Category: Nutritional Supplements

Garden of Life In-Store Demo: Saturday, April 12

April 9th, 2014 by Paula Gallagher

garden of life perfect food chocolateStop by Village Green on Saturday, April 12 from 11:30 to 2:30 to learn more about our line of Garden of Life products. Representatives from Garden of Life will be on hand to answer questions regarding Garden of Life’s Perfect Food® Raw Alkalizer & Detoxifier and Perfect Food® Raw Energizer. This is a great opportunity to taste these wonderful products.

Perfect Food® RAW Alkalizer & Detoxifier is a RAW organic green super food complement to support your body’s daily balancing act, promoting healthy elimination of toxins and supporting your body’s own ability to maintain its ideal pH balance.† Some of its key features are:

– Highly alkalizing RAW organic lemon juice and RAW organic parsley†
– RAW organic coconut water for hydration and replenishment of electrolytes
– Eight cleansing herbs, traditionally used for centuries to gently assist in daily detoxification†
– Great nutrition from RAW organic grass juices and antioxidant filled RAW organic fruit and vegetable juices†
– Digestion soothing RAW organic ginger, plus live probiotics and enzymes

Perfect Food RAW Energizer is power-packed with naturally occurring chlorophyll, beta carotene, B vitamins, minerals, protein and amino acids from RAW organic USA grown grass juices, dark green juices like spinach, parsley and kale, protein-rich sprouts and juiced-up super antioxidant fruits like RAW organic blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and Indian amla berries.  Continue reading “Garden of Life In-Store Demo: Saturday, April 12”

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IQYOU: A New Smart Tool for Individualized Healthcare Solutions

April 2nd, 2014 by Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.

iqyou full colorI’m pleased to join Village Green as a Medical Advisor and will be highlighting information on specific health topics that can directly benefit our readers. To begin with, I’d like to talk about a new program that can provide individualized healthcare information to help optimize your health.

Let’s review the typical healthcare scenario. You get a check-up once or twice a year and receive health feedback, but the only other time you see your doctor or other health practitioners is for managing an ache, pain or sickness. Often a prescription is provided and over time, you may be taking a variety of prescriptions for multiple conditions. By the time the average person is 45, they are taking 4.5 different prescriptions per year, and by age 65, they’re taking 7 or more. And just think of all the costs involved with multiple prescriptions and managing chronic illnesses! Continue reading “IQYOU: A New Smart Tool for Individualized Healthcare Solutions”

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Antibiotics and the Need for Probiotics: Pathway 35 Billion

April 1st, 2014 by Paula Gallagher

reliance 35 billion probioticProbiotics are beneficial bacteria that help overthrow harmful bacteria that can cause a whole host of illnesses. They also prompt your immune system to fight off disease. Basically they help maintain and even restore health.

Probiotics are particularly important when taking antibiotics. Antibiotics do not discriminate between good and bad bacteria – they tend to wipe out both. Taking a good, high dose probiotic like Pathway 35 Billion will help restore beneficial microbes that are destroyed by antibiotics.

The key is to take the probiotic and antibiotic several hours apart, so they aren’t cancelling each other out. I recommend taking one capsule of Pathway 35 Billion Probiotic 2 hours after an antibiotic dose. After you are done with the round of antibiotics, take one capsule per day for a month. If you are one of the unfortunate people who experience antibiotic associated diarrhea, this may even help reduce it. For more information regarding Pathway probiotics, contact Village Green Apothecary.

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Garden of Life Demos: Friday and Saturday

March 26th, 2014 by Paula Gallagher

garden of life perfect food chocolateStop by Village Green Apothecary on Friday, March 28 from 11:30 to 1:30 or Saturday, March 29 from 11 to 2, to learn more about our line of Garden of Life products. Representatives from Garden of Life will be on hand to answer questions regarding these products. On Saturday they will be providing samples of their new products, RAW Fit™ and Perfect Food® Energizer.

RAW Fit is a USDA Certified Organic, plant-based vegan high-protein powder that contains clinically studied ingredients to help burn fat, maintain healthy blood sugar and boost energy. Perfect Food Energizer (coming soon to our shelves!) has naturally occurring chlorophyll, beta carotene, B vitamins, minerals, protein and amino acids from raw organic USA-grown grass juices, dark green juices like spinach, parsley and kale, protein-rich sprouts, and super antioxidant fruits like organic blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and Indian Amla Berries.

 

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Probiotics for Weight Loss

March 12th, 2014 by Paula Gallagher

reliance suprema dophilusProbiotics for weight loss? Yes, perhaps. A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition has found that certain probiotics could help women lose weight and keep it off.

Studies have already demonstrated that the intestinal flora of obese individuals differs from that of thin people. That difference may be due to the fact that a diet high in fat and low in fiber promotes certain bacteria at the expense of others.

Researchers tried to determine if the consumption of probiotics could help reset the balance of the intestinal microbiota in favor of bacteria that promote a healthy weight.

125 overweight men and women underwent a 12-week weight-loss diet, followed by a 12-week period aimed at maintaining body weight. Half the participants were given a probiotic that contained Lactobacillus rhamnosus while the other half received a placebo.

After the 12-week diet period, researchers observed an average weight loss of 4.4 kg (9.68 lbs) in women in the probiotic group and 2.6 kg (5.72 lbs) in the placebo group.  Continue reading “Probiotics for Weight Loss”

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