...continued fast...

[Alissa]

(this post is a continued post from 'anyone want to partake')

yeah!!! Day 3 coming up!!! didnÂ’t drink enough juice today, I think thatÂ’s why i was hungry. ill do more tomorrow. i just love my cucumber, only had a half of glass of that tonight. Wait till tomorrow, we are going to feel soooo good!!!
Sweet juice dreams!

[Curtis]

Love my oj but thinking about adding cuke. Is carrot and cuke a good combo?

[Alissa]

ya thats a fine combo.

[Veganmama]

I'm so proud of all of you, you are all doing such a wonderful job and at the same time being extremely inspiring. I'm going to do a juice fast as soon as my mum goes home in a week or so, (she wouldn't understand;) )

Does anyone have any information on Breastfeeding and fasting, i'm sure that if it was only for 7 days or so it wouldn't effect my milk supply.

Your all just so lovely for sharing (((HUGS)))

[vegbaby]

I'm so proud of all of you, you are all doing such a wonderful job and at the same time being extremely inspiring. I'm going to do a juice fast as soon as my mum goes home in a week or so, (she wouldn't understand;) )

Does anyone have any information on Breastfeeding and fasting, i'm sure that if it was only for 7 days or so it wouldn't effect my milk supply.

Your all just so lovely for sharing (((HUGS)))

As an LLL Leader I just wanted to comment on fasting while breastfeeding, which is not generally recommended. Depending, however, on how old your child is you could consider a few factors:

--if your child is a baby (under one year) and bm makes up his/her primary source of calories, it's not recommended to fast because fewer calories can lower your supply of milk
--that said, if your child is over one and bm does NOT make up the primary source of nutrition then you might consider it IF you are careful to consume the same number of calories per day
--you might also consider supplementing with B-12 and flax seed oil during your juice fast
--keep in mind that toxins are released into your bloodstream during a fast, and they will go into your breastmilk.

Just some things to think about.

Melanie

[Veganmama]

My girls are 2 and 3 so they get most of their nutrients from food these days, but i have been conserned about the release of toxins, i was of the thuoght that they would first leave through the bodys natural filtering and release ways like urine and fecaes so would that much really go through the breast milk?? I don't really want to risk making my girls sick, so it looks like another few years before a juice fast for me...lol

[tglasco4]

Excellent combo Curtis. Carrot is universally known as a wonderful juice and the high-water content of cukes make them good for almost any combo.

Todd

Love my oj but thinking about adding cuke. Is carrot and cuke a good combo?