When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Sure They're Organic.

by Lynette Robinson

A couple of weeks ago, on a Thursday,  I purchased four organic lemons from my local grocery store.  You see, f or years I have considered the produce isle in my local grocery store to be a fairly safe bet for healthy food and I believe that compared to no raw fruits and vegetables, its it.

Ok, let's get back to my lemons.  I brought them home, used one, and put the rest in the bowl on my counter top.  On Saturday I got them out and went to use another when I discovered that one of the lemons was moldy.  I'm not talking about a little mold but a good third of the one end was covered with fuzz.  Hmmm!, I thought. I've had these for only two days.  I have had dozens of lemons lounge for weeks on my counter and never had a moldy one.  I purchased a couple more lemons later in the week and put them in the frig.  A few days later, one of the lemons was really squishy on one end.  Hmmmm? I thought.   Why is it that for so long I have never had a lemon do that?  Even after weeks of sitting on the counter or crisper.  I have seen lemons lose their size and finally go hard but never have I saw one go moldy.

Then I thought back to what I had recently learned about plant enzymes.  "Plant enzymes bring the plant to maturity or ripeness.  If the conditions are right, they will "digest" the plant when properly activated.  The body is provided with enzymes every time raw food is eaten because all raw food contains just the right amount and type of enzymes to digest itself.  Nature put enzymes in raw food to aid in the digestive process so that the body's enzymes would not have to do all the work."  ref. Enzyme Formulations, Inc.  Dr Holly Meade Serenity Choice

If the lemons that I have purchased over the years never rotted or molded and the organic lemons rotted within days then something is different.  Something happened to those other lemons to cause them not to deteriorate.  There are a few reasons that could be the culprit.  My question is, If the enzymes are lacking that deteriorate the lemon on the counter, and they are the same enzymes that help it digest in my body, am I robbing my body of the enzymes needed to digest my food by eating non organic foods.

Do I need to buy a cow?

I also read that raw milk contains the enzymes necessary to digest milk and pasteurized dairy lacks these enzymes.  Do I need to buy a cow?

Something to think about!

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