Guest guest Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:57:05 -0400 " H. Harbold " <tharbold@...> wrote: > Please forgive me, friends, for missing this the first (several?) > times around, but I am a Bear of Very Little Brain... No problemo. It has been around several times and will probably come around again and again. > Can someone > please give my a quick run-down, using small words and short > sentences (*grin*), about what " brix " is and why it's important? Brix is the measure of total dissolved solids in the " sap " of a (usually) plant food. Higher brix is usually associated with higher nutrient density and greater resistance to disease and insects for plants. The higher the brix of a food the more tasty and nutritious it is for animals and humans. It is not without controversy, especially when the use of brix shows the shortcomings of the claims of organic and biodynamic food producers that their produce per se, while safer, is most often not more nutritious. As I become more aware of the people involved in this field, I have come to the conclusion that most detractors either have failed to raise the brix of their own produce, or have some kind of personal animosity/problem with the gentleman who is responsible for the concept of brix, first for agriculture and then in applying the concepts to humans. But, IMO, brix is important not only because it gives us a measure of real nutrient density (as Dr. Reams used to say, " Why guess when you can know? " ) but it is a measure that everyday average non-farming folks can use to test the value of their food *at the point of sale* (or at the farm). The implications of such is potentially quite dramatic. In my own case, when my milk supplier discovered how poor the feed was she was giving her cow via the measure of brix, she quickly changed course, and started producing some great tasting cow's milk that I could actually tolerate. Great article on the whole subject of brix in the latest Wise Traditions: The Quest for Nutrient Dense Food http://www.westonaprice.org/farming/nutrient-dense.html The sinews of war, a limitless supply of money. Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Roman orator, philosopher. Philippics, Oration 5, sct. 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 At 12:22 PM -0700 4/26/05, wrote: > > Please forgive me, friends, for missing this the first (several?) >> times around, but I am a Bear of Very Little Brain... > >No problemo. It has been around several times and will probably come >around again and again. > >Brix is the measure of total dissolved solids in the " sap " of a (usually) >plant food. Higher brix is usually associated with higher nutrient >density and greater resistance to disease and insects for plants. >The higher the brix of a food the more tasty and nutritious it is for >animals and humans. Thanks, ! I appreciate that quick, concise, and illuminating explanation. Tom -- " Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. " ~ Isaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, 1653 ------------------------------------------------------------------- H. Harbold P.O. Box 1537 tharbold@... Westminster, MD 21158 tom_in_md@... http://www.geocities.com/Tom_in_MD ------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 ---Hey where'd you get the info? As in what is the reference? Dennis In , " H. Harbold " <tharbold@q...> wrote: > At 12:22 PM -0700 4/26/05, wrote: > > > > Please forgive me, friends, for missing this the first (several?) > >> times around, but I am a Bear of Very Little Brain... > > > >No problemo. It has been around several times and will probably come > >around again and again. > > > >Brix is the measure of total dissolved solids in the " sap " of a (usually) > >plant food. Higher brix is usually associated with higher nutrient > >density and greater resistance to disease and insects for plants. > >The higher the brix of a food the more tasty and nutritious it is for > >animals and humans. > > > Thanks, ! I appreciate that quick, concise, and illuminating > explanation. > > Tom > > > -- > > " Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. " > ~ Isaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, 1653 > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > H. Harbold P.O. Box 1537 > tharbold@q... Westminster, MD 21158 > tom_in_md@y... http://www.geocities.com/Tom_in_MD > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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