Juices

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-Hallo Connie, I havn,t posted on this site for a long time but I do

read the list from time to time.I noticed your comments about P53

deletion.I had the FISH test a few moths ago and have just had a scan

and depending on the results of that I may be having a course of Chemo

(not sure what yet) followed by course Campath 1H.Having this P53

deletion has changed things for me in that originally diagnosed as SLL

indloent stage 1V now its CLL and I am hearing the word aggressive

bandied about so not sure now whats what.I am waiting now for scan

results which I hope to have this week sometime.I was having

Fludarabine but had to stop due to low or high white counts?sorry a bit

non-plussed by this disease according to haemotologist my bone marrow

is stuffed with it.I may be able to have SCT if my siblings match but

thats someway down the road...Whats your story Connie?if you don,t mind

me asking?Where are you treated?

Best Wishes Lesley

PS What is Zap?

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Hey-

Are fresh squeezed juices good for me? I got a juicer for Christmas.

Been squeezing fresh oranges, grapefruits, carrots, celery, berries,

cantalope, honeydew... whatever I can get my hands on. I love a

fresh glass of juice. I actually crave it while driving home from

work Cant wait. Wondering if I am helping or hurting my journey???

I know store bought juices can have too much sugar, but what about

fresh??? Any comments?

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I got a juicer, too, and am wondering the same thing! I have tried to

make vegetable juice, but I cant seem to figure out how to get it to

taste good, so I am drinking fruit juice with carrots.

>

> Hey-

>

> Are fresh squeezed juices good for me? I got a juicer for

Christmas.

> Been squeezing fresh oranges, grapefruits, carrots, celery, berries,

> cantalope, honeydew... whatever I can get my hands on. I love a

> fresh glass of juice. I actually crave it while driving home from

> work Cant wait. Wondering if I am helping or hurting my journey???

> I know store bought juices can have too much sugar, but what about

> fresh??? Any comments?

>

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I heard juices were loaded with carbs.. and that you should have a solid fruit if possible also limited the SIZe of the fruit.. too much of a good thing.. ISNT good. this is just my .2smedred <smedred@...> wrote: Hey-Are fresh squeezed juices good for me? I got a juicer for Christmas. Been squeezing fresh oranges, grapefruits, carrots, celery, berries, cantalope, honeydew... whatever I can get my hands on. I love a fresh glass of juice. I actually crave it while driving home from work Cant wait. Wondering if I am helping

or hurting my journey??? I know store bought juices can have too much sugar, but what about fresh??? Any comments?

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Last time I was in Mexicali I asked the nutritionist (Marietta) about this very topic. I told her I have a huge carb problem, if I eat a piece of fruit I'm hungry for the rest of the day. We exchanged email addresses and I asked her more details. The following is what she wrote to me. Now, I haven't tried this yet (I'm scared of sugar!! HA) but I'm going to try it:

Marietta writes:First of all I loved the nutrition data page!!! thank you sooo

much!!!! I have a mexican program that basically does that but this

page is so simple, easy to use, etc... And I love some of the topics it

has!!!! So before I talk about eating carbs, fats and proteins.. do you

know what the glycemic index is???? you can check: http://www.glycemicindex.com/ and even in the nutrition data page they explain it really well in:

http://www.nutritiondata.com/topics/glycemic-index and also check out the topic where it talks about the fullnes factor. It is great! http://www.nutritiondata.com/topics/fullness-factor

Please read it all!

I also loved this page on the nutrition data called the better

choices data which basically calculates the fullnes factor and the

nutritional food value and gives you a rating. and gives you better

options to substitute your food for something else and help you loose

weight.

check it out at: http://www.nutritiondata.com/topics/better-choices-diet

After you read about this 3 topics you will understand a lot

better about hunger and satiety, the difference between low carb and

low glycemic, and how to feel full with a lot less calories. All this

topics, studies, ways of dieting, or however you want to see them value

each food item individually. and even if we eat a low glycemic fruit

for example, we don't eat it by itself, so whatever we eat it with can

alter the whole process in our body.

The advantage is that Pantry in the nutrition data page can give

you the fullnes factor number for various food items together and not

just one.

And as you can see in any food item or items in the nutrition data

website when they give you the nutritional value table and the piramid

with all the colors. is that the more the food is in the center of the

pyramid, the more balanced and nutritional it is. if it has to many

fats, carbs or proteins it goes to that side or that color. usually the

best food items are the once that are centered. That is how our meals

should be. So you can add a couple of food items and see how balanced

or not it is.

Obviously we cannot be measuring our counting everything we eat.

that is why if we have something that is carb-based, plus a protein

base plus a fat-base. we balance our meals, lower our glycemic index

and usually have a higher fullnes factor. Try it with the pantry and

see if it works.. i'll try it as well.

an example of a complete breakfast (carb + protein + fat)

1 scrambled egg (protein)

1 spoonful of oil to cook it (fat)

1 slice of toasted wheat bread (carb)

that would be so much more fullfiling and satisfying for much longer time than for example:

1 slice of toasted wheat bread with 1 spoonful of jelly (carbs)

even if it may have less calories than the egg and oil.

Lunch example:

grilled chicken breast with avocado (protein+fat)

cooked applesauce (no sugar added) (carb)

bad example:

apple sauce (carb)

1/2 banana (carb)

1/2 cup orange juice (carb)

if you eat 3carbs together: you are going to be hungry in about 2

hours after that. And probably crave even more sugar. So what you want

is to always combine it with protein and fat. Even if the calories are

higher with protein and fat.

In order for you not to have the sugar spikes, you have to balance

your meals. If you can't count or calculate everything in the pantry,

than you can just clasify every food as in carb, protein, and fat. and

try to have the 3 together. If you want a more exact value than

calculate it on the pantry and try to have it as much balanced as you

can in the pyramid.

After reading the articles and seeing my example do you understand a bit more??

My recomendation for you.. would be to try this. for example if

you say eating an apple can trigger your sugar cravings. DO NOT EAT the

apple BY ITSELF!!!! eat it with 1/4 cup of cottage cheese. could be

cottage cheese low fat and add a fat based food like almonds. or just

keep the regular cottage cheese and count it as (protein and fat).

I would recommend you starting to try this only with fruit. Let's

do it as an experiment...then maybe if you feel you can control it, try

bread , or other foods. On Jan 17, 2008 6:35 PM, Shahlaa gatwa <sh7laa@...> wrote:

I heard juices were loaded with carbs.. and that you should have a solid fruit if possible also limited the SIZe of the fruit.. too much of a good thing.. ISNT good. this is just my .2smedred <

smedred@...> wrote: Hey-Are fresh squeezed juices good for me? I got a juicer for Christmas. Been squeezing fresh oranges, grapefruits, carrots, celery, berries, cantalope, honeydew... whatever I can get my hands on. I love a fresh glass of juice. I actually crave it while driving home from work Cant wait. Wondering if I am helping

or hurting my journey??? I know store bought juices can have too much sugar, but what about fresh??? Any comments? Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.