>> IF YOU LIKE DRINKING ALMOND MILK AND YOU BUY FROM THE
GROCERY STORE, IT TURNS OUT YOU ARE CONSUMING A PRODUCT
THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE HEALTHY FOR YOU.
TWO YEARS AGO MOTHER JONES DID THIS AWESOME EXPOS…
ON WHAT
ALMOND MILK IS AND HOW MUCH WATER IT TAKES IN ORDER TO
PRODUCE ALMONDS FOR ALMOND MILK.
WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A SINGLE
ALMONDS YOU NEED THE EQUIVALENT OF 1.1 GALLONS OF WATER.
THAT IS A LOT OF WATER PER ALMOND.
CONSIDER THE FACT THAT 100%
OF THE ALMONDS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES GROW IN
CALIFORNIA, A STATE THAT IS DEALING WITH A SEVERE DROUGHT.
JUST ONE SERVING OF ALMONDS TAKES A LOT OF WATER.
THE ADDITION TO THE STORY IS JUST HOW FALSE OR
MISLEADING ALMOND MILK IS.
WHEN YOU MAKE IT YOURSELF THAT IS NOT
NECESSARILY THE CASE.
>>THAT IS AWESOME.
>> SO WHAT YOU ARE LIKELY TO BUY FROM THE GROCERY STORE IS A
MIX OF WATER, ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS.
IF YOU READ THE NUTRITION LABEL INDICATES THAT IT IS LOWER
IN CALORIES THAN MILK, BUT ALSO NOT A GOOD IDEA TO CONSUME
ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS.
YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE IS OF
WHAT YOU ARE DRINKING.
>> THIS IS WHEN I SAY I KNEW IT.
I AM A HUGE SKEPTIC ON THIS STUFF.
TO BE UNFAIR TO ME, I AM ALSO A KNUCKLEHEAD SKEPTIC SOMETIMES.
IN THE CASE OF ALMOND MILK, IT IS NOT REALLY ALMONDS.
SECOND OF ALL, IT IS NOT BETTER FOR YOU
BECAUSE IT IS NOT REAL MILK.
>>YEAH, CALLING IT MILK IS INTERESTING.
>> THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE MY SKEPTICISM CAME IN HANDY AS
I SUSPECTED IT HAS ISSUES.
I HAVE BEEN VINDICATED AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS.
>> I'M GLAD.
ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND, IT'S KIND OF WASTEFUL
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO MAKE ALMOND MILK YOU BASICALLY SOAK THE
NUTRIENTS, THE FATS, AND THE OILS OUT OF THE ALMONDS AND
I LEFT WITH THIS GRAINY STUFF.
IT'S DISGUSTING, SO YOU JUST THROW IT AWAY.
SOME PEOPLE MAKE ALMOND MILK AT HOME AND THEY WILL USE THE
GRAINY STUFF FOR BEAUTY PRODUCTS, SO AT LEAST IT IS
NOT WASTEFUL WHEN YOU MAKE IT AT HOME.
BUT JUST KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING YOURSELF INTO.
IT'S NOT BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IF YOU ARE
BUYING THIS PRODUCT FROM GROCERY STORES.
>> WE DO THE FUSION SHOW, AND ONE OF THE KIDS CAME UP TO ME AT
USC AND SAID ñ HE IS TRYING TO CONVERT ME INTO BEING A VEGAN.
>>YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO GIVE THAT A SHOT.
>> YOU LIBS ARE BETTER THAN I AM.
YOU COULDN'T PAY ME ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE ALMOND MILK.
I WOULD SAY I GIVE UP.
I WOULD TRY IT, BUT I COULDN'T POSSIBLY.
WHO HAS TIME TO MAKE ALMOND MILK BY THEMSELVES AT HOME AND THEN
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE POPE?
>>NOT ME.
>>THESE KNOTS.
>>BY THE WAY, FOR THE VEGANS OUT THERE I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER
WAYS OF GETTING YOUR PROTEIN.
LEGUMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>>I LOVE YOU GUYS.
YOU ARE BETTER THAN ME.