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Jul 23rd, 2008 by John Roulac
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Nutiva Hemp Food products are sampled at the Bioneers Conference in 2006. Founder John Roulac speaks about Bioneers and explains how hemp foods support a more sustainable economy.
Jul 10th, 2008 by John Roulac
Health Ranger Show #47: Podcast Interview with Nutiva Founder /CEO John W Roulac with Mike Adams “the Health Ranger” about hemp protein, hemp seeds, hemp oils, coconut oil and other whole food products produced by Nutiva.
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Jun 12th, 2008 by John Roulac
Have you been noticing all the organic and natural products (including Horizon Milk) that have added DHA as a way to boost omega-3 claims? The DHA is extracted from fermented algae and soil fungus, often using hexane, a highly explosive petrochemical solvent and neurotoxin.
Somehow the USDA Organic program is allowing certified-organic products to include this ingredient.
The following is an excerpt from CommonDreams.org:
Organic products with the prohibited fatty acid supplements include Horizon Organic Milk with DHA (Dean Foods) and organic infant formulas, including Similac Organic (Abbott Laboratories), Earth’s Best (Hain Celestial), and Bright Beginnings Organic (PBM Products).
Martek Biosciences Corporation produces these DHA and ARA supplements. They are extracted from fermented algae and soil fungus with the use of a highly explosive neurotoxic petrochemical solvent, hexane. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration lists hexane as a serious hazard to worker health and safety, and the Environmental Protection Agency classifies it as a hazardous air pollutant. The National Organic Program strictly prohibits its use in the processing of organic foods and ingredients .
Jun 12th, 2008 by John Roulac
Nutiva donates 1 percent of its sales to groups supporting sustainable agriculture. These groups’ activities range from community gardens through GMO labeling to the banning of toxic pesticides. In 2007, Nutiva donated $70,000 dollars to these programs.
This month we’re delighted to honor an exciting film project, “The Vanishing of the Bees,” produced by filmmaker Maryam Henein. Many people are becoming aware of the alarming issue of bees disappearing and not returning to their hives. The majority of our fruits and nuts—including melons, berries, and almonds—require pollination by bees.
The film’s goal is to alert as many people as possible to better understand why this is happening to the bees, and what the solutions are to protect them.
This important film is currently in production, and the needed funds to complete the project are being raised.
Nutiva is donating $1,000 to help this film be released. We’re asking our customers to support this film along with us by suggesting that friends and family members also consider donating to the project. Even $25 or $50 will help!
Learn more about the film “The Vanishing of the Bees.”
To read the latest update on the bee crisis from acclaimed health advocate and writer Mike Adams, click here.
Jun 12th, 2008 by John Roulac
Nutiva Introduces New Three-Pound Bulk Size Organic Hempseed and Hemp Protein.
The new three-pound bags are certified-organic and vacuum-sealed.
Save $5 on any three-pound Hempseed or Hemp Protein with this coupon code: 3poundersavings
Click here to order.
“The word is spreading fast that hemp is a nutritional powerhouse. By buying it in bulk, our customers can now save money and reduce packaging waste,” says Nutiva CEO and Founder John W. Roulac.
1 tablespoon of Hempseed or Hemp Protein Powder contains 48% of the RDI of magnesium—vital to 300 human biochemical processes.
Nutiva customer Daily Juice of Austin, Texas, serves up delicious Hemp Mate Lattes and Hemp Smoothies at their two locations. Says owner Matt Wahrer, “Nutiva’s Hempseed and Protein are amazing superfoods. Our hemp-based Tropical Transfusion is one of our top three sellers, and a top requested additive to all of our smoothies. We love to support hemp.”
Jun 12th, 2008 by John Roulac
Dear Nutiva,
I am a 61-year-old window cleaner. My wife recently bought a jar of your Nutiva Hemp Protein, and I began using it. I noticed the first day that I had considerably more energy than when I used my previous brand of protein powder. I read the ingredients on the jar and can’t see anything special except for the omegas 3, 6, and 9. What is the secret ingredient? I plan to be a customer for life.
Mike
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Nutiva Coconut Oil
I’ve tried several different brands of coconut oil, and I’ve found this is the most delicious and fresh-tasting I’ve had. I highly recommend it to all my friends for eating, cooking, adding to drinks, or using on the skin. I recently mixed it into crushed oatmeal for a wonderful moisturizing scrub, and eliminated dry patches on my face.
Stephanie D. in Oklahoma City
Jun 12th, 2008 by John Roulac
Greetings!
I hope you’re enjoying this lovely time of renewal. A highlight of spring and summer is the abundance of luscious fruit that’s available to us. A few weeks ago I enjoyed picking some fresh organic mulberries . . . I must have eaten at least 150 berries! Apricots and plums are next. 
I encourage everyone to find fresh organic fruit in your own region—whether from a tree or a bush or at your local farmers’ market.
I apologize for not sending out our E-newsletter more often. Things with Nutiva have been characteristically busy. I just returned from the Chicago Green Festival, where our team met many Nutiva fans and offered great deals on our products.
I’m training for what will be my second triathlon this August. This gives me a great reason to stay in the best personal shape ever.
Nutiva recently introduced new bulk-size Organic Hemp Protein and Shelled Hempseed, in 3-lb., vacuum-sealed bags.
Here is a $5-off coupon code for ordering these three-pounders. It’s good until June 30, 2008, and can be used multiple times: 3poundersavings. Enter that code on the shopping cart page here.
Feel free to pass this along to your friends and family members.
I’m wishing you the healthiest and happiest year ever!
In health,
John W. Roulac
Founder and CEO
Nutiva
May 23rd, 2008 by John Roulac
This is part 3 of a slightly modified version of Ray Peat’s article, which is found here.
Most of the images and metaphors relating to coconut oil and cholesterol that circulate in our culture are false and misleading. I offer a counter-image, which is metaphorical, but it is true in that it relates to lipid oxidation, which is profoundly important in our bodies. After a bottle of safflower oil has been opened a few times, a few drops that get smeared onto the outside of the bottle begin to get very sticky, and hard to wash off.
This property is why it is a valued base for paints and varnishes, but this varnish is chemically closely related to the age pigment that forms “liver spots” on the skin, and similar lesions in the brain, heart, blood vessels, lenses of the eyes, etc. The image of “hard, white saturated coconut oil” isn’t relevant to the oil’s biological action, but the image of “sticky varnish-like easily oxidized unsaturated seed oils” is highly relevant to their toxicity. Continue Reading »
May 23rd, 2008 by John Roulac
This is part 2 of a slightly modified version of Ray Peat’s article on the benefits of coconut oil, which is found here.
Plants evolved a variety of toxins designed to protect themselves from “predators,” such as grazing animals. Seeds contain a variety of toxins, that seem to be specific for mammalian enzymes, and the seed oils themselves function to block protein digestive enzymes in the stomach.
The thyroid hormone is formed in the gland by the action of a protein digestive enzyme, and the unsaturated oils also inhibit that enzyme. Similar protein digestive enzymes involved in clot removal and immune function appear to be similarly inhibited by these oils.
Just as metabolism is “activated” by consumption of coconut oil, which prevents the inhibiting effect of unsaturated oils, other inhibited processes, such as clot removal and immune function, will probably tend to be restored by continuing use of coconut oil. Continue Reading »
May 23rd, 2008 by John Roulac
This is part one of a slightly modified version of Ray Peat’s article, which is found here.
I have already discussed the many toxic effects of the unsaturated oils, and I have frequently mentioned that coconut oil doesn’t have those toxic effects, though it does contain a small amount of the unsaturated oils.
Many people have asked me to write something on coconut oil. I thought I might write a small book on it, but I realize that there are no suitable channels for distributing such a book — if the seed-oil industry can eliminate major corporate food products that have used coconut oil for a hundred years, they certainly have the power to prevent dealers from selling a book that would affect their market more seriously. For the present, I will just outline some of the virtues of coconut oil.
The unsaturated oils in some cooked foods become rancid in just a few hours, even at refrigerator temperatures, and are responsible for the stale taste of leftover foods. (Eating slightly stale food isn’t particularly harmful, since the same oils, even when eaten absolutely fresh, will oxidize at a much higher rate once they are in the body, where they are heated and thoroughly mixed with an abundance of oxygen.) Continue Reading »
