Have you often thought to yourself, “Well, of course I could eat healthier meals and even lose some weight if I had a personal chef like those celebrities?†Too often, our hectic schedules lead us to just “grab and go.†And what we grab, like fast food and convenience foods from the grocery store, don’t give our bodies the nutrients they need to stay healthy and strong.
Even though we know that our bodies need whole foods for good health and effective weight control, actually fitting those foods into our menus can be a struggle. Well, you may never have that personal chef, but there are ways to make it easier to prepare and eat the foods you know are good for you. Having the right tools is important, for example.
Many consumers have discovered that the Vita-Mix whole food machine has changed the way they cook and eat. This appliance has 35 functions, from juicing whole foods to cooking hot soup, grinding whole wheat berries into flour, kneading bread dough, chopping vegetables, pureeing sauces and baby food and making frozen fruit treats. It can take the place of 10 appliances in your kitchen (including your blender and food processor), and makes getting the recommended 12 daily servings of fruits and vegetables fun and enjoyable.
The Vita-Mix machine lets you add healthy fruits and vegetables to every meal: fruit smoothies for breakfast, soup for lunch and pasta with vegetable sauce for dinner, with fresh sorbet for dessert. You can even grind grain and knead dough to make whole grain bread. Best of all, these meals are easy and fast to prepare. For example, the bread dough is ready to rise in three minutes, and you can make steaming hot soup from fresh vegetables in just four minutes.
Once you use a Vita-Mix whole food machine, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to get great results, both in the kitchen and in your health. “My husband and I have been making soups and smoothies for two months, and we’ve both gone down a size,†says Carol, a customer from Beverly, Mass. “We bought it to eat healthier, but we are so excited to see the weight come off so easily!â€
The stainless steel blade tips powered by a 2+ peak horsepower motor is what makes it all possible. Depending on the process, blade tip speed can be as low as 11 miles per hour or as high as 240 miles per hour. A unique electronic feedback-type control adjusts motor speed and torque for consistent processing at any speed. The blades burst through the cell walls of whole foods and release nutrition and flavor.
Unlike conventional juicers, when fruits and vegetables are prepared in the Vita-Mix machine, you get the benefits of the whole food, including valuable fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. Much of those beneficial nutrients are tossed in the trash, in the form of skins and seeds, when you use a juicer. For example, apples are loaded with pectin, a soluble fiber that soaks up excess cholesterol in your intestine before it enters your blood and lands in your arteries. When pectin leaves your body, it takes unwanted fat and cholesterol along with it. But the pectin, and most of an apple’s detoxifying, nourishing power is in the pulp, so store-bought apple juice doesn’t have it. Even commercial grade juicers throw the pulp away. But making apple juice in a Vita-Mix machine delivers all the flavor, fiber and health benefits.
When you order your Vita-Mix whole food machine, you’ll also get cookbooks and a DVD to get you started. And you can order secure in the knowledge that your Vita-Mix is backed by a full seven-year warranty from a family-owned business that has been in operation for over 85 years. Many families hand their Vita-Mix machines down from generation to generation. Vita-Mix machines are still made right here in the USA and the company has customers whose machines have been in constant use for 20 years or more.
For more information, visit www.vitamix.com.
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Lanesborough Town Meeting to Vote Budget, Bylaws & Vehicle Purchases
By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Tuesday's annual town meeting includes a $14 million operating budget, new short-term rentals, accessory dwelling units and sign bylaws, and free cash article appropriations.
Voters will gather at Lanesborough Elementary School on June 9 at 6 p.m. to decide on 20 warrant articles.
The fiscal 2027 budget is up a little over 10 percent. Some of the main increases are the Mount Greylock Regional School District and McCann Technical School: the McCann assessment is up more than 30 percent based on factors including enrollment and the school renovation project, and Mount Greylock's is up 11 percent.
Article 11 is for the town to vote to approve from free cash the sum of $16,298.48 for the McCann Technical School roof and window replacement project so as not to impact the budget. Article 3 is appropriate $7,586,284 for Mount Greylock Regional School assessment.
Another notable increase was in life and health insurance, showing an increase of about 26 percent.
Ambulance Director Jen Weber is planning 24-hour coverage, which means more staff and a hike in her budget. One of the articles asks the town to appropriate $234,100 to operate the Ambulance Enterprise Fund for salaries and expenses.
Many town departments are looking for new vehicles. The Fire Department is looking to replace its outdated 1996 fire engine. There are two articles related to the truck at a total of $813,366. Article 12 would transfer $225,000 from free cash into the Fire Truck Stabilization Fund; Article 13 would transfer $605,000 from the fund and authorize the borrowing of $208,366.08.
The total includes a $100,000 contingency cost to cover any additional costs if a 2026 model-year chassis cannot be secured before new emissions standards go into effect in 2027.
The board at its last meeting moved the $225,000 transfer to come before the borrowing article, changing the stabilization number. If the $225,000 is not voted on, then they will amend the next article's number on the floor, subtracting the $225,000. This shows the borrowing number significantly lower.
Article 17 asks for the transfer of $80,000 from free cash to replace a police cruiser.
Police Chief Rob Derksen's aim is to replace one vehicle every other year, meaning the oldest vehicle gets replaced about every 10 years.
He stressed that if delayed this year, the town may have to double up in a future year to get back on schedule, and that paying later usually costs more. The article will ask for $80,000 from free cash, the vehicles used to be funded by the BHRD.
Lastly, the Highway Department is looking to replace a 2014 International dump truck that will be a total of $330,000 and will take two to three years to receive.
Money will be used from last year's approval of $250,000 from free cash for the replacement of a 2012 highway front-end loader that was underspent $49,261. Town meeting is being asked to approve a transfer of $53,274.85 from free cash and the use of $227,464 from funds from the Sale of Town Real Estate to fund the balance.
Other free cash proposals include $1,200 to purchase software to support tracking and ongoing maintenance schedules of town-owned vehicles; $42,000 for the replacement of the Highway Department's storage shed roof, $200,000 to reduce the tax levy.
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