One more early diet question I meant to ask

[Guest guest]

If one if keeping an eye on the pecanbread stages....may juice made at home with

a juicer be

introduced earlier than the raw fruit? Is it any easier than raw fruit/veggies?

Prior to SCD

there were no known problems with juice (or any fruits or veggies) that we know

of.

Thanks,

Angie

family of four SCD for 5 days

in support of 9 year old with

malabsorption and extreme ADHD issues

[Guest guest]

I found homemade juice to be a good 'bridge' to introducing raw foods.

All four of my family members seemed to do better with juice than with

raw fruit/veggies at first.

Kind regards,

KimS celiac family SCD 2003-2004

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may juice made at home with a juicer be

> introduced earlier than the raw fruit? Is it any easier than raw

fruit/veggies?

[Guest guest]

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> If one if keeping an eye on the pecanbread stages....may juice made

at home with a juicer be

> introduced earlier than the raw fruit?

Yes. I haven't used the juicer I bought two years ago, but I've paid

attention to the juicing posts. I remember that it breaks down the

cell walls like cooking and therefore can be started earlier. You

need to make sure that your juicer removes the skin and pulp.

(Vitamix does not.) Always dilute. A recommendation of an expert

juicer a long time ago said to start kids on 2 oz. and work your way

up. (I really don't know why.) Someone else recommended starting with

20% juice and 80% water. Must be powerful stuff.

, mom to , age 10, ASD, SCD since 4-23-04