was DAVID WOLFE, now brixing

[Guest guest]

" Conventionally grown food is so lacking minerals that much of it is actually

acidic. "

 

Ever look into brix measurement? Brix is the measure of % sugar in a given

sample. The instrument which is used to measure brix is called a refractometer.

 

Sometimes coventional food rates higher on the brix scale and would be superior

to organic. I am finding this to be true with watermelons and cantelope this

year. While I do not personally brix, I know of a couple of folks who are

religious about it and report back to a local raw group I am on.

 

Here's a site for brix testing techniques

http://foodqa.byu.edu/testing_techniques/manual/brix.html

 

And here's a site where you can talk about brixing, if you are interested.

http://www.crossroads.ws/brix/index-page2.html

 

Shari - the trouble maker

 

 

[Guest guest]

Shari, these links are useful, and knowledge about Brix testing may be

interesting and valuable

to some. At the same time, let us all remember that sugar is not the only

nutrient. :) And I

am aware of no pesticides that are considered nutrients.

 

Elchanan

 

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of SV

Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:42 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] was DAVID WOLFE, now brixing

 

 

 

" Conventionally grown food is so lacking minerals that much of it is actually

acidic. "

 

Ever look into brix measurement? Brix is the measure of % sugar in a given

sample. The

instrument which is used to measure brix is called a refractometer.

 

Sometimes coventional food rates higher on the brix scale and would be superior

to organic. I am

finding this to be true with watermelons and cantelope this year. While I do not

personally

brix, I know of a couple of folks who are religious about it and report back to

a local raw

group I am on.

 

Here's a site for brix testing techniques http://foodqa.

<http://foodqa.byu.edu/testing_techniques/manual/brix.html>

byu.edu/testing_techniques/manual/brix.html

 

And here's a site where you can talk about brixing, if you are interested.

http://www.crossroa

<http://www.crossroads.ws/brix/index-page2.html> ds.ws/brix/index-page2.html

 

Shari - the trouble maker

 

 

[Guest guest]

Pesticides are nutrients! That's a good one. Didn't think my response was

coming that way, but I guess you're right. I just respect my friend Norm, aka

Kelpguy. He is a habitual brixer and has moved to the jungles of Panama and is

thriving on very high, non-organic brix fruits.

 

I'm still on the learning curve with brixing and I can't envision myself

standing in the produce section testing a piece of pear!!! My other brixing

friend in Seattle does just that.

 

Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of SV

Saturday, August 19, 2006 1:44 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] was DAVID WOLFE, now brixing

 

Pesticides are nutrients! That's a good one. Didn't think my response was coming

that way, but I

guess you're right. I just respect my friend Norm, aka Kelpguy. He is a habitual

brixer and has

moved to the jungles of Panama and is thriving on very high, non-organic brix

fruits.

 

I'm still on the learning curve with brixing and I can't envision myself

standing in the produce

section testing a piece of pear!!! My other brixing friend in Seattle does just

that.

 

Shari

__________

 

LOL! It's my impression, thought I'm not certain, that in Panama, and in most of

the world, few

farmers can afford all the chemicals our farmers take for granted. So the food

may indeed by

much cleaner down there!

 

I, too, have encountered those who Brix-on-demand. I have learned to look,

smell, touch, and

taste -- following the design of our species since its dawn upon the Earth, and

I find these

methods work quite well for me. And I am able to teach them to others without

any need for

hardware. :)

 

Elchanan