to let 7 y/o follow a juice diet

[twistedsista]

As per the other thread I'm struggling with my ds and especially for breakfast.

Was following the advice to make sure he gets complex carbs (whole grain cerial), skimmed milk and sugar free squash. Now looking into it more this seams bad old advice, I've gone back to normal juice.

Myself and dh have been following a juice diet for the last few weeks, basically a fresh juice of 5 vegetables and 2 fruit for breakfast and we feel amazing for for it.

D's really doesn't like eating in the morning, would it be OK to just let him have juice only like us?

YANBU. As long as it's just breakfast I can't see anything wrong with that at all.

I wish I could get my kids to eat anything like that healthily at breakfast time.

My 11 year old won't eat anything at all. If I try to make her she will either a) cry until I give up b) try and hide it or c) throw it up

My 7 year old will eat yogurt with fruit in and, under duress, will have toast if I have cut it into triangles, removed the crusts and not put anything on it [hmmm] I know I shouldn't give in, I just don't want her getting like DD1.

It's not fruit tho.... Op have the recipe. It's mainly veg

Yep, freaks.

I guess takes a freak to recognise one then

You are being unreasonable to say "myself",it hurts my teeth. It's juice not heroin, ignore the abuse you will get, there are some food obsessed butters on MN

Nutters not butters but funny auto correct. Some of these mummies will faint at the sight of the word

The mum of the raw food family looks like Skeletor.

twistedsista I read some of your previous thread as well. I know you are struggling.

If he likes the taste of the juice, that's a great starting point. However, I would use those ingredients in a blender, to make a smoothie, rather than a juicer. The thing with juicing is it removes all the pulp and fiber, which is pretty essential. Those solid bits are the carriers for the nutrition in fruit and veg, what your body absorbs from during digestion.

Try making a smoothie and see if he will drink that - if so, great! You may have to add a little milk to make it blend, which will help with adding some protein. Plain, unsweetened greek yogurt also goes great into a smoothie, and is a huge protein boost.

A substantial smoothie for breakfast is fine! Add a bit if protein powder and you're golden. Your mistake was calling it the juice diet, please don't do that.

Not read whole thread (BAD SuperFlyHigh!) but as AnyFucker says who lets a 7 year old refuse breakfast.

and what fuels him for the rest of the day? I'd be starving enough as an adult yet alone a growing child.

You can add oats and/or oatmeal to smoothies as has already been suggested, very good for you but you can also add peanut butter to smoothies for an extra protein boost, bananas and peanut butter go particularly well together :)

Yes because it's perfectly normal for a Western family to bring their family up living on a beach in Costa Rica, existing on papayas while you make a living from selling ebooks which tell people that you can cure asthma through drinking green juice and believing in much woo

It's not only bollocks, it's dangerous bollocks

I can't bear breakfast don't now eat it but have fruit at work at 10am. I thought current thinking was that whole fruit is better and juices, but that was a few weeks ago, no doubt the advice has since changed.

No way would I let a 7 year old skip breakfast - I used to force it down myself to ensure my kids never used the excuse that Mummy was not eating it.

Does your school have a breakfast club? would a walk/drive to school in the morning and then breakfast be a little better because he's had space between getting up and having breakfast?

Drinking juice for breakfast is better than nothing, and it might get him used to having things for breakfast so I don't see anything wrong with it :)

It's a great idea!

As a mum, you want to get something healthy in your breakfast refusing son....which you are.

If you can balance out his diet over the course of the other meals, great!

eat well plate

I have got one fussy eater & another eater who eats everything in sight so I do sympathise. Lots of sensible ideas here about smoothies, breakfast clubs etc so try & see what works for your son. Speak to your health visitor/gp/nurse re healthy eating if you need further help.

www.nhs.uk/Livewell/childhealth6-15/Pages/Get-children-involved-inbeing-healthy.aspx

He needs protein at breakfast. So an egg or what ever. You could give him a juice drink on top but liquidized fruit/veg really isn't a stand alone meal. Most cereals are just crap so maybe you could be more imaginative.

He needs protein at breakfast. So an egg or what ever. You could give him a juice drink on top but liquidized fruit/veg really isn't a stand alone meal. Most cereals are just crap so maybe you could be more imaginative.

Green juice is amazing!

Smoothies mush up the fruit structure so the sugars are released differently ( there's some scientific stuff which relates to this which people often quote) whereas juicing takes the vitamins and minerals straight into the digestive system where it's absorber straightaway

Don't forget, unlike smoothies, veg and some fruits are juiced unpeeled. As we all know, most of the good stuff is just under the skin, so juicing takes the best parts and gets them absorbed in the body in record time

Lemons,limes,melons,kiwi, and all veg can just go straight in

That's how I understand it anyway

And I recently completed a half marathon on beetroot juices beforehand.

Can I just point out to all the clever superhealthy eaters here, advising wholemeal bread, that children arent supposed to eat wholemeal?

Are they not?
Really?

Really really?
White bread is a recent thing, for centuries people ate brown and wholemeal.

Under two they shouldn't. I think a 7 yo should be fine with wholemeal bread.

If you can get a child to drink a juice made mostly of veg, go for it.

I tried to give mine carrot and orange juice the other week and there was serious gagging and retching. The kids didn't like it much either.

Fussy kids are a nightmare. Just put lots of food out, let them eat/drink whatever, and then tidy it away. No fuss.

sid fruit contains some protein, milk and/or yoghurt would also be a source. Eggs aren't necessary for breakfast, and probably one of the last things a 'fussyeater' would ever want for breakfast.
superfly probably people that don't agree with force feeding children.