A Finnish song about Marilyn
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Juice Leskinen – Marilyn
The Pitfalls of a Raw Food or Vegan Diet
In this article, Dr. Jameth Sheridan shares candidly on the pitfalls of a raw food or vegan diet.
Renegade Roundtable with Dr. Jameth Sheridan. Dr. Sheridan is a naturopath and nutritional consultant. He and his wife Kim co-authored “Uncooking with Jameth and Kim” and they co-own and operate Health Force Nutritional.
Kevin: So you’ve been at this for 23 years now. What are some of the most common pitfalls you see with a raw food or vegan diet?
Jameth: I think the number one pitfall that a raw fooder suffers from is, based on my 23 years of experience in raw food with countless tens of thousands of people, is if they’re a regular person, they eat regular foods, and let’s say they’re ill and they go raw immediately and they get well, I actually think that is ultimately a mistake. Because I see people when they “fall off the wagon” so to speak, they fall off hard and they fall back to what they started from. So if I’m eating regular pizza and regular chicken and regular animal products, things like that, regular cookies, I fall off the wagon with raw, do things with family, I’ll just go ahead and eat those and then, you know, “When I do that, and finish with my binge, then I’ll just go back to being raw.” And, I see a lot of people leaving raw foods or just being less healthy by going back and forth between those things. Because in raw the emphasis is so hard, and this is how I was taught too, on raw, that it forgets all the other things that are important, that make a raw food diet successful. And the number one thing that makes a raw food diet successful – all of a sudden, you are a whole food vegan.
If you become vegan, all of a sudden, if you stop eating animal products, cooked or raw – which are not good for you, you had an immense increase in your health. Your likelihood to get osteoporosis has plummeted; your likelihood to get cancer has plummeted; and as a whole food vegan, your likelihood to get heart disease is almost non-existent.
Now whole food meaning, you’re not just eating white sugar, white flour, and hydrogenated oil – all of which are vegan, but all of which are absolutely abysmal for you. A whole food vegan would eat things like millet, amaranth, quinoa, chick peas, you know, grains, beans, legumes, fruits, vegetables – actual food, unadulterated by nature. You’re also eating an organic diet, when you tend to go raw, and organic is huge. These things are just additives, and you don’t just eat a whole food, organic, vegan diet, you also change completely the types of foods you’re eating. For example, you don’t go from eating, let’s say a frozen vegan pizza, cooked, to a raw frozen vegan pizza. You change your food completely. You go from eating, let’s say a frozen vegan pizza, or a regular pizza, to broccoli, and cauliflower, and fruits, and sprouts, and flaxseeds, and actual foods that are completely different types of foods. So the amount of nutrients you are getting by being a raw fooder, unless you’re fruitarian, is dramatically higher. You’re also usually consuming more water, unless you’re doing lots of dehydrated things, or lots of cacao, you’re more hydrated, which is immensely beneficial. Some diets include lots of raw vegetable juice, which is tremendously beneficial. And, you are also eating a lot of your food raw, which there is a benefit to actually having things raw too, but it’s just one of the many benefits.
In raw food teaching, there is often taught, usually taught, that there’s two categories of food: foods that are raw, and foods that are cooked, and there is nothing in between. So if you’re eating something cooked, well it might as well be cheese lasagna, rather than tofu lasagna, because in the raw food world, there’s really no difference. And I’ve seen that information devastate peoples health, and I seen it have people leave the raw foods movement who would be having, let’s say, 80, 90% of their health has improved, and like “Wow, I love this.” And maybe 10 or 20% hasn’t, or 10 or 20% may have gotten worse, for some reason, some deficiency cropped up somewhere. And, if they usually talk to the raw food leaders or look at raw food text, they say, “Well, there’s a problem with you, you’re cleansing, you’re this, you’re that, blah blah blah blah. You’ve got to stay raw, because all cooked food is poison.” Even the, you know, sometimes even with macrobiotic diets, which the healing macrobiotic diet is an all-cooked food, vegan diet, there are many people who have overcome cancer with that. Now you can’t overcome cancer on poison, and by no means am I an advocate of macrobiotics, by any stretch of the imagination, because I think macrobiotics is very depleting long term but far better than the standard American diet.
So I think it’s important to be a whole food vegan at some point, and get a good basis of that. And if raw foods is not working for some reason, don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
Kevin: So some of the deficiencies that you encounter, with raw food are, maybe…
Jameth: I’m not saying they’re widespread, I just want to make sure it’s clear. I’ve met 20 plus year raw fooders who, for the most part, were following that regime, and who appear to be vibrantly healthy and they’re in excellent health, and I have no interest in trying to change their diet whatsoever. I just want them to live optimally and have the creatures of the planet live optimally and the planet as well. But for those who do, there’s some – there’s a group of raw fooders – I don’t know how to necessarily define the types yet – but it might be, people who tend to be vata, it is, in my experience, don’t necessarily thrive on 100% raw foods. And it could be that there’s possibly deficiencies of a type of protein, because it’s not a deficiency of protein, because on raw foods, if you eat an appropriate amount of nuts and seeds – and I think you can eat way too much of those – but an appropriate amount, let’s say, one handful or so, you can get tons of protein doing that. But there’s some vata types, with my experience, take a long time to recover from working out, and it has a much harder time building muscle, just on nut and seed protein. And you can’t really eat enough broccoli, because broccoli has, I think 20 or 30% – protein, very high. But to get that much grams of protein from broccoli, it’s virtually impossible. To eat that many calories, you would actually have to juice a couple of cases of stalks of broccoli to get sufficient protein – and you would get sufficient protein in that case. But broccoli’s also a cruciferous vegetable, and I love cruciferous vegetables for the liver detoxifying, for their anti-cancer benefits and they have some hormone balancing benefits too. They’re phenomenal foods. But raw broccoli, or any raw cruciferous in a large quantity, is really, really hard to process. It’s hard to deal with. So in cases like that, I’ve seen, if people move over to the legume family, it does not have to be soy beans. Soy beans are one of hundreds of different legumes. If you don’t like soy beans for some reason, just don’t eat them – not necessary. Lentils, chick peas, mung beans, adzuki beans, things like that. Now you can certainly do those raw, but it’s ironic that one of the reasons that soy is indicted amongst the raw foods communities is because research on raw soy shows that it is very difficult to digest. It has enzyme and protein and other inhibitors in it that make it hard to deal with and hard to grow on, but that’s when the soy beans are raw. Now when you sprout any legume, any legume sprouted still has a lot of these anti-nutrients in them and it’s harder to digest and get everything out of a raw legume sprout. Now it’s almost ironic though, when you steam those legumes you do destroy all those enzyme inhibitors and the enzymes as well. But at least you’re enzymatically neutral now. You have not cooked it, or charred it, or burned it so there’s no lucocytosis raising of the white blood cell count, with steamed legumes or any steamed vegetable. For those people who don’t thrive on raw, if they do that, sprouted and steamed legumes, not lightly steamed you’ve got to steam it the whole way. Raw is just hard to digest. Most people don’t even make raw hummus anymore with raw chick peas. Have you noticed that?
Kevin: Yes.
Jameth: Because they are notoriously difficult to digest raw. I’ve made lots of raw chick pea in my day, lots of raw sprouted things and always the thing I used to do and still do is the stuff that’s left over, a dip or pate or something, well you throw it in the dehydrator and make raw chick pea burgers and eat them the next day for dinner. I did that one time and I ate the things in the morning, the raw chick pea hummus we had the day before, a whole bunch of them, I brought them to my seminar and man, I had a hard time even being in the seminar because I had so much volume of gas, that smelled so bad and I was in so much pain that I couldn’t actually socially be in the actual building. I had to walk outside.
Kevin: Wow.
Jameth: Now that was because I had a concentrated, dehydrated version. Now if you sprout chick peas, and chick peas can be hard to sprout. Sometimes they just go bad before they sprout. Now I don’t mean soak. So actually sprouted chick peas that are steamed then mixed with raw tahini, no reason in any way shape or form to cook your tahini, is phenomenally digestible. Really, really awesomely digestible and to get back, if you sprout your legumes, steam them and put a little bit of flax oil on them and salt them whether it be Himalayan salt, Celtic sea salt, a little bit of gluten free tamari or miso, some sort of good quality source of organic sodium, in my experience I have never seen that not take away someone’s craving or desire for flesh. That is so much better for you nutritionally than eating a piece of flesh, raw or not. By any measurement that science has currently come up including [indecipherable] photography, it’s far superior to do that than it is to eat raw flesh. So what I’m saying is rather than throwing the baby out with the bath water and being 100% raw, if you’re eating an animal product because you’re better off not. You’re better off eating a whole food vegan cooked food like sprouted, steamed, salted, flax oil, legume that I talked about. That’s my experience.
Kevin Gianni
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/the-pitfalls-of-a-raw-food-or-vegan-diet-681939.html
Body Detox With Master Cleanse
Have you heard of the Master Cleanse? That it is an excellent body detox approach to cleanse your body and to lose weight? If so, you may want to give this detox approach a try. Before doing so, you are advised to read more about the Master Cleanse especially its pros and cons. This will enable you to determine if this body cleansing method is right for you.
The duration of the Master Cleanse can vary. From online searches, you will find that people have done the Master Cleanse for as little as three days, to as long as a month or more. This variance can work to your advantage. It is recommended that you at least undergo a 10-day detox before ending your cleanse. This should give you the best results and sufficient time for your body to fully eliminate all harmful toxins buildup over the years.
You will be pleased to several Master Cleanse support groups online. The Master Cleanse is a wonderful way to cleanse and detox your body, but it will be a struggle. 10 days without solid foods can hard and cause big reactions from your body. Along the way, you will have questions and concerns and you will need peer support to see you through the process. When you do, you can turn to the ever helpful internet. There are many message boards and forums devoted to Master Cleanse practitioners and many act as support groups.
To get started with the Master Cleanse, it cost you money. In terms of the cheapest means of cleansing and detoxing your bodies, many prefer the water fast. On the other hand, you will need to pay to embark on a Master Cleanse. What you pay for is your supplies. These supplies will include genuine grade b maple syrup, senna tea, fresh lemons, sea salt and cayenne pepper. But when this is compared with the many over-the-counter detox products, such as foot pouches or detox pills, Master Cleanse is still a cheaper option.
The Master Cleanse produces a few side effects. As previously mentioned, the Master Cleanse yields positive results, but those results come with a cost. You may experience moderate to severe abdominal pain and cramping, although this should quickly pass. If you are a smoker or caffeine dependent, you may start to experience some withdrawal symptoms such as headaches, nausea and dizziness. There will also be more trips to the toilet. Racing to the toilet in inappropriate times can cause much inconvenience and embarrassment, but it is good to know that the Master Cleanse is working and your body is in a aggressive detox mode.
It may be hard for you to stay on track while on a Master cleanse and you may think of giving up at times. As stated earlier, the Master Cleanse causes a number of side effects. These side effects can be more severe and harder to bear for some. It often depends on your daily habits and dependent on caffeine, nicotine, junk food and such. If you find it too emotionally or physically painful to carry on with this body detox program, stop. You can try it again at later time when you are more ready and determined. It is consoling to know that many a time, it takes first-time cleansers one or two attempts before they are finally able to complete a 10-day cleanse.
At the conclusion of your detox, you must carefully and slowly reintroduce solid foods into your diet. Whether you cleanse for five days, ten days, or more, it is imperative to slowly but steadily return to your normal eating habits. Many find this difficult as most want to satisfy their cravings by eating but you need to be discipline or you’ll regret the consequences. You should start out small with fruit or vegetable juice and soup and then move on to semi solid foods like porridge or broth before resuming normal diet. This gives your body time to readjust. If you do not make the transition slowly and impatient, you may experience nausea and abdominal pains.
Silvia Blach
http://www.articlesbase.com/alternative-medicine-articles/body-detox-with-master-cleanse-718627.html
Acai-aslim: is it a Scam?
When purchasing any weight loss product, it is important to do your research. Many people are exchanging their opinions about Acai-aSlim on DietBlogTalk.com
For an additional source, check out Acai-aSlim on the very popular Sensational.com
Overview
Acai Berries are so popular these days, it seems like everyone is trying to get in on the superfood action. From drinks to shakes to supplements, Acai is finding its way into a lot of wellness enhancers, and for good reason: it’s nutritious! But some manufacturers, like the company behind Acai-aSlim, have decided to promote these berries in a different way. Acai-aSlim, for example, claims that the supplement will “flush pound after pound” of toxins from the dieter’s body. There’s a slight hiccup, however. Acai Berries are known neither for their weight loss abilities nor their cleansing properties.
Ingredients at a Glance
Acai-aSlim contains Acai, Noni, Resveratrol, and Green Tea.
Ingredients in Focus
Acai contains various minerals, proteins, and lipids, or “good” fats. It also delivers antioxidans. Its high nutritional value classifies it as a superfood, but it would seem to have little to do with cleansing or detoxification.
Noni Fruit, or Indian Mulberry, is high in carbohydrates and dietary fiber as well as being a good source of protein. It contains substantial amounts of vitamins and minerals as well. However, these nutrients reside in the whole fruit, and not in the juice of the Noni Fruit. We’re not sure how a pill can deliver Noni’s nutrients.
Resveratrol is a compound contained in many superfoods. It may have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-infective properties.
Green Tea is thought to increase the body’s metabolism. The extract also delivers caffeine and has been known to cause negative side effects including nausea, insomnia, nervousness, elevated heart rate and increased blood pressure. Green Tea may be the only claim Acai-aSlim has on weight loss – and it’s not a very convincing one at that.
Positives
• Acai Berries are good for you.
Negatives
• Acai-aSlim seems an unlikely cleanser and weight loss supplement.
• Website is generally unhelpful.
• Looks like a scam.
Final Thoughts
Acai-aSlim is not a very convincing cleanser. We recommend shopping for a detoxification and/or weight loss supplement from a more reputable company. Peruse the links below for more healthy, less suspicious options. There is nothing wrong with cleansing and weight loss supplements, and there is nothing wrong with eating Acai Berries. But Acai-aSlim has the relationship confused.
Shane Crafton
http://www.articlesbase.com/weight-loss-articles/acaiaslim-is-it-a-scam-740856.html
Organic Acai Berry
You’ve heard about the acai berry right? It has been featured prominently on the television, radio, and print media as a new form of antioxidant and metabolism boosting wonder drug. Acai, which is native to Central and South America, has been touted as a super food because it has so many nutritional properties that it can fill a variety of nutritional needs. It has a high protein and amino acid content, as well as vitamin C, vitamin A, iron, calcium, antioxidants, and fiber. This fruit, which is about the size of a small grape or blueberry, is quickly becoming a hit.
Organic acai berries are said to be the most pure and healthy form of the fruit because they are chemical and additive free. If you are going to eat an all natural super food, you might as well get the purest version possible. Acai is said to taste like a mixture of fruit juice and chocolate, which means it is easy on the palette too. Studies have shown that acai has 10-30 times the amount of red antioxidants as red wine, which means it is a very powerful source of antioxidants. It also packs nearly 8 grams of protein and a host of amino acids. The omega 3 fatty acids are a benefit to your metabolism and can provide you more energy and help you lose weight. Last but not least, the high fiber content helps to curb your appetite and clean your system of toxins in order to help your body operate at its best.
Organic acai is often sold in pill form, but can also be delivered to your home in a variety of other food style options. You can buy the pulp in powdered form, which is great to mix in smoothies, juices, and granola mixtures. The extract, which is a potent pure form of the acai berry, can also be purchased to allow you to get a power packed acai berry boost on the go.
The best place to find organic acai berry products is on the internet, where you will find a much larger and cheaper priced selection than you would find at a local health food store. You may not even be able to find it locally, which often makes shopping online your best choice. It also allows you to find the best price and the most variety of acai foods, which is important for finding the best way for you to enjoy it.
Organic acai is a very beneficial ingredient to add into your diet and can help you stay healthy and fight off disease in more way than one. Don’t risk buying chemically treated acai berries that will kill off some of the benefits that the fruit can provide. Stick to buying the organic version to get the most results and most cost effective way to boost your immune system and give your body the nutrition it deserves.
Joseph Long
http://www.articlesbase.com/supplements-and-vitamins-articles/organic-acai-berry-711192.html
Monavie Acai Berry – Everything You Need to Know
Monavie Acai Berry products are made up of a number of fruit juices such as prune, pear, apricot, banana, passion fruit and can best be described as a product made from the acai berry.
Acai is a small delicious grape like berry grown in Northern Brazil’s Amazon Valley where the natives of Brazil have used the berry for centuries as a staple food, health tonic and because they discovered it has unique healing properties and high nutritional content. The acai berry has a delicious taste similar to chocolate and is now considered one of nature’s perfect foods owing to its rich antioxidant content and unique health benefits.
Recently Oprah from the Oprah Winfrey show in the USA said that this little berry is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods in the world. Because acai berries are a highly perishable it is necessary to process the fruit into pulp which is dehydrated and freeze dried into Monavie. Freeze drying of acai has been found to be the best preservation method and this freeze dried powder is commonly used today in Mona Vie capsules and juices.
Monavie juice contains 100% fruit juice, together with puree and preservatives, which removes or dilutes many benefits of the acai berry. Positive feedback received from consumers about Monavie Acai Berry products indicate they have a pleasant taste and because research has shown the acai helps build immunity and fight diseases the products today are becoming increasingly popular amongst young and old users.
Recent research has shown the remarkable acai berry to be a super food because it has ten times the antioxidant benefits of grapes and twice that of blueberries. Studies have also shown acai berries to be rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids such as vitamin B1, B2, B3, vitamin C, E, iron potassium, phosphorous and calcium.
As a health product Monavie Acai Berry products are particularly popular because they provide a rich source of amino acids, protein, omega fats and anthocyanins. Unfortunately Acai berry products are not universally available on the market although they can be obtained generally in capsule form from authorized online distributors. These day’s Monavie Acai Berry products are becoming increasingly popular.
Although the acai berry has been used in Brazil for hundreds of years it has only recently has been commercially available in the Western world. For example, there are a number of capsule supplements on the market such as Acai Berry Boom and the popular Acai Gold which is a high quality 100% acai capsule. Another popular Monavie Acai Berry product is its acai juice consumed not only because of its taste but because of the healthy properties the fruit has that helps to fight many diseases from diabetes to arthritis.
However, shrewd consumers today have learnt that to get the best benefits only 100% pure acai juice imported from Brazil should be consumed. For many generations Brazilians have been using acai berries to treat health conditions such as digestive problems and skin disorders. Over the past few years some significant research and study has been undertaken on acai berries in institutions outside Brazil.
For example University research in the USA has shown that testing on acai berry extracts have unlocked interesting results after tests were conducted on leukemia cells. Repots have indicated this was an encouraging result because compounds that show positive action against cancer cells are generally likely to have a beneficial effect in the human body. By using Monavie Acai Berry products and juices people have noticed an amazing change for the better in their health and wellbeing.
Patrick Walker
http://www.articlesbase.com/alternative-medicine-articles/monavie-acai-berry-everything-you-need-to-know-699424.html
A Raw Food Smoothie Recipe for Eye Health #316
http://www.therenegadehealthshow.com Today, Annmarie grabbed a raw food smoothie recipe out of Brigitte Mars’ book “Beauty By Nature”.. Take a look and see what she puts in this eye health smoothie…
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Mad Tv: Corky & The Juice Pigs – I’m The Only Gay Eskimo
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Acai Berry – Miracle No More
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acai berry
An açaí palm, or aqai, (pronounced /??s???i?/, aa-sigh-ee” is one of several species of palm tree in the genus Euterpe cultivated for their fruit and superior hearts of palm. The species Euterpe oleracea is usually called Açaí Palm, after the European adaptation of the Tupian word ïwasa’i, ‘[fruit that] cries or expels water’. Global demand for the fruit has expanded rapidly in recent years, and açaí is now cultivated for that purpose primarily. The closely-related species Euterpe edulis (jucara) is now predominantly used for hearts of palm.
Eight species are native to Central and South America, from Belize southward to Brazil and Peru, growing mainly in swamps and floodplains. Açaí palms are tall, slender palms growing to 1530 meters, with pinnate leaves up to 3 meters long.
Acai Harvesting and uses
Acai Stem
Heart of palm, the soft inner-growing tip of some palms (Euterpe edulis, Bactris gasipaes), is often consumed in salads.
Acai Fruit
Açaí palm
Serving of açaí pulpThe fruit, a small, round, black-purple drupe about 1 inch (25 mm) in diameter, similar in appearance and size to a grape but with less pulp, is produced in branched panicles of 700 to 900 fruits. Two crops of fruit are produced each year. The fruit has a single large seed about 0.250.40 inches (710 mm) in diameter. The exocarp of the ripe fruits is a deep purple color, or green, depending on the kind of açaí and its maturity. The mesocarp is pulpy and thin, with a consistent thickness of 1 mm or less. It surrounds the voluminous and hard endocarp, which contains a seed with a diminutive embryo and abundant endosperm. The seed makes up about 80% of the fruit (Schauss, 2006c).
The berries are harvested as food. In a study of three traditional Caboclo populations in the Amazon region of Brazil, açaí palm was described as the most important plant species because the fruit makes up such a major component of diet (up to 42% of the total food intake by weight) and is economically valuable in the region.
The juice and pulp of açaí fruits (Euterpe oleracea) are used in various juice blends, smoothies, sodas, and other beverages. In northern Brazil, açaí is traditionally served in gourds called “cuias” with tapioca and, depending on the local preference, can be consumed either salty or sweet (sugar, rapadura, and honey are known to be used in the mix). Açaí has become popular in southern Brazil where it is consumed cold as açaí na tigela (”açaí in the bowl”), mostly mixed with granola. Açaí is also widely consumed in Brazil as an ice cream flavor or juice. The juice has also been used in a flavored liqueur.
Acai Berry As a dietary supplement
Recently, the açaí “berry” has been touted and marketed as a dietary supplement. Companies sell açaí berry products in the form of tablets, juice, smoothies, instant drink powders, and whole fruit.
Marketers of these products make non-proven claims that açaí provides increased energy levels, improved sexual performance, improved digestion, detoxification, high fiber content, improved skin appearance, improved heart health, improved sleep, and reduction of cholesterol levels. Açaí has higher levels of antioxidants, which are claimed to promote health, than cranberry, orange, and apple juices, but less than Concord grape, blueberry, and black cherry juices. Absolutely untrue claims include reversal of diabetes and other chronic illnesses, as well as expanding size of the penis and increasing men’s sexual virility and sexual attractiveness to women. Açaí is most commonly marketed as a weight loss product.
As of March 2009, there are no controlled studies backing up any of these claims. According to ABC News correspondent Susan Donaldson, these products have not been evaluated (in the United States) by the FDA, and their efficacy is questionable. In late 2008, lawyers for The Oprah Winfrey Show began investigating alleged statements from supplement manufacturers who suggested that frequent Oprah guest Dr. Mehmet Oz had recommended their product or açai in general for weight loss.
Acai Berry Other uses
Apart from the use of its berries as food, the açaí palm has other commercial uses. Leaves may be made into hats, mats, baskets, brooms and roof thatch for homes, and trunk wood, resistant to pests, for building construction. Tree trunks may be processed to yield minerals.
Comprising 80% of the fruit mass, açaí seeds may be ground for livestock food or as a component of organic soil for plants. Planted seeds are used for new palm tree stock, which, under the right growing conditions, requires months to form seedlings. The seeds are a source of polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acai_berry#Fruit
acai berry uses
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How does commodity/futures trading with orange juice work?
I am confused on the trading of orange juice, or frozen orange juice. I know speculators are there to just trade with no intention with taking delivery. However are large orange juice companies/manufacturers purchasing orange juice? I ask because i may work on a paper that revolves around the the commodity market bringing foods such as oj to areas like where i live (durango,co) year round. Where we have no citrus trees at all, but we constantly have shelves stocked with oj. So is the commodity market responsible for making this juice available year round?
If you have some free time, I recommend watching Wall Street Warriors (Its on Hulu.com). There’s one individual in the show that trades on the orange juice floor in NYC.
To answer your question, yes. Representatives of large companies buy a spot on the floor and look to buy up tranches of orange juice at the lowest price. Let’s say Hurricane Bobby is approaching the coast of Florida – a company will want to lock in orange juice now while prices are lower and before supply is cut.
I’m not really sure if any of this helps. I’ll see if I can find some other resources for you.