Coconut Oil–It’s the Be All!
This is not original. I found it on the Internet. It shows how revered coconut oil is to many and how many uses people have found for it. What can a jar of coconut oil do for YOU? Just look at the many ways this “fabulous fat” can help moisturize, heal and restore. Moisturizer– simply…
Read MoreMatt’s Top Five Reasons to Go Natural.
We’re all seeking better health. Going “natural” is simpler, more efficient and much more effective. But it’s not going to be easy, so conditioned are we to high-fructose corn syrup (soda pop), sugary snacks (anything in a cookie sack), processed food (almost anything in packaged form that doesn’t read non-GMO, certified organic, gluten free)…you get…
Read MoreFood: Faves and Fads
GreenAcres Market posts food from our stores that have delis on Pinterest every day, so we were interested in what Pinterest had to say today about food across our nation and across the country. You may find it interesting as well. From Pinterest Partners Food is our largest category on Pinterest with 15 billion Pins…
Read MoreMe woman, you man…let’s Paleo together
The Paleo dietâitâs hard to pin down just exactly what it is. Matt, a GreenAcres owner and store manager in our Wichita store, follows the Paleo diet. He eats meat, veggies, nuts and fruit, and eschews cane sugar in all its forms and bread, to my knowledge. So whatâs good about a diet that leaves…
Read MoreBio-friendly cleaners—they’re cleaning up!
Move over Clorox and Procter & Gamble, the bio-friendly laundry and cleaning products are nudging you out of your comfort zone. According to Cleanlink.com, global sales of household cleaners may reach $147 billion this year. Almost everyone uses some kind of kitchen and bath cleaner, laundry and dish soap, furniture wax, carpet deodorizer and stain…
Read MoreChia: Tiny seeds that can give you a runner’s high!
It’s both educational and fun to look back on history and study the benefits of a “new” substance we happen to discover in the present decade. The all-nutritious chia seed is just such a food. You can drink it (Mama Chia drinks, for example) or sprinkle it on yogurt or stir it into almond “milk”…
Read MoreMicrogreens: Delivering a terrific punch for such a tiny seedling
It seems that every year there’s something totally new to be discovered about nutrition. This year it looks like it’s going to be all about baby veggies. When we’re talking baby, we’re not talking diminutive versions of whole vegetables. We’re talking seedlings—sprouts no older than 14 days old! Microgreens have been slowly making their…
Read MoreMaking yourself bulletproof with MCT Oil
By now, youâve probably either heard of Bulletproof Coffee, or youâve become curious about how it benefits you. We’ve posted several times on our GreenAcres Facebook pages about what makes Bulletproof Coffee so good and so unique. Besides great Bulletproof Coffee beans, the company offers two different MCT oils: XCT and Brain Octane. There are…
Read MoreWeird Things You Would Never Know And Probably Don’t Care!!
Just a bunch of silly stuff collected from the Internet: A shrimp’s heart is in its head. The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have more than a 1 million descendants. Wearing…
Read MoreValentine’s Day—for the lover in us all!
There are so many theories and stories about Valentineâs Day itâs hard to separate fact from fiction. Some accounts say there really was a Catholic priest named Valentine who existed about the 4th Century B.C. who didnât go along with the Roman emperorsâ demands that everyone worship the Roman gods, and he was thrown into…
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