Aleesha Sattva
06-05-2008, 05:25 PM
I know I say this in all the fasting/feasting threads where a breastfeeding mom wants to undertake a juice feast/fast... but I feel the need to add a word of caution.
Mom, unless you have been raw for a long time and already done a whole lot of detoxing... when you juice feast/fast while nursing you are dumping YOUR toxins into your milk which in turn feeds YOUR "years of toxins" to your baby!
Think about what you are doing before you do this please. Your baby relies on you to protect him/her and doesn't have a choice about what it is taking into it's body. When you CHOOSE to fast/feast while you are breastfeeding (no matter what the age of your child and how much they are nursing) your baby/child is forced to take in your X-amount of years of toxins into his/her body. *EEK*
If I gave YOU the choice... would you willingly CHOOSE to take my years of toxins into your body via a drink? Would you accept it eagerly into your body or would you instead ask me to hand you something healthier?
Adding fresh juice daily to your healthy (raw) eating regime is healthier by far for your baby. Adding green smoothies is also great and causes your body to release much less toxins.
I am not saying for nursing moms to not go raw... they can do that safely IMO... as long as they are careful to watch their level of cleansing. Stay away from more cleansing foods and focus more on a balanced diet of raw foods and beverages.
Should a nursing mom take in juice while she is nursing... sure. Should she take in only juices... nope, not if the health of her child is a concern to her, which I'm sure it is.
So please... when someone new comes and says "I'm going to start juicing"... instead of telling to go ahead and do it, perhaps you could take some time and caution against what they are about to do to their baby/child.
Cause it's not a race to get people over to raw... it's about health. And... telling a woman to juice fast/feast while nursing is NOT taking into account her babies health.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled reading of the forum.
Mom, unless you have been raw for a long time and already done a whole lot of detoxing... when you juice feast/fast while nursing you are dumping YOUR toxins into your milk which in turn feeds YOUR "years of toxins" to your baby!
Think about what you are doing before you do this please. Your baby relies on you to protect him/her and doesn't have a choice about what it is taking into it's body. When you CHOOSE to fast/feast while you are breastfeeding (no matter what the age of your child and how much they are nursing) your baby/child is forced to take in your X-amount of years of toxins into his/her body. *EEK*
If I gave YOU the choice... would you willingly CHOOSE to take my years of toxins into your body via a drink? Would you accept it eagerly into your body or would you instead ask me to hand you something healthier?
Adding fresh juice daily to your healthy (raw) eating regime is healthier by far for your baby. Adding green smoothies is also great and causes your body to release much less toxins.
I am not saying for nursing moms to not go raw... they can do that safely IMO... as long as they are careful to watch their level of cleansing. Stay away from more cleansing foods and focus more on a balanced diet of raw foods and beverages.
Should a nursing mom take in juice while she is nursing... sure. Should she take in only juices... nope, not if the health of her child is a concern to her, which I'm sure it is.
So please... when someone new comes and says "I'm going to start juicing"... instead of telling to go ahead and do it, perhaps you could take some time and caution against what they are about to do to their baby/child.
Cause it's not a race to get people over to raw... it's about health. And... telling a woman to juice fast/feast while nursing is NOT taking into account her babies health.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled reading of the forum.