I have wanted a juicer for a long time but I am too cheap to buy a good juicer. I talked to my doctor who has balanced my hormones and increased certain vitamins to get my adrenal glands working and she uses a juicer. She said a masticating juicer is the best because it keeps more of the nutrients. I looked it up and it says that the masticating juicer operates by using a single gear or auger that
literally chews up the fruit into pulp. Unlike the centrifugal juicer, a
masticating juicer operates at a much lower speed at about 80 ~ 120
RPM, producing minimal heat and least air oxidation which does not
disrupt the cellular structure of the fruits and vegetables. This
eliminates oxidation to the juices, therefore, preserving most the
precious enzymes and nutrients. Some models can even be used for
vegetable juicing , thus making it a good kitchen companion.
I have been trying to increase the amount of vegetables we eat as a family. I have grown increasingly more frustrated as much of what I make is not eaten because of the vegetables. This has caused me to stop cooking all together since I walk in circles around the grocery store going "WHAT THE HELL SHOULD I BUY?"
I don't want processed foods so that takes out all the middle isle of the store.
I don't want to eat factory farmed meat so that takes care of the back isle.
I don't want to eat fish that maybe has mercury or destroys the ocean environment.
I don't want to eat vegetables with pesticides.
I am the only one that will eat certain vegetables.
I leave with white bread which has no nutritional value, lunch meat for Daron's sandwhich which is probably full of nitrites - The preservative sodium nitrite fights harmful bacteria in ham, salami
and other processed and cured meats and also lends them their pink
coloration. However, under certain conditions in the human body, nitrite
can damage cells and also morph into molecules that cause cancer. YUM.
I leave with lots of cheese because all of us will eat this. I try not to think about the cows that produce the milk for the cheese and how they have to stay pregnant so that they continue to produce milk and then there are stories like this -
An investigation of a farm tied to the producer of Cabot cheese found that calves' heads were burned and that cows were electro-shocked in the face. Double Yum.
I buy buffalo meat from a local farmer and I picture the buffalo grazing just outside of Zion National Park although I am not sure if that farm is the farm they are from.
I buy apples, carrots, corn and other veggies wondering if they are genetically modified. A
genetically modified organism (
GMO) is an
organism whose
genetic material has been altered using
genetic engineering
techniques. Organisms that have been genetically modified include
micro-organisms such as bacteria and yeast, insects, plants, fish, and
mammals. GMOs are the source of
genetically modified foods, and are also widely used in scientific research and to produce goods other than food.
I have only read a little about GMO foods.
As evidence for this assertion, he points to
an independent 2011 study by
a team of doctors at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
University of Sherbrooke Hospital Centre in Quebec, Canada.
The study looked at the prevalence of Bt toxins in female patients,
finding that the chemicals -- which are often implanted into GMO crops
including corn -- were found in the majority of those who were surveyed.
The study looked at a small sample of Canadian women and determined
that of those who were pregnant at the time of the survey, 93 percent of
them had traces of Bt toxin in their blood, and 80 percent of their
umbilical cords contained the chemical.
Most of the world’s advanced nations -- from the European Union to China
and Russia to Saudi Arabia and Peru -- require that products containing
GMOs be labeled as such, while the United States, Mexico, Canada and
others have failed to institute such a requirement on manufacturers.
I think like anything there are good and bad so both sides. I don't like the fact that you can't plant a seed and have a plant grow in many cases due to genetic modifications. I think God had a pretty good system in place.
Hopefully our bodies are adapting to all these environmental changes and toxins but I would think it would take a couple of lifetimes for that to happen. Any substance that is in our food, environment, shampoo, lotion etc. can affect our hormones. A hormone is a chemical released by a cell, a gland, or an organ in one part of
the body that affects cells in other parts of the organism.
A variety of
exogenous chemical compounds, both natural and synthetic, have hormone-like effects on both humans and wildlife. Their
interference with the synthesis, secretion, transport, binding, action, or elimination of natural hormones in the body can change the
homeostasis, reproduction, development, and/or behavior, just as
endogenously produced hormones do.
SO THIS IS THE CRAP THAT GOES THROUGH MY HEAD WHILE SHOPPING. NOT. FUN. Even if you say we can't help it and eat a little of everything it still in my head. Besides if you know me I eat the same thing for about 3 months and then switch to something else. Addy only eats noodles, cheese, green beans, corn and eggs.
Then I saw this commercial and looked up the website.
All of us decided a juicer will help us get our nutrients and I figured what the hell it is a great way to mainline those pesticides, toxins, chemicals and listeria.
We will simultaneously get healthier and unhealthier.
