Tiffany Janay and Malik Zakee of Organic Blood use Nutiva Organic Coconut Oil for hair and skin. They used to use non-organic oils with chemicals, and those would dry out in a couple hours. Coconut oil works all day and infuses hair and skin with moisture and nutrients. Coconut oil applied to skin also worked to eliminate Malik’s daughter’s eczema.
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Naturals Moms Podcast Featuring Nutiva CEO John W Roulac. Learn more about why coconut oil fell out of favor, and how people are using coconut oil. Roulac discus’s why hemp is a nutritious seed, and why we need to avoid corn and soy oil for our personal health.
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The latest news on the toxic chemical hexane is coming out of China this week with 4 workers reportedly died from work hexane exposure at the United Win iPod factory at which they worked.
Nutiva has been a leader in the organic food world alerting people to the dangers of hexane for both workers and consumers, and was one of the first brands to label its products non-hexane. We look forward to a day when hexane is banned from food production altogether.
Many well-known food brands offer soy-based products that are processed with hexane.
Such brands include Clif, Luna, Kashi, Silk, Nature’s Way, Bragg’s, and Genisoy, to name just a few.
Listen to this explosive YouTube Health Ranger Mike Adams on hexane HERE.
From WIKIpedia: In the industry, hexanes are used in the formulation of glues for shoes, leather products, and roofing. They are also used to extract cooking oils from seeds, for cleansing and degreasing all sorts of items, and in textile manufacturing.
In in the news, from China Daily:
SHANGHAI: Angry employees who attacked a Taiwanese company in Suzhou, Jiangsu province over management and pay disputes last Friday said yesterday they were not satisfied with the local government’s investigation into the case.
“The truth has been hidden from public view. There are people dying from long-term exposure to the toxicant used in the factory but no one is paying attention to that. There needs to be further investigation,” a worker surnamed Zhu, who took part in Friday’s gathering yet declined to give his full name, told China Daily yesterday.
He said at least four workers had died from overexposure to hexane, a toxic chemical workers had been asked to use for cleaning touch panels manufactured at United Win (China) Technology Ltd Co. The company is a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Wintek Corporation, one of the world’s leading producers of small mobile phone panels and touch panels.
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This article comes to us from The Star Tribune.com, and addresses an important issue for every household today.
Author Credit: Liza Schwab
Today’s blog came to me as I was making my weekly grocery list. As a mom with not just 4 children but, 4 children with food issues, grocery shopping isn’t an easy task. I have 3 children(plus a husband) who can’t do any dairy products, I have 3 children who can’t do any wheat products, and I can’t (or shouldn’t) eat sugar. Add to that a son with Asperger’s who can only eat Organic fruits and veggies, Organic/free range meats, and no chemicals, preservatives, food colorings, soy, wheat/gluten, dairy/casein, sugar, or eggs and you have quite the interesting grocery list each week.
Not only do I have to be a very creative chef, after all, I am cooking dinner nightly for 6 people that all seem to have differently likes and dislikes and 4 of those people are children. I am also usually shopping at 3-5 different grocery stores to find the foods my family can eat. I also need to figure out how to do it all without coupons(as you rarely find coupons for organic, free range, or wheat free/dairy free items.) and without going over budget. You would all cringe if you knew my monthly grocery bills, they are truly insane!
Not only are my lists long and descriptive, many of my cookbooks are now obsolete and I am fending for myself in cooking many of my meals. Our family’s motto is, “If God made it, you can eat it.” That is how my children know if it is something they can eat or not. Or course, they haven’t figured out that God didn’t make Hemp milk, Soy Milk, or rice cheese yet but, hey I am doing the best I can here.
My favorite question I get from people is, “What DO you eat?!” Well, we eat pretty much the same things everyone else does but, I prepare ALL of it. No boxed dinners, no takeout pizza, no fast food and no candy. All of my recipes I have created or substituted ingredients as needed. We still have pancakes, homemade bread, pasta, homemade pizza and mac and cheese. The only difference is I make all of it from scratch and our ingredients are different. We use gluten free/wheat free flour, Xantham gum(is our best friend for baking), egg replacer, soy or hemp milk(depending on if my son is eating it or not), blue agave(for sugar), organic rice pasta, and rice cheese just to mention a few.
The hardest part isn’t finding what the children can eat, it is finding the stores that carry what they can eat. We go to Whole Foods in Uptown for our soy free/dairy free butter, hemp milk, rice cheese, Clif Organic/100% fruit snacks(for son’s lunches), and various fruits and veggies(all organic), they also are the only place I can find that sells the large multipacks of Silk chocolate soy milk in single serve for my daughter’s lunch! I head to Trader Joe’s in St. Louis Park to get our Organic rice pasta, rice noodle bowls(they are $.99 each compared to $2-3+ other places), Organic/100% fruit strips, 100% pure maple syrup. I visit Costco(either SLP or EP)for our Organic/free range fryer chickens, Organic/free range chicken breasts, and Organic Blue Agave. I then go to my store next door (truly is almost right next door) Cub in Edina for things like Organic salsa(they carry a brand that has no sugar in it), Organic tortilla chips, basics like brown rice, nitrate free bacon/pepperoni, soy yogurt and of course, Organic fruits and veggies. Or there is also Super Target in Edina that carries the girls favorite wheat free donuts and nitrate free ham. Last but, not least is our milkman, yes we have a milk man, he brings us our soy milk, eggs(for everyone but my son and I) and our OJ. I know I could buy the soymilk anywhere but, after running to 3, 4, or 5 different grocery stores each week, it is nice just knowing someone is dropping off milk, eggs, and juice on my front step each week without fail.
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Greetings!
As the days are warming up, it’s the perfect time to spend more time outdoors. Personally, I’m going to jump on my bike in a minute and ride to a lake and go for a swim!
What are your plans this summer to explore the natural world? Be it a lovely park in NYC, backpack in the Sierras, or take the kids for a walk on a leafy green-lined street.
I hope you will also consider enjoying as much fresh and organic foods. This way you will be even healthier while you experience these lazy days of summer.
And for those of us who are workaholics – let’s all remember to slow down a bit and enjoy life. Don’t worry, your emails and Twitter messages will be there when we get back from our walk, bike ride, yoga class or run!
In this newsletter we have a delicious Hemp Salad recipe, and a super discount of Nutiva’s Organic Hemp Oil in Green Glass. Also, check out the movie review of “Food, Inc.” – you do not want to miss this movie!
In Health
John W Roulac
Nutiva Founder & CEO
P.S.: In August I will give you an update of hunting for coconuts in the Philippines and the latest weight loss results from Brenda and Lupe in our Diet Makeover.
This letter was sent recently in response to an email I received in support of Tom Vilsack (below)
-John
Drake-
My good friend Caroline McDougall forwarded me your email below re your support of Tom Vilsack for USDA AG Secretary. I have heard many good things over the years about your accomplishments in organic foods. While we do not know each other, like you I have also been promoting organic food and farming for over 25 years. I am also the founder of Nutiva- the organic hemp and coconut superfoods company. As a values-driven company, we donate 1% of sales to sustainable ag groups, such as Eco Farm and Organic Consumer Association. I find your description of OCA as a special interest group interesting. What I am about to share you may not enjoy hearing. But believe me this is what many people are feeling right now but do not speak this because it is not in their financial interest to do so, Drake, or perhaps they are not asked to comment. [click to continue…]
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