[quote=jpinpb]I have to agree w/ocr on the juice. I see so many parents giving kids juice all day long thinking it’s healthy and better than sodas. But juice is lacking fiber and it’s fruit broken down to sugar, basically. People swarm Jamba Juice thinking they’re healthy by having smoothies. Sugar is addicting, whether carbs or juice. That’s what makes it hard to give up.
I do eat fruit, whatever is in season, apples, blueberries, apricots. But I rarely have juice. I might go for a Green Machine once in a while. That’s not all fruit juice. Last weekend I went to Ki’s and had a Super Mix w/beet, carrot, celery, spinach juice. Wasn’t the tastiest, sweetest thing to touch my tongue. Washed it down w/some wheatgrass. I really had energy the rest of the day.
Once your body is purified, it really uses and absorbs nutrients. But as I said, it’s not fun. My husband eats ice cream and I eat an apricot. {sigh}[/quote]
Juice is bad for other reasons for kids. Cavities…
jpinpb…Actually, the best thing to get for your hubbie is a popsicle and/or ice cream maker. At least then you have some control over the ingredients…. My kid doesn’t eat any bought popsicle anymore…
I use a small blender and grind fresh fruit to a pulp, which then I add yogurt/etc to a popsicle mold. Works pretty well, and like eating a fruit…
Key here is cleanup is a snap… (just wash a cup and a small blade)… I hate the big blenders because of the cleanup…Same reason why my juicer is sitting way back in the end kitchen closet (anyone want to buy one ? :))
I use this blender everyday, from making drinks to grinding coffee beans to getting vegetable pulp..
(You can find ones made in Korea which are slightly better quality than the ones from China at the Korean supermarket “Zion Supermarket” off of Mercury St in Kearny Mesa. They also have have better good produce at cheap prices… (just don’ take extra plastic bags without using them, or they will charge you for those…cheap bastards)…
