huge topic:Americans keep getting fatter

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[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…

1) Popsicle molds :

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=popsicle+mold&x=0&y=0&ih=6_7_2_1_0_1_0_0_0_1.95_43&fsc=-1

2) Small blender:

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)…

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
Juice is bad for other reasons for kids. Cavities…[/quote]

Yeah, my sister and niece learned that the hard way. She filled the house with fruit juice and those gummy bear like fruit juice chews–which my niece at like candy. A trip to the dentist revealed that my niece had something like 10 cavities. Oops.

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
Juice is bad for other reasons for kids. Cavities…[/quote]

Yeah, my sister and niece learned that the hard way. She filled the house with fruit juice and those gummy bear like fruit juice chews–which my niece at like candy. A trip to the dentist revealed that my niece had something like 10 cavities. Oops.

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
Juice is bad for other reasons for kids. Cavities…[/quote]

Yeah, my sister and niece learned that the hard way. She filled the house with fruit juice and those gummy bear like fruit juice chews–which my niece at like candy. A trip to the dentist revealed that my niece had something like 10 cavities. Oops.

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
Juice is bad for other reasons for kids. Cavities…[/quote]

Yeah, my sister and niece learned that the hard way. She filled the house with fruit juice and those gummy bear like fruit juice chews–which my niece at like candy. A trip to the dentist revealed that my niece had something like 10 cavities. Oops.

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
Juice is bad for other reasons for kids. Cavities…[/quote]

Yeah, my sister and niece learned that the hard way. She filled the house with fruit juice and those gummy bear like fruit juice chews–which my niece at like candy. A trip to the dentist revealed that my niece had something like 10 cavities. Oops.

[briansd1]

[quote=Russell]Skip dinner if you are not very hungry. Just skip it… [/quote]

Periodic fasting will allow you to live longer.

[briansd1]

[quote=Russell]Skip dinner if you are not very hungry. Just skip it… [/quote]

Periodic fasting will allow you to live longer.

[briansd1]

[quote=Russell]Skip dinner if you are not very hungry. Just skip it… [/quote]

Periodic fasting will allow you to live longer.

[briansd1]

[quote=Russell]Skip dinner if you are not very hungry. Just skip it… [/quote]

Periodic fasting will allow you to live longer.

[briansd1]

[quote=Russell]Skip dinner if you are not very hungry. Just skip it… [/quote]

Periodic fasting will allow you to live longer.

[jpinpb]

flu – those popsicle molds are a great idea. I’ll have to see if he’ll go for it. He really likes the “cream” part of ice cream. Maybe I can nudge him in a healthier direction. I was getting him to eat some apples when they were in season.

Eating habits are hard to change. It’s a social thing, too. There’s stigma w/smoking and drinking, but people have to eat. Going out to dinner w/friends can mean unhealthy eating, depending where you go and what you select. You have more control when you do your own cooking. But when people work full time, it’s not always easy to find time and energy to cook.

During the winter I use a crockpot and toss chopped vegetables in there in the morning before I go to work. Dinner is ready when I get home. I got my girlfriend to do it w/chicken and she HATES to cook. She was happy to have a healthy option than fast food.

[jpinpb]

flu – those popsicle molds are a great idea. I’ll have to see if he’ll go for it. He really likes the “cream” part of ice cream. Maybe I can nudge him in a healthier direction. I was getting him to eat some apples when they were in season.

Eating habits are hard to change. It’s a social thing, too. There’s stigma w/smoking and drinking, but people have to eat. Going out to dinner w/friends can mean unhealthy eating, depending where you go and what you select. You have more control when you do your own cooking. But when people work full time, it’s not always easy to find time and energy to cook.

During the winter I use a crockpot and toss chopped vegetables in there in the morning before I go to work. Dinner is ready when I get home. I got my girlfriend to do it w/chicken and she HATES to cook. She was happy to have a healthy option than fast food.

[jpinpb]

flu – those popsicle molds are a great idea. I’ll have to see if he’ll go for it. He really likes the “cream” part of ice cream. Maybe I can nudge him in a healthier direction. I was getting him to eat some apples when they were in season.

Eating habits are hard to change. It’s a social thing, too. There’s stigma w/smoking and drinking, but people have to eat. Going out to dinner w/friends can mean unhealthy eating, depending where you go and what you select. You have more control when you do your own cooking. But when people work full time, it’s not always easy to find time and energy to cook.

During the winter I use a crockpot and toss chopped vegetables in there in the morning before I go to work. Dinner is ready when I get home. I got my girlfriend to do it w/chicken and she HATES to cook. She was happy to have a healthy option than fast food.

[jpinpb]

flu – those popsicle molds are a great idea. I’ll have to see if he’ll go for it. He really likes the “cream” part of ice cream. Maybe I can nudge him in a healthier direction. I was getting him to eat some apples when they were in season.

Eating habits are hard to change. It’s a social thing, too. There’s stigma w/smoking and drinking, but people have to eat. Going out to dinner w/friends can mean unhealthy eating, depending where you go and what you select. You have more control when you do your own cooking. But when people work full time, it’s not always easy to find time and energy to cook.

During the winter I use a crockpot and toss chopped vegetables in there in the morning before I go to work. Dinner is ready when I get home. I got my girlfriend to do it w/chicken and she HATES to cook. She was happy to have a healthy option than fast food.

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