >rare people with odd digestive problems. Juice extractor salesmen have >been >noted for unscrupulous sales tactics for the past 50 years. > >When you extract the juice, you are leaving behind the fiber. If you have >a >lot of money to spare, perhaps a juice extractor would be nice to have if >it >reduced your dependence on soft drinks. You speak of cranberries being >easier to digest in juice form. When we drink " cranberry juice " , we are >drinking a manufactured drink containing water and a great deal of >sweetener, >not pure cranberry juice. Don't forget that even pure fruit juices, >without >sugar added, are quite high in calories and provide little or no fiber. > >Keep in mind that cooking actually releases some nutrients for human use. >Carrots, for example, are more nutritious cooked than raw, as some of the >vitamins are " locked " in the raw states. > >I think you should definitely talk with a doctor and/or nutritionist before >commiting to such a regimen. With liver disease, we MUST have a full, >well-balanced diet, as our livers don't process nutrients efficiently. > >Beth, I'm very glad to hear from you again! > >Harper _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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