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Under the Costa Rican sun

Julie — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:26:39 +0000

I never buy pineapple because I never can find ripened on the plant pineapples. The pineapples in the store, like many fruit, are picked early, thus unripe. Pineapples picked early and ripened “on the counter” instead of “on the vine” always burn my tongue. The first bite is ok but if I eat more, it burns my tongue.

When I lived in Costa Rica, the pineapple, picked so ripe and served, was like candy. Cotton candy! Unbelievable flavor. Unbelievably smooth and sweet. I guess I’ll have to go back if I ever want a good pineapple again.

But I bought a Del Monte Costa Rican pineapple at Sams Wholesale club the other day. I only bought it because it had a strong sweet scent – a good sign. And I though I’d take a chance. It actually was pretty good. Not as sweet and smooth as picked fresh and ripe, but it was ripe enough not to burn my tongue. I looked at the label and it said “Product of Costa Rica.” I realized it had been living and growing in the Costa Rican sun. And I thought that was nice since I too had lived in the Costa Rican sun.

So I cut it up and juiced almost the entire pineapple, with 1 head of romaine, and about 6 stalks of celery.

Juiced it, strained it in a nut milk bag – it made a whole quart. It was a beautiful bright yellow green and it tasted amazing, smooth and slightly sweet!

Costa Rican Sun Juice

3/4 pineapple with core
1 head romaine
6 stalks of celery
Cut top and sides off pineapple, juice, strain, enjoy.

PS: Masticating juicers like my Omega 8005 (with an auger) don’t do well with apples and pineapples. It gets too think and I have to keep cleaning the screen. But they juice great with a centrifugal juicer like a Breville or Jack LaLanne type juicer.

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Healing Cancer

Julie — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:02:33 +0000

My cousin died of breast cancer recently – she had a SAD diet (standard american diet) – she microwaved her food, drank instant tea and instant coffees, drank lots of cows milk, ate meat, ate packaged, processed foods-just pop ‘em in the microwave and rarely ever a live fresh raw fruit or vegetable. My best friend just died of breast cancer in January. She ate meat, drank wine, cooked food and rarely fresh raw fruits and vegies. And when she began fighting her cancer she only used accupuncture, massage and other natural alternative methods – but didn’t change her diet. When the doctor gave her 2 weeks to live, then she asked about the Gerson Institute Therapy. It was too late.

Get some nutrition in you! It’s easy to add a raw green smoothie to your daily diet for a month - see how you feel! It seems to be easier for people to be cut on, to take a pill, to get a shot. I’ve heard that people would change their religion and anything else before they change their diet. Be courageous, get emotional support. Just try.

If you would like to learn more about the facinating Gerson Institute and their program, here are some videos featuring the vibrant Charlotte Gerson, daughter of Dr. Max Gerson. I have put the time length of each of the videos as well as a little description of the content.

“The Gerson Therapy is a safe, natural treatment developed by Dr. Max Gerson in the 1920’s that uses organic foods, juicing, coffee enemas, detoxification and natural supplements to activate the body’s ability to heal itself. Over the past 60 years, thousands of people have used the Gerson Therapy to recover from so-called “incurable” diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and arthritis.”

This site has some interesting pages and here is a link to a page on the Gerson Protocol that gives an overview of the program.

TAPE ONE

Tape 1
1 hour 55 min.
Healing and Preventing Incurable Diseases

TAPE TWO

Tape 2
1 hour 45 min.

Workshop: Doing the Gerson Therapy at Home Part 1
- not drinking water on the program
- pure water for enemas, soups and other external uses
- thyroid function, immune system and cancer
- thyroid function, cholesterol and heart disease
- fats, oils and tumor growth
- the importance of flax seed oil (not flax seed)
- organic food and composting
- forbidden items on therapy
- seeds, legumes and enzyme inhibitors
- spices, juicing and cooked foods on the program

TAPE THREE

Tape 3

1 hour 57 min.

Doing the Gerson Therapy at Home Part 2

- Why do the coffee enemas
- chemotherapy and Gerson therapy
- info on a diabetes, gout, obesity treatment success
- why you can feel bad while detoxing (the healing crisis is a good thing!)
- medications, vitamins Gerson treatment uses
- prevention
- what radiation does
- detoxify and rebuild (toxins in the home, personal products, fluoride, makeup etc)
- stress, addictions
- helping the body heal itself

TAPE FOUR

Tape 4

1 hour 40 min.

Charlotte Gerson demonstrates food preparation
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Here are 1 more inspiring videos about Gerson, the medical community, nutrition, our health etc.

THE GERSON MIRACLE – View “The Gerson Miracle” on Hulu.com!

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Iron Man drinks Green Juice

Julie — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:34:53 +0000

Have you seen the Iron Man movie yet? I rented it this weekend and thought it was great. Of course Robert Downey Jr is a cutie pie and now we know why – he drinks green juice! Or at least his character does – maybe that’s where the Iron Man gets his special powers!

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Omega vs Breville = Happy Worms

Julie — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:42:02 +0000

Tonight I tested the Omega 8005 (auger juicer) against the Breville. It was late and I didn’t want to juice a bunch…so I juiced 3 celery stalks and half a cucumber in each juicer.

The Omega made 6 ounces. The Breville made almost 6.5 ounces. The pulp was just a tad dryer in the Breville. Half an ounce won’t make the difference to me – I still love using the Omega. Clean up is easier on the Omega as well…and well, it makes NUT BUTTERS! Yum.

But since I will be juicing so much daily, the Breville makes more sense just because of the huge pulp holder and huge juice holder. I am just going to have to get use to the speed and sound.

Normally I feed my worms (I have a worm bin) the pulp from my juicing. Which is about a big glass every other day. (I have green smoothies on the other days) Anyway, this is going to be more than they can handle – going to have to start a compost bin or something! But they are going to be really happy. It’s been getting warmer and they have been eating more and having lots of babies!

Counting down to the Global Juice Feast!

I got my Omega from Wheatgrasskits.com – sign up for their newsletter too! They have lots of articles on their site to read. I’ve ordered lots of stuff from this site and really like them.

UPDATE: Amazon carries the " target="_blank">Omega 8005 for a great price now and free shipping. Wheatgrasskits.com has a new model – the Omega 8006

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