Cashew Juice To Help An Upset Stomach

My son, Max, had a problem with his stomach this weekend. Max has some special needs, due to complications that stem from his Cerebral Palsy.  He’s got a very sensitive system and sometimes that leads to vomiting and an increase in his seizures. I tell you this, because this weekend I gave him something that really seemed to settle his stomach and when something works, when I find something that I feel can really help a kid, I want to share it.

I got some juices from O.N.E. (One Natural Experience) to try. I wrote about one before, an Acai juice. I still had some Cashew fruit juice in the fridge.  After Max’s vomiting slowed, I wanted to try the B.R.A.T. diet (banana, rice, apple, toast).  One of the other kids had finished off the apple juice, but I had two of the Cashew juices sitting there. I’d tried one before and I knew that it had a pleasant pineapple sort of taste. Very mild, though, not too tart or sour.

I decided to try the juice on Max. He drank it down – it took him awhile, but he drank it and was able to keep it down. Yea! Fighting dehydration is very important with a vomiting child and this juice went a long way toward keeping him hydrated. I’m very glad that I had it in the house.

Later, I read the container and “calm an upset stomach” is one of the things that the juice is known to do.  Along with that there’s “soothe a sore throat,” something he was also experiencing.

Here’s some more information about the Cashew Fruit juice:

O.N.E.™ Cashew is a 100% natural, nutritional beverage with a fresh, light and naturally sweet tropical flavor. Made from the fruit of the cashew plant, not the nut, O.N.E. Cashew is naturally fat-free and is packed with Vitamin C. One cashew fruit has five times more Vitamin C than an orange, without the acidity.  O.N.E.™ Cashew also contains important nutrients including beta-carotene, vitamin B1, B2 & B3, calcium & iron.  And, unlike the cashew nut, O.N.E.™ Cashew is non-allergenic.

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