In the Spotlight
Blue Diamond Almond Milk Recipe
Blue Diamond® Almond Breeze® Almondmilk continues to bring great-tasting non-dairy beverages to store shelves near you. Available in six all-natural, smooth and creamy varieties - Sweetened and Unsweetened Original, Vanilla, and Chocolate – they offer taste and versatility anyone can appreciate. One of our favorites is their rich Vanilla Almond Breeze® Almondmilk which blends natural vanilla ...
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R.W. Knudsen Spritzers: New Delicious Flavors!
There is good news for all of us who have been enjoying the refreshing line of Sparkling Essence™ beverages the past two years: R.W. Knudsen Family® has recently introduced two new flavors to the sparkling medley of these guilt-free, organic drinks! Like the first four flavors, Organic Lime and Organic Coconut are calorie-free, certified organic, and contain no sugars or artificial ingredients...
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SafSlim: Get Rid Of Belly Fat, Have Dessert First
How often have we heard ‘you can’t spot reduce’? That stubborn fat around the belly, no matter how hard we try, with crunches, sit ups, cutting out the carbs, staying away from trans fats, yadayada….the gut is the last to go, if at all. Well, we have exciting news. SafSlim™ Belly Fat Transformation just hit the market with a based-on-science, doctor approved solution that specifically targets ...
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Sugar Free Gluten Free Gummy Vitamins
It can be hard getting your kids to take their vitamins. Most won’t swallow pills, and the chewable variety that tastes yummy is so often loaded with sugar and artificial color. That is why we are SO excited about Hero Nutritionals’ latest ground breaking product: gluten and sugar free Yummi Bears® gummy vitamins! These taste so good that my kids ask for them every morning before I have a cha...
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Blue Diamond Nut Chips
Being gluten free, I am constantly on the hunt for healthy and fun snacks that I can eat guilt (and pain) free. While there are many great brands of organic and natural chips out there, it can be hard to find products that are certified gluten free that taste great and still have a wholesome ingredient list. That’s why I was THRILLED to learn about Blue Diamond Grower’s brand new produc...
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Country Life Vitamins Omega Surge
Country Life is a leader and authority in natural health and nutrition and has been for over 37 years. Country Life's internationally popular top selling products include a broad and deep offering of natural supplements and beauty care including full lines of Certified Gluten Free vitamins, mineral supplements, fish oils specialty products and more. The Company operates GMP compliant manuf...
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Desert Essence Natural Body Care
Randy and I often talk about what we put in our bodies. Equally important is what we put on our bodies. Just count the number of face and body products you use everyday: from toothpastes to body washes, deodorants to lotions, eye creams to makeup. On average, we use 12 such products each day. And now imagine the number of ingredients and how they get absorbed into the body, and you will see w...
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Redmond Sea Salt Is Real Salt
Some of you may remember the story we did on Real Salt last year, but because a healthy salt is such an important part of a healthy diet, we decided it would be worth another mention. Some have heard that salt is bad for them, however the reality is that salt is (and has always been) essential for good health. This is why salt is given intravenously in every hospital in the world in the form of...
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Natracare Said STOP!
Award winning Natracare organic and natural feminine hygiene products said “STOP what you’re doing” to the branded conventional feminine hygiene industry over 22 years ago and today they are the global brand leader. Single-handedly, Susie Hewson, founder, owner and designer of Natracare products, was able to have a positive impact on women’s health and the environment by developing the full ...
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Teeccino Herbal Coffee: Creating New Trade
This month’s feature green company is Teeccino Herbal Coffee, American’s #1 coffee alternative. We selected Teeccino because of its work creating new trade for unique ingredients that brings additional sources of income to rural families in Central America and India. Teeccino was created by Caroline MacDougall, an award winning herbal beverage designer who creates teas for top tea companies in...
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Nordic Naturals: Do You Know What's In Your Salmon Oil?
Many brands of salmon oil claim that their products require no purification because they are naturally pure. However, heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and particularly arsenic pose problems in all wild salmon stocks, since they naturally occur in the riverbeds and oceans where salmon spawn and live. In fact, wild salmon (and other seafood) is one of the main ways that humans are exposed to a...
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Willard's Water - Water Made Healthier
As you know, we love holistic remedies with a great history and nothing we’ve ever featured matches the intriguing Willard Water story. It’s so fascinating, we couldn’t help but be captivated by it. Invented in the early 1960’s by Dr. John Willard who received his PhD in Chemistry from Purdue University, Willard Water was the subject of a U.S. Congressional hearing and was later featured in a...
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Carlson High Quality Supplements
Carlson Laboratories has long been known for its high quality nutritional supplements. With their extensive line of vitamins, minerals, and fine Norwegian fish oils, Carlson is certainly a forerunner in the natural supplement industry. The company began with a single vitamin E formula and, as the importance of natural supplements grew to be recognized, Carlson expanded their line tremendousl...
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Barlean's Fish Oil: Sustainable And Responsible
Barlean’s is our feature green company of them month, chosen for their commitment to sustainability and responsibility. Barlean’s is committed to adhering to sustainable fishing practices, preservation of endangered species, and governmental fishing laws. While ensuring that their fish oils are high quality (and delicious), they also take great care minimizing their environmental impact. ...
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Blue Diamond Almonds - Nut Thins
We were excited to hear that Wal-mart is now stalking it’s shelves nation-wide with one of our favorite snacks, Nut*Thins®! Not only is this a huge step for Blue Diamond Almonds®, as a wider variety of consumers are able to find and sample their delicious snacks, it’s also a big step for thenatural food industry as a whole. For a large retailer like Wal-mart to carry a product, they must foresee ...
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Genuine Health for a Healthy Planet
Like us, Genuine Health believes that everyone deserves a healthy, vibrant life – and a lean, well nourished body is the best way to get there. We’ve been fans of Genuine Health for years. As we searched for more energy, beautiful skin, a healthy mind and fit body, Genuine Health served up the answers. The company started over 10 years ago in Canada with greens+, the original, research-proven sup...
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Oxylent Multivitamin Drink - No More Pills!
Let’s face it, we have all gotten used to it, but taking a large handful of supplement pills is just not any fun. Given most peoples’ compromised digestive systems, it’s a “best guess” as to how much of those nutrients we are actually digesting not to mention absorbing. A better solution is finally here. Affectionately referred to as “fizz or fizzie”, effervescent technology offers a powerful del...
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Ecover: Powered By Nature
With all the different product messages being thrown at us these days, it’s hard to know what issue to be most concerned with. Fair Trade? Organic? Sustainable? And once you wade through all the terms, it comes down to whether or not the product is actually going to perform. At Ecover, they recommend this simple approach: Fair Trade for imported goods like chocolate and coffee; organic produc...
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Barbara's Wholesome Delicious Snacks
One of our favorite family-friendly brands at Naturally Savvy is Barbara’s Bakery. Since 1971, Barbara’s has been making all-natural cereals and snacks that not only taste good, but they are good for you too. Like many moms, we want to provide nutritious food for our families, but often find it difficult to navigate through the grocery aisles to identify the best, most wholesome foods. It’s ref...
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North American Herb & Spice
North American Herb & Spice (NAHS) is well known for providing the highest quality wild Mediterranean oregano oil on the market, Oreganol P73, but there is so much more to this dynamic whole food supplement company. Over the past 15 years, North American Herb & Spice has created over 200 effective products made exclusively from non-GMO, wild, organic, raw, whole food ingredients. North Ame...
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R.W. Knudsen Family® is turning 50
R.W. Knudsen Family® is turning 50…but you could be the one getting the gifts! Cheers to 50 Years! R.W. Knudsen Family® is celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2011. For half a century the R.W. Knudsen Family® name has been synonymous with great tasting juices made with uncompromising standards. In 1961, when Russel W. Knudsen began bottling fruit juices from his organic grape vineyard, he di...
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Nordic Naturals: Purer, Fresher Fish Oil
It seems like there are new fish oil products or omega-3 supplements introduced just about every day. So many choices can be confusing, and make it difficult to be sure that you’re getting a safe, effective product. That’s why we continue to trust Nordic Naturals, the fish oil experts for over 15 years. For them, fish oil is not just a new product—it’s all they do, and all they’ve ever done. We...
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Going Green...On The Inside!
To Go Brands, Inc. has certainly begun to make its mark in the nutritional supplement industry. From the launch of its very first product, Go Greens®- Super Fruits and Veggies, To Go Brands underlying philosophy is represented by the company’s continuous efforts to create products that make it easy for customers to be healthy. They call it “going green on the inside”. Everything in its Health...
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Nasoya Launches Online Resource, Tofu U
America’s leading brand of tofu invites cooks to “get schooled” in all things tofu! Welcome to Tofu U, a ‘virtual campus’ where you can learn about all things tofu. As one of the world’s oldest health foods, tofu intrigues cooks with its versatility and nutritional benefits. However, while many enjoy eating tofu outside the home, the majority still struggle to prepare the ingredient in their ...
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Tummy Troubles? Bio-K+ To The Rescue!
Sure you’ve heard of probiotics before-those ‘friendly’ bacteria that health experts are talking about all the time now. But did you know that even hospitals are now getting on the bandwagon and giving them to their patients? Actually, we discovered that a Canadian product in particular is fast becoming a favorite with hospitals in Canada and the US, primarily for preventing some of the more nasty...
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The Real Salt Difference
Is your salt real? It’s an interesting question, really. Real as opposed to fake? Well, yes. There are many people out there who believe salt is salt. But, is there really a difference? There is. A quick glance at the ingredients label on most salts might be alarming. Many salts contain additives such as calcium silicate, yellow prussiate of soda (YPS), or sodium aluminosilicate, all used for ant...
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World's Only Natural Memory Foam Mattress
Essentia is our feature green company of the month. I came across this company when I met the CEO at a green living trade show in early 2010. Jack, the founder of Essentia, set out to invent a natural foam when a family member was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors made him aware that most items we surround ourselves with are not very healthy; paint, carpet, computers, detergents and even our mattress...
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Glutino Is Green
The Glutino Food Group is a trusted pioneer and leader in the gluten-free foods category. Nearly three million people in the United States have Celiac Disease, and there are many more who live a gluten-free lifestyle. Since 1983, the Glutino Food Group has been solely dedicated to providing healthy and delicious gluten-free products that consumers can trust. Ideal for today’s busy lifestyles, the...
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Blue Diamond Almond Breeze®
From Smokehouse® Almonds to Gluten-Free Nut*Thins, Blue Diamond Almonds® has done an excellent job at bringing great-tasting almond snacks to the store shelves. Among all the delectable almond products this 3,000+ grower co-op has produced, a kitchen must-have is their all-natural, rich, smooth and creamy non-dairy beverage, Almond Breeze® Almondmilk. Pour it on cereal, drink it by the glass, or ...
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Consonant Skincare: Organic Luxury
We have been in love with Consonant Skincare from the first moment we discovered this wonderful, luxurious organic skin care brand. Their advanced formulations are not only healthy, they also deliver the great results you expect from high quality skin care products. And best of all, they feel amazing to use. Consonant products really prove that you can have it all! Sophisticated scents such as Ci...
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Yummi Bears® Have Gone Organic!
Hero Nutritional Products, LLC, the innovative leader and maker of the Original Gummy Vitamin have now launched Yummi Bears® Organics®, the first and only organic gummy vitamin for children! Yummi Bears Organics gummy vitamins provide a solution to parental concerns about food sources and supply along with the ever growing trend towards GMO free and organic products. The award winning Yummi Bears®...
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Traditional Medicinals: Have a Smooth Move® day
Constipation happens. You miss your morning bowel movement and are left feeling uncomfortably clogged. Occasional constipation can be caused by a myriad of factors such as a change of routine, stress, vacations, diet, prescription medications, just to name a few villains. The symptoms can be devastating as they can be powerful enough to interrupt your normal daily routine. As uncomfortable and wo...
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Organic Valley: Live, Lowfat Yogurt
Yogurt lovers, celebrate. Organic Valley, a farmer-owned cooperative of more than 1,600 organic family farmers nationwide, introduces a live organic, lowfat yogurt in a 32 oz bottle. Available nationwide in berry, vanilla and plain, this multi-use yogurt starts with organic milk fresh from cows raised on family farms without the use of antibiotics, synthetic hormones or persistent pesticides. To...
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Gluten Free Blue Diamond® Nut-Thins®
If you or someone you know suffers from Celiac Disease, you know how hard it is to find gluten free foods that you truly enjoy. The team at Blue Diamond Almonds® understands the problem well and is making products that are safe and healthy for the gluten-free community. As sponsors of the Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF) and the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA), Blue Diamond pledg...
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Barlean’s Omega Swirl
In a clinical study conducted by The Center for Nutritional Studies Barlean’s Omega Swirl, a lemon flavored, emulsified fish oil product was found to be 90% more bio-available than standard fish oil. In the study, the total percentage of oil that reached the blood stream was 10-times greater with Omega Swirl than the same dose of fish oil. Theoretically, it could take up to 20 standard fish oil g...
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Ecover Eco-Surfactants & the Future of Cleaning
After seven years of research and over 50,000 man-hours, scientists working at Ecover, the pioneering ecological cleaning company, have succeeded in developing the world’s first ‘Eco-Surfactant’ using an energy efficient and entirely biochemical production process powered by yeast. Surfactants, the active ingredient in the majority of household cleaners, from washing up liquid to stain removers...
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Healthy Liberté Yogurt
Delicious Liberté yogurts are 100% natural and made with rBGH free Vermont milk. All products have natural, live and active acidophilus and bifidus cultures which support a healthy digestive system. Liberté makes healthy yogurt free of any harmful, unhealthy fillers and additives. Liberté yogurts offer the US market an uncompromising quality and a French cachet; they offer a variety of unique f...
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Sustainable and Ethical Feminine Hygiene
Many of us consciously purchase products which we believe will make a difference and help protect the environment, we scrutinize labels for harmful ingredients and environmental pollutants and we are more careful about what we put into our mouths and onto our skin. But how many of us consider that most sensitive of places and the feminine hygiene products we use each month? We know that you d...
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Bigelow Tea
Who knew that when tea aficionado Ruth Campbell Bigelow decided to experiment in her kitchen, creating a flavorful tea concoction blended with orange peel and spices, she would be ushering in the dawn of a family business. Six decades later, the Fairfield, Connecticut -based Bigelow Tea is now a household name, producing more than 100 varieties of teas – nationwide. And incidentally, that origin...
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Pamela's Gluten-Free Cookies
When Pamela started her company 22 years ago, most people hadn’t even heard of gluten, but for those who lived gluten-free they understood it well. Sadly, most of the food they could purchase, and there was very little, was dry, crumbly and tasteless. Luckily, Pamela grew up in her family's bakery packing cookies for those with special dietary needs. As a child who loved a good “sugar...
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