Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hello everyone, A visit to my naturopath has prompted me to question you all about green smoothies. I had been giving some to my 1 year old with very minimal greens and my naturopath said that the combination of fruit and greens was not good for him as the fruit wants to digest quickly but can't because the veges dont digest as quickly and was causing him to have constipation. What are your thoughts? Hinarera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hi Hinarera, My understanding is this would be the case with the denser greens like kale and collards, etc. Not sure if the tender lettuces have the same issue. Another thing about smoothies is because they aren't chewed, they don't digest quite as well as whole foods. They are also eaten much faster than you would eat that same amount of food if you chewed it. I don't have kids or know the specifics about the best foods for babies. There is a great raw midwife and mom with a web site and she's also on the discussion group " Path of Health. " Here are the links: http://health.PathOfHealth/ www.livingmom.net Good luck, Laurie rawfood , " hinarera " <hinarera wrote: > > Hello everyone, > A visit to my naturopath has prompted me to question you all about green smoothies. I had > been giving some to my 1 year old with very minimal greens and my naturopath said that the > combination of fruit and greens was not good for him as the fruit wants to digest quickly but > can't because the veges dont digest as quickly and was causing him to have constipation. > What are your thoughts? > > Hinarera > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Does he seem constipated to you? Elchanan _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of hinarera Monday, December 04, 2006 11:05 AM rawfood [Raw Food] Green smoothies and food combining Hello everyone, A visit to my naturopath has prompted me to question you all about green smoothies. I had been giving some to my 1 year old with very minimal greens and my naturopath said that the combination of fruit and greens was not good for him as the fruit wants to digest quickly but can't because the veges dont digest as quickly and was causing him to have constipation. What are your thoughts? Hinarera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Hinarera, I don't think anyone would be able to reliably tell you anything without knowing exactly what you are putting in ... " green vegetables " and " fruit " is not very specific. there are some things that don't go together and other things do. All you have given us, at this point is " I put something together with something " , which is not much better than " I put food in the blender " . If you, in fact, want to investigate the concept of food combining, please feel free to investigate the list files on food combining http://tinyurl.com/yc8dpt this should take you directly to the list's food combining files.. otherwise go to rawfood/files and look for food management, and then nutrition, and keep following for natural hygiene just take responsibility, and you will get there. Margaret rawfood , " hinarera " <hinarera wrote: > > Hello everyone, > A visit to my naturopath has prompted me to question you all about green smoothies. I had > been giving some to my 1 year old with very minimal greens and my naturopath said that the > combination of fruit and greens was not good for him as the fruit wants to digest quickly but > can't because the veges dont digest as quickly and was causing him to have constipation. > What are your thoughts? > > Hinarera > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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