Guest guest Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hi ,do you have a website for juicing tips. i think my son would greatly benefit from it, i just need some dierection for this.thanks Tunde Juicing is great for that. I agree with Suzanne, it could be due to -- too little HCL (hydro-cloric acid). I have always said, if your child eats a carrot, and it comes out like a carrot -- they aren't digesting their food properly. (Before I started biomed, I had asked my regular Ped about it, and she was like, " sometimes that is just what happens. " -- no, it doesn't when your child is digesting their food propery. It's NOT normal...(I keep having to remind myself what people consider 'normal' today, really didn't become the norm until a lot of people reported the same things...anyway.. Zinc was helpful in resolving that issue for myself, along with juicing. Also, having good micro-flora in the gut also digests food. I tend to think that reflux is a multi stage problem. (And if they aren't digesting their food, then they aren't getting the nutrients they need..) So that being said, Juicing might help you a great deal. Also, using a supplement that is bio-available like the zinc monomethionine. As well as, small meals, 5 times a day. (Helps when there isn't enough HCL) -- my kids eat one large meal (breakfast) and then graze the rest of the day. Food combining also helps - like eating a little protein, with a little carb and a little fiber each time. It slows down the process of breaking it down, without spikes in blood sugar levels, so your child doesn't devour his food because he's starving. I served my kids meals on small plates so it wouldn't make me feel like they weren't eating enough. I also kept a food diary so that I could make sure they were eating/drinking enough calories for their size/body weight to ensure growing needs as well. I usually serve a large (6-8oz) juicer drink before breakfast. This helps breakdown breakfast. In the afternoon, I do another juicer drink and this helps with the grazing meals, as well as dinner. Great things to add to your juicer drink is pineapple, because it got natural digestive enzymes in it...I also use lemon,pear and apple (golden del) for the same purpose. Greens like kale, cabbage, and zuchinni also have great enzymes in them to bust up food too. Plus, it helps create the HCL your body needs. laura PS. I also juice for my 7 month old, WOW, had I only known this when Jimmy and Maddie were young..what a difference! > > This board has been sooo helpful to me lately - thank-you, everyone! I have another question. I think that my son, ASD, almost 5, non-verbal, lotsa other issues, etc... my be experiencing reflux. I do not want to put him on conventional meds for this - he was on them as an infant, and I suspect they may have contributed to some of his problems. What other options are there for treating reflux? Are there supplements that can help? Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > Thank-you! > > > -- " Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. " MLK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 thank you for your reply laura. i am a bit lost about so many things. ever since i joined this group i feel so bad not doing all the things that you guys are doing for my son. i always put a lot of importance on his gut and i think it is finally almost under controll, so much better than it was. Slowly i am learning all these things from you guys and starting to apply it as well. So thank you so much for your reply, and thank you all in this group for all that i had learned or will be learning from you all Tunde Hey Tunde... When I started juicing. I thought of things my kid would eat. I started out with Pineapple, Pears, Apples, Carrots, Celery...etc. My kids wouldn't drink the juicer drink - because of the consistency. Some kids don't have that issue. But what I did was I took a tablespoon of 'juicer drink' and put it in his favorite juice, until he took a full juicer drink. It took about a month of consistently doing this. There are some juicing websites out there, but what I have found is that if you use organic, fresh, vegetables -- and pick something sweet like an apple, pear or pineapple (grapes, if it starts to look like it's going to be bad) -- then you can create your own. I started with the book I had gotten with my juicer. (Jack LaLanne) --and I experimented with lots of different fruits, vegetables, and herbs (like ginger, cilantro, and parsley) I used a lot of kale as it's got a lot of great things in it. Apples are sweet and very good, so are pears. It's a great thing, because you can be creative. I just started juicing zucchini and my kids loved it too. They get mostly vegetables now, but they did not at first, sometimes you have to 'sell' it, before they take the juice and not question it.. laura If I find a really good website, I'll post it. > > > > > > This board has been sooo helpful to me lately - thank-you, everyone! I > > have another question. I think that my son, ASD, almost 5, non-verbal, lotsa > > other issues, etc... my be experiencing reflux. I do not want to put him on > > conventional meds for this - he was on them as an infant, and I suspect they > > may have contributed to some of his problems. What other options are there > > for treating reflux? Are there supplements that can help? Any advice is > > greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thank-you! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > * " Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. " > MLK* > -- " Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. " MLK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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