Are You Constipated?
Posted by katherine | Under Organic Food, Organic Food for Children, Why Choose Organic? Wednesday Jul 15, 2009Organic fresh made juices have cleansing and laxative action, which will help you eliminate constipation. Taken regularly they will help you have daily bowel movements.
Organic juices contain loads of mineral, bioflavonoids, vitamins, enzymes, antioxidants, and other nutrients. Citric fruits have citric acid and the more tart they are the more acid they have.
Fresh juice is a fast way to get all types of nutrients into the blood quickly. As juice nutrients get into your blood, they suck out toxics and build up tissues. In your colon they destroy bad bacteria, feed wall tissue, pull out toxins, and have laxative action.
Even though juices provide helpful action throughout the body, it is best to limit their use and drink them in larger quantities only when trying to accomplish certain health benefits.
If you use natural foods with laxative effects, their laxative effect diminishes after long-term use.
If you have diabetes or adrenal fatigue, limit your use of fruits and juices when you first wake up in the morning. However, exercise in the morning will help you tolerate drinking some juices in the morning
When juicing fruits and vegetables, the more fiber that is left with the juice the better results you will get with your constipation.
It is always best to use fresh juices, but as a last resort using packaged juices will be better than not drinking anything.
Some juices are helpful in treating constipation.. Pear, prune and apple juices all naturally contain the sugar alcohol, sorbitol that is poorly absorbed by the intestines.. The sorbitol stays in the intestines for a longer time and pulls water back into the intestinal tract causing the contents to have more fluid and move easier through the bowel.. These juices also contain fructose, a sugar found in many fruits, which can also be poorly absorbed.. These two sugars together can increase the fluid in the bowel contents and make the bowel movement softer.
Because sorbitol has in fact been used as a medication to alleviate constipation in extreme cases, using sorbitol containing juices and foods must be done with caution.. Cramps or diarrhea can occur when too much sorbitol is taken.. . One 8 ounce glass of pear juice can contain as much as 7 grams of sorbitol.. As little as 10 grams of sorbitol has been known to cause diarrhea in children.. So, use discretion when giving juice to your child.. Start out with a little and increase as needed.





























