Juicing

Since I have started juicing why platelets from chemo have risen 30 points since last round.I have 3 kids and they all have gotton sick over the past 3-4 months-I have not gotton sick, energy is good, blood counts have been great=etc. I believe it has been my saving grace during chemo-not to mention I am 8 months pregnant. I should not feel this good.

I don't do supplements but yes they know I am juicing. I just can't do a ton. I do one  day and one grass. I usually alternate a big vit c drink and then the next day a vegetable drink.

My blood work is perfect-platelets are at 280-only dropped 30 points from the beginning of chemo.

I feel super good and full of energy and no se's to chemo.

I will say my body craves the green grass-I tell my husband I am addicted but I think my body just knows it needs it.

As far as being diagnosed during prego-many more women would be but usually dont find it until afterwards while nursing.

Natural sugar is different than what they use in PET scans however your point is well taken.  I use mostly low glycemic index fruits and vegies.  I checked with my oncologist and she assured me that juicing is safe.  I raised diabetic sons and I suggest if you are drinking a sweeter juice, have it with some protein because that slowes the absorption of the sugar but you will still get the nutrients.  As was discussed earlier in this thread, it is fiber that keeps us from getting the full nutrients from the fruits and veggies.  Protein is a different story.

Roseann

Had some yummy juice this morning and saw this thread as I was drinking it, so thought I'd share the recipe. Cucumber, apple, lemon, lime, collard green and ginger. Yum!  

Actually, wheatgrass is kind of high in natural sugar, I've read. That's one reason why the shots are usually so small.  All juices are going to have sugar, but I don't worry too much about the natural sugars in juices so long as I'm not overdoing the juicing. I only juice two or three times a week.

I know I had read about cancer cells using sugar too, but every cell in our body uses glucose, and everything we eat gets converted to glucose so that our cells can use it. I think the big factor is what is happening with our blood sugar.  Here's something I've gleaned from Frederick Patenaude (he's a raw food guru guy). This was pertaining to candida issues, but I think has pretty universal applications:

Excess fat is the culprit in candida, not sugar, per se. When fat levels in the blood rise, so does blood sugar, because excess fat inhibits insulin from performing its function of escorting sugar out of the bloodstream. The excess fat lines the blood vessel walls, the cells’ insulin receptor sites, the sugar molecules themselves, and the insulin with a thin coating of fat, thus blocking and inhibiting normal metabolic activity. Too much sugar in the blood is as life threatening as too little and can result in serious illness or death. Yeast, or candida, is a constant presence in the blood; it serves as a life preservation mechanism, blooming when there is an excess of sugar in the blood stream to bring blood sugar down to a non-threatening level. When the sugar is distributed and used by the cells of the body, the yeast quickly dies off as it is supposed to. If fat levels stay chronically high due to a poor diet, sugar will remain in the bloodstream and feed the large candida colonies instead of feeding the 18 trillion cells of your body. Starved for fuel, these cells can no longer metabolize energy, and you become tired, and feel rundown. Because all carbohydrate, fat, and protein that we eat is converted to simple sugar (glucose) if it is to be used by the cells for fuel, the way out of this cycle is not to eat less sugar, but to consume less fat. When fat levels drop, the sugar starts to get processed and distributed again, and the yeast levels drop because there is no longer excess sugar available.

So, I make sure I drink my juice on an empty stomach first thing in the morning and I never add fats to my green smoothies to keep the fat from interfering with the metabolism of sugar.  

DeAnn 

Merilee, yes, it's certainly possible to choose drinks that would have a high sugar content even with all fresh produce.  Usually, though, it's added sugar that causes insulin levels to spike.  It's the insulin response that eventually wears out the pancreas if we spike our sugar levels so often that the pancreas goes on strike with its supply of insulin. 

Deann, I make a green juice nearly every day also.  I had just developed a liking for collard green and kale in my juice when I learned they are in the cruciferous group, which suppresses thyroid function.  I usually have 4 greens in each batch and I mix it up with cucumbers, parsley, celery, romaine, belle peppers, sprouts.  Recently, I added some bok choy to my green juice and loved it.   Not sure if bok choy is in the cruciferous group or not though.  Oh, I love spinach!  I burn through a bag of that every now and then and turn a blind eye to its cruciferous status.  I always have a slice of ginger in my green juice, lemon and/or lime, green apple, and stevia. 

For a sweet juice, I make:  carrots, orange bell pepper, ginger, lemon, parsley, apple.  It's probably too sweet to drink every day, but it sure is delicious, and even reluctant recruits seem to like it.  

Cruciferous veggies suppress thyroid function by interfering with the uptake of iodine.  We need iodine throughout our bodies, and the thyroid especially so.  To learn more, the term to google is goitrogen. 

Hi--sorry I didn't respond to your post but BCO doesn't notify me of responses, even when I favorite it....don't know why.  I just accidently found your post now.  Anyway, I believe Breville has many models, and the one that is $200 is probably more powerful than the one I have which is good, but not the best.  Don't fret about the price diff--I'm sure your juicer is better with greens where it counts.

I looked at the web last night at juicers.  The Breville mentioned by people here looks impressive, but some sites say you need a slower machine to juice green leafy veggies.  So, for those of you who have one, how does it do on mixed greens?  The big food chute looks good as I'm having to cut up broccoli to poke down the small chute of my Hamilton Beach juicer.

I don't think I have read about how much juice to drink. Do you girls drink 2 oz or 100 oz???

Really, broccoli in the juicer? Does anyone else have trouble drinking some of the stuff you juice? Sometimes with me, I drink it then I have trouble keeping it down (tmi) . Maybe I'm drinking to much.

Patty

I buy organic powders and mix with water as a breakfast. It is called the garden trio, I also use the Herbal Fiberblend, and like the berry juice they sell. Hope this helps: its easy. Go to Barley Life.com. Membership is free when you order a garden trio. If you need a sponser I could help as well.

EWB:  Thanks for this idea.  I tried a casserole -- I had to put a lot of cheese and bread crumbs on top to make it work -- think I'll stick w/the quiche as that was really quite good.  I'll try your muffin idea too.  Probably like zucchini bread. Karenanne

Has anyone ever heard of Aloe Vera Juice having a good affect against fighting cancer? In Spanish it would be called Jugo de Savila

marichai, I have friends who think very highly of aloe vera juice but my own experience was not so great.  It's been nearly 3 years since I gave it a try.  Seemed like all the places with good things to say about it were also selling it.  Then places like mayo clinic, sloan kettering, and the like didn't have much of anything good to say about it at all. 

The s-k site says consuming aloe juice prior to surgery can be a problem in re to excessive bleeding, and I take every opportunity to mention this just in case someone's on the brink of surgery and drinking aloe vera juice.  It's one of those things no one should ever have to find out the hard way that s-k is right.  As for me, constipation was a problem while drinking av juice, even though it seems to have the opposite effect for many.  It also worsened the nausea that had plagued me since chemo.  

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