Who here is using food to better their prognosis, either in conjunction with other therapies or even

RoseyR said:

TO JUICE OR NOT TO JUICE?

Have followed all these comments with interest and want to add one caveat.

I agree that juicing too often replaces the pulp, the healthy fiber, of the fruit and vegetable with juice that raises our blood sugar far too quickly.

But that's the reason that the KIND of juicer we get, according to some sources such as Dr. Russell Blaylock, makes all the difference; he advocates one that leaves NO pulp or fiber behind but grinds it all into a smooth liquid. And although I bought one such mixer (The Vita-Mix) last summer, plunking down nearly four hundred dollars on it, have to admit I've used it rarely so far--partly because I PREFER juices and soups with little chunks in them rather than a smooth blend but more so because have been too busy, even returning to full-time work this fall, to do anything but eat out twice a day (an expense of its own!).

I intend to juice once a day when I go on sabbatical leave in January; I'll have many months off to create a new daily routine.

Has anyone else read that juicing is good ONLY via a mixer, rather than a blender, because the former preserves the pulp and all?

Rosey

carolenk said:

It's kumquat season again!
Just want to mention kumquats are a good source of d-limonene:
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D-limonene is a terpene, a compound found in plants. The best source of d-limonene is the oil from orange peels. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that when d-limonene was added to the diets of rats who had developed tumors, 90% of them had their tumors disappear completely. In a related study, animals that were given d-limonene one hour before being exposed to known carcinogens, were protected from the effects of the carcinogens at a highly significant rate.

In rats, large doses of d-limonene produce kidney problems, but in dogs, there were no side effects.

D-limonene has yet to be tested on humans, and since very little of the two billion spent annually on cancer research ever makes it to clinical studies, it might never be tested on humans to determine dosages and toxicity levels, if there are any.

In the meanwhile, you can do what most juice experts have been saying for years: juice the orange and the peel together—just make sure your oranges are organically grown. [Alternatives, September 1991; 4: 3]
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Kumquat season is from November to March.