Monique, The calcium water is no big deal. You mix what they tell you in a little jar. Store the rest in the fridge. The only thing with the Pomona's is that is it hard to dissolve, so I blend one cup of juice with the pectin, then add to the fruit or juice. I tried adding it to the Splenda like they said, but it was really lumpy. I had to take the immersion blender and blend the pot of jelly. Then, I had a lot of foam. I used 4 cups plum juice, the Pomona's dissolved in one cup boiling apple juice (no sugar), calcium water, and 2 cups Splenda. It is wonderful tasting ! I think that stuff will gel anything in the world, too. I am glad you are thinking about taking care of yourself now. I was like that at first, and now am diabetic. It isn't that bad, but it is just a bother because I have to plan my life around eating times, and have to eat certain amounts of certain foods. You really have to be disciplined. You do the same exact things for being prediabetic, if you take care of yourself as you should. Best wishes to you.

"people in power haven't tried to keep cures for diseases from getting out in the open you are truly naïve" Seriously? Are you a conspiracy person? Who are these people in power conspiring to keep people ill? -- "You don't think it's odd that all this money has been raised to find all these cures but none have been found?" That's how science works. If people knew where to look, knowledge would be much easier to obtain. You may not appreciate that the fact that nothing is found with a particular investigation doesn't mean nothing will be found, simply that where or how they were investigating wasn't fruitful. Work goes on. -- "Going to doctors but staying sick?" Doctors are in on the conspiracy with people in power too, they want to keep their patients ill intentionally? Yeah? -- "Medicine is all trial and error" Yes, this is true, it's true of much of scientific research in general too. Can you suggest a better approach? Smarter people than you and me and the world of science in general have settled on an approach to expand knowledge. Why do you accept unproven approaches that AREN'T tested or subject to trial and error? Do you think that's smarter or a more valid approach? -- "And all of those trials you speak of have no affect on me because I don't go to the dr." That's your choice. Do you think it's a thoughtful one? Do you have medical insurance and choose not to use it, or do you not have coverage? I've known some people over the years who've scoffed at conventional medicine as you do and turn to alternatives BECAUSE they couldn't afford health insurance. For several, it was a short sighted decision because they needed care and had to scramble to get coverage. I hope you don't have kids whose wellbeing you're risking because of your extreme views. -- "If I get sick I take my natural remedies and feel better in no time. " Sure you do. Just hope you never have anything seriously wrong with you, it will strain your faith beliefs. -- "Just because you don't agree with something it doesn't make it wrong" True. -- "And I'm pretty sure tests have also been run on these other remedies. You'll never hear about them if they actually accomplish something though." Don't be so sure, that's the greatest beef about so-called "alternative medicine". Lack of testing and lack of proof. If something is proven to be effective, the researchers rush to publish papers and everyone knows about it pronto. Ever hear of PubMed? It's an NIH-run online catalog of ALL biomedical research that's published. Should a piece be missed in a periodical, researchers doing catalog references will come upon any findings that are new or different concerning an area of interest they have. There are no secrets. In fact, researchers rush to find areas others haven't investigated because being first is a way to become better known. In the alternative medicine area, it's mostly crickets. Religions are a belief based environment, science is not. Wishing doesn't make it so. -- "Drug companies can't patent natural things. " Sure they can. -- In the absence of proof, a suggestion or a hypothesis is described as lacking proof or being unsupported by evidence. That means it's false/invalid/doesn't exist. It's not the negative, "it hasn't been disproven". That argument is illogical and isn't valid for science. Or medicine. You're very misinformed. Sorry.

The grains do need some kind of sugar to feed off of. I use cane sugar, or raw (turbinado). Using of juices, frozen fruit, etc is for flavouring, in the 2nd ferment. Tea bags also work, some people say that passionfruit tastes fantastic. Fresh fruit will work as well, I use frozen for the convenience. You don't add any sugars to the 2nd ferment. the fruit is enough. The longer it sits the tarter it becomes. I like it 'dry', so I let it sit for a few days before refrigerating.

Im not sure if it was covid or not. I purchased the grand sofa before covid and had it for over a year. It was like brand new. We used it all the time. Two dogs a cat and two kids. We used as a bed at one point. Nothing sagged. No scratch marks I absolutely loved this soda. The smell of leather was just part of sitting down. I sat down and always took a sniff. I sold it for more than I paid for it during Covid. Here is what I’m going to do differently when I purchase again. I disliked the square arms. Not for me when I’m always lying on it. Nail heads had imperfections and honestly I believe if I had it longer they would have become a problem. I was always checking them and making sure they were not coming out. For myself and my kids the wrapped down was wonderful. This was not the case for my husband. He had a hard time saying on sofa for a long time. For this reason we might go with the big sir or pottery barn classic so I can order part of it in regular and part of it in down. Yes you can do this with a conversion sofa. It’s just more expensive. I’m totally on the fence. I can’t speak for the quality after covid but before we absolutely loved the sofa. Pics are just before I sold it. Ps. Here is a tip. I see some are receiving sofas or chairs with imperfections. Please note when your sofa is delivered you can REFUSE the order due to defectives and they have to replace it. It’s very important BEFORE you sign for the order that you look it over with a fine tooth comb. If you see anything that you do not like REFUSE order and send it back. This really is the only time you can do this. After you sign that’s that!! Second all leather is not treated equal. Go to a store or get a swatch and scratch it. Use it like it would be used in your home. I special ordered and waited months for my sofa. signature leather put on because I tried to scratch it and wrinkle it and I found it heald up. Please keep that in mind. What they have on hand for leather is not top of the line.