I broke down and bought a manual wheatgrass juicer- a Lexen Healthy Juicer to be more precise. I tried making apple juice in it earlier, but the apples were old and it turned to mush. The Healthy Juicer folks anticipated my dilemma and posted something about this in their FAQ section of their website. I bought a bunch of green leafies and cruciferous veggies to juice in the morning. Looking forward to it.
I watched a FANTASTIC documentary a few weeks ago: “Crazy, Sexy Cancer”. It told the story of Kris Carr, a young woman like me, with 24 tumors hiding within her lungs and liver. Twenty-four tumors that will never go away. Ever. All she can hope for is that the tumor growth will slow down. Her cancer is incurable. Conventional treatments are hopeless. Her film documents the first two years that she lived with cancer, as she strove to find her own way to fight this horrible, painful, deadly disease. She decided to treat her cancer naturally- through diet, yoga, and “spirituality”. She started with macrobiotics. When that proved to be too much (I’d get sick of chewing my food 30 times a bite too!), she found her way to green smoothies, but not the delicious kind that Victoria Boutenko talks about. Eventually, Kris went to Hippocrates in Florida. I was AMAZED as the transformation. They did blood work at the beginning of her stay and found a huge build up of acid in her blood. At the end of her stay, her blood was moving and alkaline and GORGEOUS!
She used my new juicer to do her wheatgrass in the documentary. That’s where I got the idea.
Anyway, her film inspired me. She has this amazing courage and all-out determination to LIVE and FIGHT and do whatever it takes to live and long and healthy life. I need to think of her when I reach for anything cooked. I need to put big freaking signs everywhere that say “CANCER”. How about a post-it in my organic dairy creamer that I put in my coffee every morning. “Good day, Cally. Drinking this cream will give you cancer. Please throw it in the trash where it belongs.”
How can I feed milk and meat to my babies?
I just need little reminders. I do not NEED that “granola” bar for a snack. I really don’t need Doritos, even to fill my gnawing stomach. I DO need that grapefruit. I DO need to drink some water. I DO need a Vita Mix, ha ha.
But seriously- I’ve known too many people who’ve been affected by cancer: my great aunt, my grandpa, my dad, my best friend’s mom, my best friend’s BIL just to name a few. I’m terrified of getting it.
So WHY THE FRAK DO I EAT GARBAGE? SERIOUSLY!!
I’m hoping the juicer will help me get on the right foot. I know I’ve been talking about this for MONTHS. Will I ever get serious? Will it ever happen? I suppose it would help if I found some raw food that I really liked. I’ve had to toss most of what I’ve tried because it just isn’t that great or, it is that great, but it goes bad before I get the chance to eat it. How many cups of nuts have I wasted making pates that I don’t get to eat or don’t like well enough to eat up fast enough?
Does the Vitamix really make nut pates creamy like cream cheese?
Okay, I’m rambling. Its very late and I need to get to bed. Wish me luck on the morning’s juice!
