By
Ellen Walsh
“By
freeze drying instead of heat drying, all the live enenzymes
and heat sensitive vitamins present in the fresh wheat
grass,
are preserved for your use."
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The
Holistic Approach to Life
Taking care of yourself
holistically is a way to correct occurrences in the body
naturally. There are many holistic products out in the
market, and our job here at NutraFoodies is to find what's
out there and tell you all about it. We have chosen to
share a few of these products with you because not only
is their labeling clear and comprehensible, but they are
small companies, with willing owners, who will take your
calls and answer any questions you may have about the
product. Here are a few we think you should know about:
Ra-Zen
helps with arthritis, and other kinds of joint pains.
How is Ra-Zen made? The herbs are infused into the golden
raisins and a curing process ensues. During the cure,
the pharmacologically active compounds in the herbs become
complexed with the fruit sugars. These complex conjugated
compounds move into the blood much faster during the digestion
process. The natural properties of the herbs also synergistically
amplify each other out of proportion to the extremely
small quantities involved.
The
curing process also brings out a tremendous amount of
natural sweetness not readily apparent in unprocessed
raisins, making the product very sweet and tasty. This
occurs largely because of isomeric changes in the sugars
as they become complexed with the herbal compounds. The
active ingredients are Juniper' Goldenrod, Dandelion,
Meadowsweet, and Willow bark. For more information, visit
them at their web site at: www.ra-zen.com
Stronger
Immune System
As a confirmed wheat grass
juice drinker, I had always avoided this product, because
I was snobby ! I thought the only way to go, was to drink
it fresh squeezed. After meeting with owner Kim Bright-
Cassano, and learning the facts behind how this product
is made, I realized that I had been missing out on the
consistency, and every day convenience that this product
has to offer. (And it's easy to travel with!) Sweet Wheat
was my bright spot at the Natural Product Expo West tradeshow,
as I kept drifting back to her booth to get fortified
for another 1O miles of walking.
Here's
what I learned Sweet Wheat is the first (and only) certified
organic pure wheatgrass juice powder in existence today.
It is also certified Kosher, which means that every stage
from growth to bottling has been attested to be of superior
quality. Wheat grass is grown from organic wheat seed
in greenhouses in specially prepared organic soil. Nurtured
with natural sunlight and watered with deep artesian well
water, the grass is then juiced, and freeze dried within
minutes to preserve all the natural nutrients which make
the wheat grass juice the superfood that it is. By freeze
drying instead of heat drying, all the live enzymes and
heat sensitive vitamins present in the fresh wheat grass,
are preserved for your use. Stay tuned for more information
on this product next issue. This is not enough. For more
information on this product, visit their web site at:
www.sweetwheat.com
Drink
up with Miracle Greens
This product is a powdered
superfood product that you just mix with water or fruit
juice, and drink! It is a cocktail of anti-oxidants, co-nutrients,
enzymes, vitamins, minerals, trace minerals and amino
acids. We tried it, we liked it. Prolific label readers
that we all are around here, this contains organically
grown barley, red beet and spinach juice powder, royal
jelly, grape seed extract, natural vitamin E, ginkgo biloba,
cracked cell chlorella, organic flax seed meal, ultra
lecithin, enzymes - and have saved the most interesting
for last - blue green algae. Bluegreen algae is a potent
source of Beta Carotene. It is also very rich in vegetarian
B-12 and high in GLA and other essential fatty acids.
This ingredient list is superb, and you can speak directly
with owner Sylvia Ortiz.
Rice
Flours
Look for more information
on this company in our next edition, as we explore foods
and customs from the Asian cultures. An interesting twist
on flours and just in time for spring dishes are the rice
flours from Lotus Foods. Exotic but nutritious are Forbidden
Rice Flour, a beautiful pastel lilac, Butanese Red Rice
Flour, in pale pink, and Roasted Kaipen Rice Flour, in
pastel green. Richly flavored, these flours are ideal
for coating seafood, making tempura barter, crepes, pancakes,
blinis, noodles, breads or muffins. All are gluten free
and non-allergenic.
Lotus
also imports Kalijira (prince of rice or miniature basmati
from Bangladesh), Forbidden (black from China) and Carnaroli
(for risotto from Argentina) rice and obtains Cal Riso
(arborio) and Jasmine rices here in America. For more
information, and recipe ideas, visit them at their web
site at: www.worldofrice.com
Other
Great Links:
Lotus
Foods - http://www.worldofrice.com
Miracle Greens - http://www.miraclegreens.com/
Ra-Zen - http://www.ra-zen.com
SweetWheat - http://
www.sweetwheat.com
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