Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 >high doses of vitamin a she may be receiving, as well as nitrates. > Actually carrots contain beta carotene, which the body > converts into vitamin A, not vitamin A itself. Big > difference. The B vitamins and C are water based and > processed and excreted through the kidneys. A, D and E > are oil based and harder for the body to excrete. Beta > carotene avoids this as any extra A isn't absorbed to > start with but excreted in the " other " manner. > Just thought I'd repost this under proper subject. The original question I had was - my husband has gotten my 2 year old hooked on carrot juice. To the extent that she won't drink anything else (except a cup of milk - we're ovo-lacto). I was wondering if it was harmful. Based on what dh and I found, this response (that carrots contain beta carotene) is correct. However, I am concerned about the first response - the nitrates. I know when she was a baby we had to watch the carrots - make sure that any we added to food were organic. We've tried juicing - but it takes SOOO many carrots that I figured we paid less for carrot juice (which is not organic, that I've found) than the carrots, the electricity, and the water (cleanup!) to juice our own. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Phyllis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 my understanding on nitrates in carrots -- and please correct me if i am wrong -- is that it doesn't matter much whether the carrots are organic or not. nitrates in the soil depend primarily on location. they are naturally occuring. the so-called " blue-baby syndrome, " nitrate poisoning, almost never happens. but there are risks to making your own baby foods with spinach, beets, carrots, etc. the recommendation is that if you are cooking the food for baby food, to change water for the puree. the AAP recommends putting off using your own spinach, beets, and carrots until the baby is more than 8 months old, at which time the HcL in the baby's intestines should be strong enough to kill nitrates. (we didn't wait and to be honest i don't know anyone who has, that makes their own baby food.) the reason i mentioned concern about carrots is because i don't see anything about consuming very high levels of nitrate-containing foods. that being said, i always say that juicing and cooking food yourself is superior to buying it already made. when you buy something premade it's almost always been pasteurized, which kills valuable resources in the food. those nutrients are added back by fortification, which is inferior. also, the manner in which these foods are mass-produced is questionable at best. so i would say, even though it's a pain, go ahead and keep juicing on your own. if you're doing it for the benefits and the flavor, nothing compares to drinking what's been made just a moment before. On 6/15/06, crowclark <none_ya wrote: > > >high doses of vitamin a she may be receiving, as well as nitrates. > > > Actually carrots contain beta carotene, which the body > > converts into vitamin A, not vitamin A itself. Big > > difference. The B vitamins and C are water based and > > processed and excreted through the kidneys. A, D and E > > are oil based and harder for the body to excrete. Beta > > carotene avoids this as any extra A isn't absorbed to > > start with but excreted in the " other " manner. > > > > Just thought I'd repost this under proper subject. The original > question I had was - my husband has gotten my 2 year old hooked on > carrot juice. To the extent that she won't drink anything else > (except a cup of milk - we're ovo-lacto). I was wondering if it was > harmful. Based on what dh and I found, this response (that carrots > contain beta carotene) is correct. > > However, I am concerned about the first response - the nitrates. I > know when she was a baby we had to watch the carrots - make sure that > any we added to food were organic. We've tried juicing - but it takes > SOOO many carrots that I figured we paid less for carrot juice (which > is not organic, that I've found) than the carrots, the electricity, > and the water (cleanup!) to juice our own. Any thoughts would be > appreciated. > > Phyllis > > > -- see of pictures of isaiah at www.futurerevolutionary.blogspot.com. see more pictures at www.namesanddatesandtimes.blogspot.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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