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Issue 8 — November 2004 Greetings! At Nutiva, we have lot's to be thankful for this season. After an intense 3 year legal battle with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), nutritious hemp foods are finally a legal food available to everyone as the DEA's appeal process expired in late September. While the legal hurdles were substantial and consumed a lot of time and money, Nutiva benefited from extensive national press coverage which helped to raise awareness of the benefits of hemp foods in general and Nutiva's products to many new people. I am very grateful to be able to continue serving our customers with the finest quality organic hemp and coconut foods available. My friend and coach Stan Russell recently sent me this great quote on gratitude: "Gratitude
is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others" May you find time in this busy season to remember the many things you have to be grateful for. In health, John W. Roulac |
Thanksgiving
is a time to reflect on our blessings.
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Enjoy
our Delicious and Nutritious Organic Coconut Oil Now available in our
new Jumbo 29 oz Size Nutiva customers are raving about our coconut oil's sweet light aroma and delicious flavor. We constantly receive customer feedback telling us it's the best coconut oil on the market. That was our goal in developing this product and is why we'll happily refund 100% of your purchase should you not find it meets that standard. Nutiva processes our coconut oil within 120 minutes of cracking the shell. This yields a raw, un-refined, extra-virgin organic coconut oil that looks, smells, and tastes like fresh coconuts. Contrast this approach with the vast majority of manufacturers who first chop the coconut in half, leave it to dry in the sun for days, scoop the meat out and ship it thousands of miles to giant oil mills where the oxidizing meat is refined, bleached, and often deodorized. Ironically, this product is often labeled "certified organic." Nutiva offers our Organic Coconut Oil in 15 oz and 29 oz jars, as well as bulk 1 and 5 gallon containers. Learn more about Nutiva's products here. 1%
Donation Spotlight:
Nutiva donates 1 percent of its sales to groups supporting sustainable agriculture. The efforts of these groups, taken as a whole, may range from GMO labeling and community gardens to the banning of toxic pesticides or mutated gene fragments.
"create a national grassroots consumer campaign for the purpose of lobbying Congress and the President to pass legislation that will require the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods in the United States." The Campaign provides educational literature to natural food stores which educates people on the vital concerns of genetically engineered foods including the cross contamination of GE pollen of organic foods and the lack of safety data on ingesting such foods. Many people are not aware that most corn, soy, and canola foods sold today contain unknown gene protein fragments. America is conducting the largest untested novel feeding trials of mutated foods in the history of our world. Since its inception, Nutiva's 1% campaign has donated more than twenty five thousand dollars to exemplary organizations including: •Bioneers •Californians for GE-Free Agriculture •Ecological Farming Association •Hemp Industries Association •GE-Free Sonoma County •Organic Farming Research Foundation •Organic Consumers Association •Oregon Concerned Citizens for Safe Food •Solar Living Institute •The Land Institute •Vote Hemp •Watts Garden Club
Following the success of The Ultimate Smoothie Book, Cherie Calbom offers a diet based on groundbreaking research that proves coconut oil promotes weight loss. This is included on Warner Books "A" list for 2005, and is sure to make waves in the diet world. You can pre-order the book on Amazon. The Coconut Diet offers a 21-day weight loss program and includes a four-week cleansing regimen. With meal plans and more than 70 recipes to help readers put the plan into action, as well as nutritional facts, tips for easy preparation, readers will learn how to start reaping the benefits of coconut oil today. Not only does coconut oil boost metabolism and speed weight loss, there is evidence that suggests that adding a small amount of coconut oil to ones daily diet can help lower cholesterol; improve conditions such as diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, IBS, and other digestive disorders; enhance thyroid production; and increase overall energy. Author Cherie Colbom also exposes the soy oil industry's "black hat" attack on coconut in their effort to gain market share. Get informed, consider adding coconut oil to your diet and let others know about its multiple benefits. Coconut Oil for Beautiful Skin and Hair
You can also use coconut oil as a low-cost hair conditioner you leave on your hair for greater luster and shine. In India and Tahiti, this is a common practice. Nutiva's versatile Coconut Oil is handy in the kitchen, bath, and bedroom. Pamper yourself this holiday season and enjoy the healing qualities of Nutiva coconut oil-inside and out! And consider using our oil as a great stocking stuffer. Win Free Products Do you have a delicious recipe using coconut oil or hempseeds or oil you'd like to share? Send it to help1 [at] nutiva.com. If we publish your recipe in our newsletter, we'll send you a free Nutiva product of your choice. Canola : Another Viewpoint Recent articles have mentioned canola as a healthy oil. Readers might want to consider the following: Most canola today is grown in Canada, and even organic canola is now well contaminated from GMO pollen from Monsanto's GE Canola plants. Canola was promoted in a massive PR campaign in the 1990's, yet it's a very low-cost industrial oil with many down sides. It contains low levels of eruric acid- a toxic substance that was found at higher levels in canola's parent, rapeseed. Canola can spoil easily. Both canola and soy contain modest amounts of Omega-3, and these oils are currently sold in clear bottles in the grocery isle. Thus, by the time shoppers bring soy or canola bottles home to their kitchens, they often are turning rancid due to light and heat exposure. Rancid vegetable oils have been linked to major health problems and the natural food community is still largely unaware of the issue because industry pr fails to mention anything about it. An increasing number of health professional now recommend virgin coconut oil (rich in medium chain fats) as an ideal all purpose cooking oil, and hemp oil (rich in Omega-3 and GLA) as a raw oil for salads and sauces. Given the fact that about 90% of our brain is fat, it is vital as a society that we ingest healthy fats. • Dr
Andrew Weil Question of the Day at DrWeil.com Can You Get High on Hemp
Seeds?
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As
the winter days set in, we can often experience dry skin. Nutiva's Virgin
Coconut Oil is an excellent soothing moisturizer that will soften dry
and/or cracked skin. You can use it as a soothing massage oil that feels
silky and smooth to the touch, with the added bonus of being edible and
safe for use as a personal lubricant. And remember, a small amount will
go a long way.
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