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[Zooey] You know
what's awesome about
today's food label?
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Information.
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We have so much data,
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and it's right there
so you can make informed
decisions about everything.
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Well, not everything.
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What are we supposed
to do about fruit?
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It's arguable the most
beautiful part
of the grocery store,
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but it's also the section that
elicits the most questions
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and the least information.
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We find ourselves wondering,
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"Is organic
actually worth it?"
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"How long 'till
my fruit goes bad?"
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"Should I buy fruit
from overseas?"
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"Are the nutritional
differences between
fresh, canned, and frozen?"
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I know, it's a daunting
grocery list,
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but when we're done,
we'll be able to navigate
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the produce section
without a map
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One of the biggest
conundrums at the store
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is whether or not
to buy organic,
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especially when it's almost
always more expensive.
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And since the price of fresh
fruit has gone up 10%
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in the last year alone,
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it really does beg
the question,
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"Is organic worth the money?"
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I sent my friend,
Dariany Santana,
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to Harry's Berries in Oxnard,
California, to find out.
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You guys are fully organic?
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Yes, we are.
Want to tell her about it?
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We started using
organic practices
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in about 1998.
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We got certified organic
in 2013.
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For many years, we grew
without using pesticides,
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using organic fertilizers.
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We've been that way
for almost ten years now.
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-Look at this field.
-[Molly laughs]
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-This is a strawberry field.
-[Dariany] Strawberry
fields forever!
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[Zooey] To be
a certified organic,
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a farmer must deal with weeds,
diseases, and insects,
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without using synthetic
pesticides or fertilizer
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and they need to pass
inspection every year.
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Long term exposure
to pesticides,
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which most conventional
farms use,
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can contribute to a wide
variety of ailments
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ranging from asthma
and depression
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to Parkinson's and cancer.
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Not only do I smell
strawberries, but...
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There's so many
beautiful flowers.
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Oh, there's a ladybug!
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-[Dariany laughs]
-[Kristopher] Yeah,
that's why we have them.
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These flowers are what
we call a beneficial
insect habitat.
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The good bugs, essentially,
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are attracted to these
types of flowers.
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What it's doing
to the poor little aphids
is not great,
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-[Dariany] Oh.
-[Kristopher] But it works out
better for...
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-The strawberry.
-The strawberry plant.
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-[Dariany] These bugs
are working.
-[Molly] They really are.
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[Kristopher] We have
like half a million
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extra employees out there.
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[Dariany] You know,
I just started gardening
two weeks ago,
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which is the bug I should
be looking at?
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For your home garden,
if you've got aphids,
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-ladybugs are the most
common used.
-[Kristopher] Ladybugs.
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[Molly] And they
will eat them.
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[Kristopher] They really help.
Yeah.
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There are some fruits
they say that you must
have organic,
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do you feel like strawberries
fall under that category?
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Definitely. Yeah.
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Strawberries are essentially
little sponges.
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Anything you're gonna
apply to them,
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it's just gonna get
soaked up in the pores.
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So, yeah, you definitely wanna
eat organic strawberries.
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-[Dariany] You do it, yeah.
-[Kristopher]
Put your thumb there.
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[Dariany] Put your thumb here.
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There, you did it!
First try.
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Take a bite.
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-I don't even have
to wash it?
-Nope.
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It is a wonderful thing
to eat a berry
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straight out of the field,
warm in the sun.
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They just have the most
flavor that I've ever had
in a strawberry.
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They're so juicy,
so sweet.
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We have old people tell us
that's how they tasted like
when they were children
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before all the flavor
was bred out of them.
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It sounds so crazy.
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To take out the flavor.
Why else are they here?
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It's about profitability,
and you need to have
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something that's
gonna last longer.
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I say like two generations
of Americans
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have never tasted what
a real strawberry should
taste like.
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[Dariany] So as a future
strawberry grower,
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what's like the number
one tip you would tell me
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to grow beautiful
strawberries?
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-Let us do it for you.
-Okay, great.
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-Thank you.
-[Molly laughs]
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That is the confidence
I needed.
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-Thank you so much.
-[others laugh]
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Organic strawberries?
Worth it.
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But does that advice
apply to all fruit?
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Or are there some
non-organic options
out there
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that can help us save
a few bucks?
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Browsing the produce aisle
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is a lot like being a judge
in one of those prestigious
dog shows.
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I mean, just because
a mini schnauzer
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crushes the showmanship
competition,
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doesn't mean he's a shoe-in
for the obedience round.
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The same goes for picking
a perfect piece of fruit.
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Especially if you're choosing
between organic
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and non-organic options.
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Take avocados,
for example.
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Let's put one of America's
favorite fruits to the test.
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First up, health and safety.
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Now the judges can assume
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that organic avo
is gonna crush
the competition.
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I mean, it was grown in soil,
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on a tree untouched
by prohibited substances
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for three years.
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Talk about pedigree.
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But this round's not over yet.
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A 2022 study
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of 46 non-organic
produce items
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by the Environmental
Working Group,
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found that avocados carried
the lowest levels of pesticides,
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and that's thanks
to its thick protective peel.
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By the way, you can apply
this same logic when you're
shopping for other fruits
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with thick skins and peels,
like cantaloupe,
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pineapple, papaya, and mango.
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For these types of fruit,
their thick skins
means buying organic
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isn't really making
you that much safer.
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However, if you're concerned
about exposure to pesticides,
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you may want to consider
going organic
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for fruits like strawberries,
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which the Environmental
Working Group
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found to have a higher rate
of pesticide residue.
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So let's call this
round a tie.
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Now onto price.
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From working moms
to starving college bros,
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everyone has money
on their mind.
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And this round goes
to non-organic. Easily.
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Organic farmers
have to spend a lot
more money
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to produce their products.
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Those costs are passed
along to you, the consumer.
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And now, the final round.
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One that the true connoisseurs
follow closely.
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Environmental impact.
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The USDA standards
for organic are intense.
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Organic farmers are almost
never allowed to use
synthetic pesticides,
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they're required to grow
cover crops
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which can protect the
soil from erosion,
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and they're not allowed
to heavily till their soil
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which helps it retain
water more effectively.
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Because we know organic
farmers must meet
these standards,
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we give this round to them.
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So who's the overall
winner here?
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Well, when it comes
to choosing between
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organic and non-organic fruit,
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the answer is us,
the informed consumer.
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If the fruit has a thick
skin or rind,
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non-organic is cool,
and you'll save some cash.
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If it has a soft skin,
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organic is better
for our health
and the environment.
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So...
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Just like the judges
in a kennel club show
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don't always pick the dog
with the best pedigree,
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you can't expect to pick
the best produce for you
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simply by relying
on the label.
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Juicing's a trend that's
become big business
in the last few years,
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I like fresh juice just
as much as the next girl,
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but I do have some questions.
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Is that fancy bottle
of juice as packed
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with nutrients as we think?
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And is it worth
the high price tag?
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We sent Carlos Parisi
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to meet with a licensed
dietician to squeeze an answer
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to that age-old totally
new question:
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To juice or not to juice?
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Juicing has been like
this fad that I know a lot
of people have gotten into.
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[Lauren] Very trendy
at the moment.
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-Yep.
-Super trendy.
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Eating fruits or vegetables
in their whole form
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is kind of our
body's natural way
of portion control.
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I would say if somebody's
having a difficult time
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eating fruits and vegetable
in their diet
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and juicing is gonna get them
fruits and vegetables
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and the nutrients from
those foods,
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that would be
a good way to start
to get those nutrients.
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When I'm picking out
fruits and vegetables
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for juices, I'm thinking
of different colors,
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because different colors
means different antioxidants
and different nutrients.
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So what I like about these
berries that we're looking
at in particular,
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is we've got seeds
then those are gonna add
a little bit of fiber.
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[Zooey] Fruits like apples,
bananas, strawberries,
and raspberries
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are a great source of fiber,
which promotes weight loss,
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helps lower cholesterol,
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and even helps prevent
diabetes and heart attacks.
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Citrus is great, obviously,
for vitamin C,
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and then we are going
to get sort of those
orangey, yellow colors.
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So that's going to add
to that sort of rainbow
that we're trying to create.
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Press it to feel how it is.
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-See how soft it is.
-Yeah, I want it
a little soft.
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Like this is a good one.
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It's like not super hard.
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-And then that's it?
-Yeah.
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-We can go make juice?
-[Lauren] We're going
to make juice.
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All right, cool, cool.
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I think this first juice
we'll make
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is gonna be sort of like
a summer fruits juice
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So we're gonna go all
fruits with this one
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and leave the vegies
out for now.
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So if I don't have like
one of these super
fancy machines at home,
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-what can I do?
-You technically need
a juicer.
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'Cause this is using
a cold spin system...
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-[Carlos] Okay.
-...to cold press the juice.
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Let's give this juice a try.
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Got it?
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-Thank you. Mmm, smells good.
Cheers.
-Cheers.
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-Whoa, that's sweet.
-[Lauren] Yeah.
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That's really sweet.
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-It's got a lot
of sweetness to it...
-[Carlos exclaims]
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-...'cause it's basically
all fruit.
-[Carlos] Oh, my God.
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It hurts.
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-It hurts to drink.
-So sweet it hurts?
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This is already sweet
on its own
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and then commercial juicers
are probably going
to add sugar as well
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because sugar, salt
and fat sell food.
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We're gonna pull back
on the fruit in this one,
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it's gonna be a little
less sweet,
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but in a good way
because that was
painful to drink.
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-[Carlos] All right.
-[Lauren] So we've got about
half fruit,
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half vegetable in this one.
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Oh, come one,
get in there, kale.
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That's the other thing
about juicing.
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So much of the vegetable
or the fruit gets lost
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because we're reducing
the texture down.
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We're losing a lot
of the fibers.
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And then we'll do half
of a banana, please, sir.
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I'm going to throw
these kiwis in while
you're doing that.
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I'm just throwing them in
whole because we're juicing.
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We've got this half fruit,
half vegetable juice.
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So let's try this one.
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-Texture's about the same.
-Yeah.
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But the flavor's
so much less painful.
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This is the original all
fruit juice,
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and then this is the half
fruit half vegetable juice.
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So 394 calories on this guy,
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227 calories on this one.
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So we've shaved off
around 150 calories.
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Ninety-nine grams
of carbohydrates
in the all fruit,
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-50 grams of carbohydrates
in this one.
-[Carlos] Okay.
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-So it cut that down
in half.
-Yeah.
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But more importantly
that has one has 71 grams
of sugar
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within those carbohydrates.
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-And this one has 25 grams
of sugar.
-Oh, wow.
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I have very few circumstances
as a registered dietician
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where I can recommend
a juice over solid fruits
and vegetables,
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or solid foods, right?
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-So the trend
of juicing then?
-Yeah.
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-It's a fad?
-Yeah, and that fad
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arguing that juicing
is a way to detoxify
or cleanse the body.
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Our bodies have our own
detoxification and cleansing
systems built in.
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All you have to do
to activate that
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or to make sure it can do that
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is to make sure it has
everything that it needs.
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-Makes sense.
-That brings us to a smoothie.
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-All right, well, let's make
a smoothie then.
-All right.
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When I'm telling my patients
how to build a smoothie,
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I'm telling them
they need protein,
they need carbohydrates,
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uh, they need healthy fat,
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uh, and I always ask them
to add vegetables in.
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So we're using a lot
of the same ingredients
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that we used
in our last juice.
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For this particular protein
powder that we're using,
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it's just a plain
protein powder.
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So we can kind of like
really get the flavors
of the other ingredients.
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For the healthy fat,
but it also kind of doubles
up a fiber ingredient too,
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we're gonna do flax seed
meal, we're not gonna do
whole flax seed,
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'cause that goes out
the same way it comes in.
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-[Carlos] Oh, yeah.
-[Lauren] And you can see
it pours a little bit thicker.
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-So what do you think?
-That's pretty good.
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Flavor's nice,
it's refreshing,
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it's not too thick
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So we've got fresh
ingredients here...
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-Yes.
-...if I do canned
or frozen,
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is there something wrong
with that, is that fine?
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Canned is obviously
going to sit there
the longest.
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I would say frozen's
probably your next
best bet to fresh.
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Okay, so fresh.
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Fresh, frozen, canned.
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Now I have a really good
smoothie for me to start
my day with.
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Awesome.
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I have a confession to make.
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Though I always aim
to be a conscientious
consumer,
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there have been occasions
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where I have bought
fruit at the store
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and it's gone bad
before we could eat it.
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There, I've said it.
I've been a food waster
and I feel terrible about it.
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I know I'm not alone
in this food faux pas
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so I wanted to learn
some ways to avoid
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wasting any more
of nature's candy.
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To get some pointers
on avoiding fruit waste,
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and score some totally
free produce in the process,
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I'm meeting with
two of my favorite
fruit evangelists.
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the duo behind
fallenfruit.org.
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Tell me how you
got into this amazing
project, Fallen Fruit.
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We knew that there were
a couple fruit trees
in the neighborhood.
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but we discovered there
were over 100 fruit trees
in five city blocks.
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We mapped these fruit trees
that sort of existed
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in public space or hanging
over the sidewalk
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-in maybe someone else's yard.
-[Zooey] Right.
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And then sort of
we were questioning
like who has the right
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to these fruit trees
that are growing
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right over the sidewalk.
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You really don't need
300 pounds of plums
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-all in the same week.
-[Zooey] Yeah.
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The truth is a mature fruit
tree typically will make
200 to 500 pounds of fruit.
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-[Zooey] That's a lot
of pounds.
-So, sharing that is,
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is not just a nice thing
to do, it's actually kind of
remove the burden.
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[Zooey] Harvesting fruit
on public land rescues
overlooked produce
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that could otherwise
go to waste,
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And can help ease our guilty
conscious for letting food
go bad in our fridge.
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Just check your local rules
and regulations first.
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You're gonna get 300 or 500
organic apples per tree.
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-Maybe it becomes--
-Make apple sauce,
you freeze some stuff,
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-share it with your friends.
-Make some jam.
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Oh, I love some jam.
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-You want to pick some fruit?
-[Zooey] I do.
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Are these mandarins?
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-Bitter oranges.
-They look delicious
from here.
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Heads up.
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Fruit pickers are awesome.
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This is amazing because
it really came off the tree
so easily.
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Oh, wow, so it must
be really ripe.
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-Should we--
-[David] It might be a bitter
orange. Let's find out.
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[Zooey] Let's see. Wow,
it's very easy to peel.
333
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-Bitter orange--
-What is a bitter orange?
I've never had one.
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-It's so tart that it's
actually not very tasty.
-Care for a try?
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-[Austin] But it makes
great jam.
-Okay.
336
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-[Austin] Because
of the tartness.
-Try?
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[Austin] Thank you.
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Mmm-hmm.
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-That is bitter.
-Mmm.
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-Mmm-hmm.
-[laughs]
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[Austin] That is is some
intense flavor.
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But, but we are gonna
pick some of these
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because they honestly
make the best jam
in the world.
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[Zooey] It's almost as sour
as a lemon.
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But you know, it leaves
a nice lingering flavor.
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I bet you it would be
great as a flavoring
for lots of things.
347
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[David] And you really can't
buy bitter oranges
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in the grocery stores,
it's very hard to find.
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-I know why.
-[all laugh]
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-We're gonna show you
how to make some jam.
-Okay, great.
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-I'm excited.
-I'll show you
how we make jam.
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I wanna know how
you guys make jam.
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One of the things
that's exciting about jam
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is you really don't
have to follow a recipe.
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What's important is that you
follow ratios.
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So what we're gonna do
is just kinda measure out
about four cups of fruit.
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We're gonna start
with the lemons.
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-[Zooey] Okay.
-We just want to cut
off the white part.
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Because when you
cook the white part,
it's called pith,
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it has a tendency
to get bitter.
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[Austin] It's so easy
to make this and give
it to your friends.
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And it's a way like fruit
at a certain time
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that maybe isn't around
all year long.
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Last a little bit longer.
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Go ahead and dump
all that fruit in here.
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[Zooey] What's this here?
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[Austin] That's the pectin.
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Pectin is a natural product.
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It's commercially made
out of apples.
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[Austin] It's a binder.
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If we put that in
with the raw fruit,
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after it boils one time,
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-then we put the sugar in.
-[Zooey] Okay, okay.
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While this boils, we can
prepare some stuff
to dehydrate.
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-Amazing. That's exciting.
-Okay, cool.
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Why would you choose to do
dehydration over making
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jam or something else?
378
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If you have extra fruit
around the house
and it might be going bad,
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turning it into dehydrated
fruit is a healthy snack
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that doesn't rot,
it doesn't go bad,
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and you didn't add any
preservatives or sugar.
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And then the scraps
you can put in the compost
and it's all good.
383
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We have a dehydrator
right here.
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-[Zooey] Yeah.
-[David] And the way it's
designed is so easy to use.
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They're just stackable trays.
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If you don't have
a dehydrator, is there
a way to dehydrate at home
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without one of these?
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There are guidelines for using
just a conventional oven...
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-Okay.
-...and you put it on
the lowest setting.
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-You have leave the door
cracked a little bit too.
-[Zooey] Right. Okay.
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Because you want
the temperature to be low
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and you want to have it
have ventilation
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-so it doesn't actually cook.
-Right.
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Typically this takes
eight to 10 hours
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-to dehydrate the fruits.
-Right.
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-So we brought some
that we made...
-Oh, amazing.
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-...if you want
to check it out.
-Okay.
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There's some apples here
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-that are the same
that we already cut.
-[Zooey] Mmm, yum.
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The great part about
dried is it retains
401
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-over 99% of it's
nutritional value.
-[Zooey] Mmm.
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00:16:43,090 --> 00:16:45,920
And it's like a really good
way to snack on the go.
403
00:16:45,990 --> 00:16:47,790
-Yeah.
-Going out for a hike
or whatever.
404
00:16:47,820 --> 00:16:50,090
-Should we check
on the jam?
-Yep, let's do it.
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00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,250
So what we do is we
seal it really fast
and turn it upside down.
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[Zooey] And what does that do?
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The heat gets
transferred to the lid
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and it sterilizes and vacuum
seals the jar automatically.
409
00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:03,090
-Oh, so you don't need to like
put it in the dishwasher?
-[David] Exactly.
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00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,250
-Mmm, oh, my God. Mmm.
-Oh, it's fantastic.
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It's so good.
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So now we have options
to keep our fruit
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and all its nutrients
from going to waste,
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which is important
when you think of just
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how much goes into
getting fruit to our tables.
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Whether it's from farms
like Harry's Berries,
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or from trees that could be
thousands of miles away.
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If you think flying sucks,
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try being a piece of fruit.
420
00:17:30,790 --> 00:17:33,090
Sure you have to deal
with endless security lines,
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screaming infants,
422
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the lady who listens
to her astrology podcast
at full volume
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in the seat to your left,
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and the guy who uses
both arm rests on the right.
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But that's nothing compared
to what our produce endures
426
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on their frequent
international journeys.
427
00:17:47,450 --> 00:17:49,520
Since we ship so much fruit,
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we can eat it pretty much
any time of year,
429
00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:53,650
if we live near a supermarket.
430
00:17:53,650 --> 00:17:55,790
I mean, we can eat
berries in December
431
00:17:55,820 --> 00:17:58,920
which would seem
like witchcraft to our
great-grandparents.
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but all this travel isn't
always a pleasant
experience for the fruit
433
00:18:03,020 --> 00:18:06,550
which suffers some serious
indignities before they reach
our tastebuds.
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The process starts early,
435
00:18:08,290 --> 00:18:10,920
for example some farmers
will choose to harvest
436
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the most durable varieties
of their fruits
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00:18:13,150 --> 00:18:14,650
rather than the most flavorful
438
00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,020
to ensure that they
survive the flight.
439
00:18:17,050 --> 00:18:19,990
Then many are picked
before they're truly ready
440
00:18:20,020 --> 00:18:22,090
so they can ripen
on their long journey.
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00:18:22,150 --> 00:18:23,720
Talk about a rude awakening.
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Now if you thought going
through a metal detector
was bad,
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try being a mango.
444
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The USDA calls
for them to be dunked
in 115 degree water
445
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before they're shipped
446
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to prevent invasive
fruit flies from taking
the trip with them.
447
00:18:36,150 --> 00:18:37,820
Once they make it
on the flight,
448
00:18:37,890 --> 00:18:39,250
fruits may be preserved
449
00:18:39,290 --> 00:18:42,450
through something
called controlled
atmosphere technology.
450
00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,090
This is a process where
the levels of carbon dioxide,
451
00:18:45,090 --> 00:18:47,290
oxygen, and nitrogen
in the fruits container
452
00:18:47,290 --> 00:18:49,990
are manipulated to slow
the ripening process.
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00:18:50,020 --> 00:18:52,820
Each step in this process
could prevent the development
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00:18:52,890 --> 00:18:54,550
of certain flavors we love,
455
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or introduce others
that we don't.
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So even though
we get the chance
to eat them year round,
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we're not really enjoying
their fullest flavor.
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The solution?
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00:19:04,090 --> 00:19:07,090
We need to remember the fruits
that grow near to us
460
00:19:07,090 --> 00:19:09,720
can be picked later and don't
have to travel so far
461
00:19:09,790 --> 00:19:11,650
and may just taste
better for it.
462
00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,890
There's no denying
that having access to fruits
463
00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,820
from all around the world
has its benefits,
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00:19:15,890 --> 00:19:17,990
but for my tastebuds,
nothing beats fresh and local.
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So far we've learned
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when and when not
to spring for organic,
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00:19:25,190 --> 00:19:29,450
that fresh and frozen fruit
smoothies can be more
nutritious than juice,
468
00:19:29,450 --> 00:19:32,620
dehydrated and jam
are great ways to preserve,
469
00:19:32,690 --> 00:19:36,920
and a lot of our fruit travels
a really long way to get
to our stores.
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But what if you local store
doesn't have fresh fruit?
471
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More than 40 million Americans
live in areas
472
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where healthy nutritious food
is hard to come by.
473
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So how do you know
if you live in a food desert?
474
00:19:48,190 --> 00:19:50,450
And what can we
all do about it?
475
00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,720
To find out, Dariany Santana
476
00:19:52,790 --> 00:19:54,690
is headed to Inglewood,
California
477
00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,990
where a group thinks
they might have the answer.
478
00:20:01,420 --> 00:20:02,450
Hello.
479
00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:03,450
Hey, Dariany.
480
00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:04,790
-[Dariany] How are you?
-I'm great.
481
00:20:04,820 --> 00:20:07,290
[Dariany] I love it in here.
What's happening today?
482
00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,450
Today we're super excited
to show off our community,
483
00:20:10,450 --> 00:20:13,820
-with a produce giveaway.
-You're just gonna give away
a bunch of free produce?
484
00:20:13,820 --> 00:20:15,820
Yeah, we're gonna
give free fruits
485
00:20:15,890 --> 00:20:17,990
and vegetables
to the community.
486
00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:21,620
This is Dariany.
487
00:20:21,620 --> 00:20:22,720
-[Nicole] Hi, Dariany.
-[Dariany] Hi.
488
00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,290
I'm Nicole, nice to meet you.
489
00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,550
I'm so excited to hear more
about this Social Justice
490
00:20:26,620 --> 00:20:27,920
-Learning...
-[both]... Institute.
491
00:20:27,990 --> 00:20:30,720
We are helping to improve
the education, health
and well-being
492
00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,150
of youth and communities
of color.
493
00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:34,820
It can be really difficult
for people to get access
to healthy food,
494
00:20:34,820 --> 00:20:38,690
to have a safe place
to like be outside
with their family,
495
00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,290
to access healthcare.
496
00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,920
Just all those things
that make it so you can
live a long and healthy life.
497
00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:46,090
It shouldn't be harder for me
and my community to do that
498
00:20:46,150 --> 00:20:47,820
than in other communities.
499
00:20:47,890 --> 00:20:51,250
So, organizations like mine
do the due diligence
500
00:20:51,290 --> 00:20:54,090
of working with our
community to educate them,
501
00:20:54,150 --> 00:20:55,550
and to create access for them.
502
00:21:01,190 --> 00:21:02,690
My name is Nicole
503
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,890
and today we are here
at Hank's Mini Market,
one of my favorite places.
504
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,190
We rescue food from
the produce district.
505
00:21:09,190 --> 00:21:11,990
This is food that restaurants
and grocery stores
506
00:21:12,050 --> 00:21:15,620
go down-town to pick up,
but maybe somebody
changed their menu,
507
00:21:15,620 --> 00:21:18,320
or they were supposed
to pick the peppers
up last week,
508
00:21:18,350 --> 00:21:19,690
but they didn't to them
'til this week,
509
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,290
so now they won't work
for the store.
510
00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:22,420
Whatever the case,
511
00:21:22,450 --> 00:21:24,820
the produce is great,
oftentimes organic.
512
00:21:24,890 --> 00:21:27,450
We're able to grab it,
bring it in to our community,
513
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,450
gather with wonderful folks
like y'all,
514
00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,550
-and give it
to people for free.
-[man] Thank you.
515
00:21:31,550 --> 00:21:33,150
What does it mean to you
to have a place like this
516
00:21:33,190 --> 00:21:35,990
that you can get
healthier foods
and fresh vegies and fruit?
517
00:21:35,990 --> 00:21:39,250
I feel that it's really great
to have something like this
for the community.
518
00:21:39,290 --> 00:21:40,550
So we can eat much
more healthier.
519
00:21:40,550 --> 00:21:43,190
The urban community,
we don't have a lot of access
520
00:21:43,250 --> 00:21:44,920
to fresher fruits
and vegetables
521
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,790
and sometimes I have
to drive way further
522
00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:49,620
to get fresh produce.
523
00:21:49,620 --> 00:21:51,620
[woman] I share
with my friends
524
00:21:51,620 --> 00:21:52,720
'cause they don't have work.
525
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,550
You guys have no idea
how tight it is right now.
526
00:21:57,150 --> 00:21:58,890
I keep hearing the concept
of a food desert.
527
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,920
Do you consider this
neighborhood to be
a food desert?
528
00:22:00,990 --> 00:22:02,720
So, we call it a food swamp.
529
00:22:02,790 --> 00:22:05,190
If you notice in this
neighborhood, there's food.
530
00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:07,890
Right, fast food, and pizza,
531
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,150
and more fast food,
and more pizza.
532
00:22:10,190 --> 00:22:13,920
They don't give people an easy
way to get healthy foods,
533
00:22:13,990 --> 00:22:19,090
but 40% of all the food
grown in this country
gets thrown in the trashcan.
534
00:22:19,090 --> 00:22:22,450
-[Dariany] Yeah, like this
is an "ugly" apple.
-Right, exactly.
535
00:22:22,450 --> 00:22:24,620
-Exactly.
-No, all apples
are beautiful.
536
00:22:24,690 --> 00:22:26,350
Right, all apples matter.
537
00:22:26,420 --> 00:22:28,520
So, we're able to go and grab
that food,
538
00:22:28,550 --> 00:22:31,520
bring it in to our
community and give it
to people for free.
539
00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:34,820
We are working on
legislation to make this
accessible to everyone.
540
00:22:34,890 --> 00:22:38,420
There's no reason why
across the country,
there can't be funding
541
00:22:38,450 --> 00:22:40,620
to rescue food,
542
00:22:40,690 --> 00:22:42,350
because waste
happens everywhere.
543
00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:44,890
And it's a win-win situation
because, yeah, you're feeding
the community,
544
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,620
-but you're not wasting food.
-[Nicole] Exactly.
545
00:22:47,690 --> 00:22:49,550
And, of course, while we would
prefer organic
546
00:22:49,550 --> 00:22:52,720
just because we that know
nothing has been added to it,
547
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,990
or sprayed on it that can
be harmful for people,
548
00:22:54,990 --> 00:22:56,720
you're gonna get the same
amount of nutrition
549
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,990
from a conventionally grown
fruit or vegetable
550
00:22:58,990 --> 00:23:00,720
as you would from
an organic one.
551
00:23:00,790 --> 00:23:02,090
Again, just wash 'em.
552
00:23:02,150 --> 00:23:04,320
You know, a little bit
dish soap, a little bit
of white vinegar
553
00:23:04,350 --> 00:23:06,920
to wash everything off
and you're good to go.
554
00:23:06,990 --> 00:23:09,620
-White vinegar is like
the cure for everything.
-Right?
555
00:23:09,620 --> 00:23:12,150
Frozen fruits and vegetables
are really, really
healthy as well.
556
00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:15,290
So I encourage people
to use fresh and frozen,
557
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,690
and then if canned
is the way to go too,
558
00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:18,720
that's an option as well.
559
00:23:18,790 --> 00:23:20,820
We just encourage people
to rinse it, you know,
560
00:23:20,820 --> 00:23:23,790
find things that are not
in syrup, find things
that are in water.
561
00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:26,150
And then rinse them as best
you can to get as many
562
00:23:26,190 --> 00:23:28,090
preservatives and sodium
off of them.
563
00:23:28,150 --> 00:23:30,520
But get your fruits
and vegetables.
564
00:23:30,550 --> 00:23:32,450
Get it in how you
can get it in. [laughs]
565
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,250
Now the produce
section isn't so intimidating
anymore, is it?
566
00:23:39,290 --> 00:23:41,620
But there's one question
we haven't answered yet.
567
00:23:41,690 --> 00:23:43,550
How do we know the best
way to get our fruit?
568
00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:46,190
Fresh, canned, or frozen.
569
00:23:46,190 --> 00:23:48,920
Now I know what you're
thinking, "That Zooey,
570
00:23:48,990 --> 00:23:51,620
she's gonna say fresh
and local is always best."
571
00:23:51,620 --> 00:23:53,920
In many cases, that's totally
what I would say.
572
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,450
But I've got a little
curveball for you.
573
00:23:56,450 --> 00:23:58,820
The best way to consume fruit
574
00:23:58,820 --> 00:24:01,920
may actually be frozen.
575
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,190
Why? Fresh fruit
is often picked when
it's not quite ripe.
576
00:24:05,250 --> 00:24:08,150
So it can withstand
the long journey to our table,
577
00:24:08,190 --> 00:24:10,920
but frozen fruit
is usually picked
at peak ripeness.
578
00:24:10,990 --> 00:24:13,350
So it develops more
flavor and nutrition.
579
00:24:13,420 --> 00:24:16,090
All of which are locked in
immediately when it's frozen.
580
00:24:16,150 --> 00:24:18,920
So if you're lucky enough
to live where fruit grows,
581
00:24:18,990 --> 00:24:21,150
then absolutely go fresh
and local.
582
00:24:21,190 --> 00:24:24,050
But if you're one
of the million Americans
who doesn't,
583
00:24:24,090 --> 00:24:27,090
then frozen fruit may just
be your new best friend.
584
00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:32,090
Hey, you ever wish
you could eat a yummy
bowl of cereal
585
00:24:32,090 --> 00:24:35,050
without feeling a little
guilty about the sugar?
586
00:24:35,090 --> 00:24:37,290
Me too. I may be able
to help you out.
587
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:38,250
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