(NaturalNews) Most people are familiar with processed cane sugar, but very few people in first-world countries have ever seen or consumed raw, unprocessed cane juice, which is actually quite healthy.
To show people what raw cane juice looks like (and how it's processed), Mike Adams (the Health Ranger) visited a
Jugo de Cana roadside stand in Ecuador and filmed the making of the cane juice. The video is available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5Wytd2zn8It shows the use of a diesel engine to power a large, belt-driven cane juicing machine. Raw sugar cane stalks are fed into the machine, which produces the juice that's served directly to customers -- nothing added, nothing taken out.
Some Americans and first-world citizens are appalled at the video, expressing grave concern for health standards, the use of child labor and other elements shown in the video. In response to such concerns, Adams says, "Silly gringos. People who have never traveled the world have no idea how most of the world actually lives, and they even seem offended by it."
The children in the video, Adams explains, are the family members who help run the family business. "Virtually all businesses in rural South America are family-run operations. These cultures have strong family ties, unlike in North America where parents send their children off to daycare to let somebody else raise them."
And the health concerns of an open-air juicing operation? "The world is not a sterile place," says Adams. "When you eat the fresh,
raw fruits and juices of South America, you attain a remarkably strong immune system that allows you to eat a little dirt, drink a little bacteria and ingest a few germs without any ill effects."
North Americans are fanatically preoccupied with antibacterial soaps, antibiotics and other dangerous chemicals that actually breed superbugs which are far more dangerous than the natural, "in the wild" germs found in South American foods and beverages, says Adams.
Raw cane sugar is rich in vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and even living enzymes. It is green in color and rich in taste. Cane is actually a type of
perennial grass. You can read the fascinating history of
sugar cane harvesting and processing on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SugarcaneIt is important to note that while raw, fresh sugar cane juice is quite healthy, the processed, bleached and nutrient-depleted
white sugar made from it is quite devastating to human health.
Watch the Health Ranger's
Jugo de Cana video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5Wytd2zn8
About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of nature to help us all heal He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, and he has published numerous courses on preparedness and survival, including financial preparedness, emergency food supplies, urban survival and tactical self-defense. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In 2010, Adams launched TV.NaturalNews.com, a natural health video site featuring videos on holistic health and green living. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also the founder of a well known HTML email software company whose 'Email Marketing Director' software currently runs the NaturalNews subscription database. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. Known on the 'net as 'the Health Ranger,' Adams shares his ethics, mission statements and personal health statistics at www.HealthRanger.org
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