I am a great believer in the nutritional value of fresh vegetable juices. Juice is an easy way to get a lot of nutrition rapidly.
I first began drinking vegetable juices when I was in graduate school. I suffered from a malady every year. There was something in the environment in spring that made the roof of my mouth itch. It was annoying. I started drinking carrot juice, and the itching went away every year. Maybe there was no causal relationship, but I was not going to test the theory by stopping my consumption of carrot juice.
I like the taste of it. Actually, it's heavy on sugar, but it's a form of sugar that at least is unrefined. Also, carrot juice is not fattening. But if you drink too much of it, the palms of your hand will turn orange. I speak from experience. It is even possible to overdose on carrot juice. There is a book on this: The Orange Man (1971).
I think it is a good idea to grow your own vegetables, although it costs a lot of money if you value your time. But as a hobby, gardening is a good thing. It's great for teaching kids, too.
I drink juices made from organic vegetables. I think there is a relationship between soil and health, but I can't prove it. I have believed it for 40 years, when I read Sir Albert Howard's book, Soil and Health (1945). You can download it free of charge here. I don't believe the standard agribusiness line: "All vegetables are the same." I think soil makes a difference nutritionally. But if you don't believe me, you can certainly buy inexpensive vegetables at any supermarket.
These days, you can even buy organic vegetables in some supermarkets. They are becoming profitable. As you may know, Costco is becoming a major buyer in the field, and when I say field, I mean literally a field. The USA is running out of farms that produce organic products. Costco is considering the possibility of making loans to help organic farmers start buying more land in order to plant crops. Costco sells about $4 billion worth of organic foods every year.
There is a reason why Jeff Bezos wants to buy Whole Foods. There's gold in them thar fields.
MY NEW JUICER
Recently, I bought a juicer. I had an old classic, the Champion. It's a good juicer. It lasts forever. Mine is probably 25 years old. It is heavy. It is also messy. But it makes good juice.
The Omega juicer has three big advantages. First, it is easy to clean. My wife appreciates that. Second, it is a slow RPM juicer: 43 RPM. That is incredibly low. There is a theory out there that high-speed juicing destroys enzymes through heat. The anti-cancer nutritionist, Dr. Max Gerson, back in the 1940's reported that large consumption of vegetable juices and the elimination of most protein in the diet could cure cancer. But, he said, high-RPM juicers known as centrifugal juicers did not produce juice that would heal people. I read that half a century ago, but I already had an Acme, which was a high RPM juicer. I don't remember why I bought it, but I did. The Champion is somewhere in between.
A third reason why I like the Omega is that it is quiet. I can hear the Champion in my basement office. I can hear it on the second floor of my house.
The Omega is reasonably priced at just under $400. You can get it on Amazon here.
Here is how I found out about it. I had seen a review of it. For some reason, the guy who did the review blocked it so that I could not embed it on this page. You can watch the review here.
The guy reviews lots of juicers.
By the way, the guy does not use a lapel microphone. For $30, he could dramatically improve the quality of his videos. Do not think of producing a YouTube video without using a lapel microphone.
© 2022 GaryNorth.com, Inc., 2005-2021 All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without permission prohibited.