Day 24: 

Juice: Apple Lullaby

Apple Lullaby:
2 Apples
1/4 Lettuce
1/2 Lemon

This is the first time I have ever juiced lettuce. Spinach, Kale, sure. Lettuce...never. I used iceberg lettuce, because that's what I had on hand, but you can use whatever lettuce you like.

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a member of the Aster or sunflower family Asteraceae.

Aster: any of various chiefly fall-blooming leafy-stemmed composite herbs (Aster and closely related genera) with often showy heads containing disk flowers or both disk and ray flowers. (http://www.merriam-webster.com)

 Lettuce was first cultivated in Egypt, there is evidence of its cultivation as early as 2680 BC. The Romans referred to lettuce as lactuca, due to the white substance excreted when the stems are cut now called latex. (lac meaning milk in Latin). Latex, specifically Lactucarium in lettuce, is the reason behind this juice's name. Merriam-Webster describes Lactucarium's effects as resembling "opium in physical properties and was formerly used as a sedative" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/lactucarium). So this should be the night time juice of choice. It also tastes like lemonade. Typically when I want to have juice lemonade I just do apples and lemon, but lettuce was a tasty new addition. I also might put less lemon in if I was going to eat it at night.

Emotional Lifestyle:

I try to be like this girl everyday...and after the hurricane I am trying to appreciate everything I have and how lucky I am to still have it.
Enjoy!!

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