Cider is in the air!
One of the great things about Fall, besides a visit from the Great Pumpkin, is the smell of apple cider wafting through the house on a cool October day. In fact, several of our Real Estate customers will fill a pan with one of our Fall staples—Knudson’s Cider and Spice—and put it on the stove…
Read MoreCell phone use—how can we be safe
Below are some tips from the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. The organization’s mission is to empower you and me to lead healthier lives. Recently, the group published a list of states and cities asking the question, Do You Know What’s in Your Water? It…
Read MoreA personal trainer shares his story and gives us tips for weight loss
By Raymond Elliott Lead Trainer, Personal Trainer School Director, ACE & NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Go-Time Training. If you live or work in Wichita and want one-to-one or small-group fitness instruction, give Raymond a call at (316) 833-0999. “When I was an adolescent my mother passed away from cancer. I did not realize it at…
Read MoreOur customers babble about Babka!
We don’t sell it at all our stores, but if you live in Wichita, KS, you can find it at GA-Bradley Fair and GA-West. Customers in those stores can’t seem to get enough of that chocolaty, cinnamon goodness that reads like an Easter bread for the Czechs and the Poles, but more like an every-day…
Read MoreBaking with Pamela
GreenAcres cooks bake almost exclusively with Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour. It wasn’t always that way. We started out experimenting with other flours, and for a time, we’d try new recipes with conventional flours, only to have our customers ask, “Can you make that same cake, pie or pastry for us who are gluten free?” Pamela’s…
Read MoreGrape Seed Extract—healthy for the heart, liver and more
Terry Lemerond, the founder of EuroPhama which specializes in bringing both European-tested, unique natural medicines and proprietary, custom formulations to the American consumer, is a big advocate of grape seed extract. But not just any extract, Terry recommends a tannin-free French OPC grape seed extract that is absorbed easily into the system. Well, it’s Terry’s…
Read MoreEating Organic and affording it
A customer was lamenting, “It’s just too expensive the eat organically! Organic food just doesn’t last! Well, organic food doesn’t have preservatives, which are bad for us. Of course it doesn’t last as long as conventional food. However, with a little planning and a little prep, we can make organic food last as long as…
Read MoreTravels with Robab
Robab Taghizadeh is a certified Naturopathic Practitioner from the Trinity School of Natural Health, Warsaw, Indiana. She works exclusively out of GreenAcres-OKC, and is our go-to gal when we have questions from customers regarding naturopathic medicines and when we need recommendations for specific health issues involving naturopathic supplementation. Robab writes a monthly column for an…
Read More“Functional” Beverages — Adding something more to an already good thing
Matt Murray, a GreenAcres Market owner, defines “functional beverages” as those having additional vitamins and minerals added to the core product. “Think enhanced,” explains Matt. “Products that have become popular with consumers who are seeking ‘a quick-fix’ to address a certain health issue.” The functional market is being driven by both convenience and health, and…
Read MoreHealth and Beauty—it comes by us “naturally!”
It might seem strange that a whole department store of cosmetics might exist in a chain of health food stores. But there it is, HABA, as the department is called at GreenAcres Market, features a whole array of beauty, bath and hygiene products, all toxin free and carried with the caveat that “the liver can…
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