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Stretching our way to good health
Dr. Andrew Weil, an American physician, author, spokesperson, and broadly-described “guru” for his beliefs in integrative medicine and holistic health, is a big exercise fan, who cautions us to listen to our bodies and segue into exercises which fit our needs as we age. For years, Dr. Weil was a runner, than as maturity set…
Read MoreIt took 50 years, but dad finally got his due!
Wikipedia tells us Father’s Day was founded by a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd in 1910 after she heard a sermon in church on Mother’s Day and got inspired. Sonora wanted to honor her dad who was a Civil War vet and a single father who raised six children. But the holiday didn’t catch on…
Read MoreGuest blogger, Karen Masterson Koch tells us how to: Feel Good Again in Just Days!
By Karen Masterson Koch What do a world class tennis player, actor, teacher, policeman and child next door all have in common? The answer is: a food sensitivity to Gluten! Understanding gluten and the factors influencing Celiac Disease (CD) will give you the keys to unlock the mystery behind much of the early aging and…
Read MoreShake and bake with it, and they will come!
And so they have. Our GreenAcres Market customers have bought Organic Valley milk, cheese and eggs for the past 22 years because they know they taste great and they’re free of pesticides, fungicides, preservatives and added hormones. But not everyone knows we also bake and cook in our store kitchens with Organic Valley milk, cream,…
Read MoreColloidal Silver—it’s so much more than just a precious metal
Patty Spurlock, a woman who used to live in Wichita and now in Dallas, is a big fan of Colloidal Silver. Whenever she comes through town to visit her son in Salina, she and her family always stop in at GreenAcres-Bradley Fair for lunch. When we visit, I’m always curious to know about her success…
Read MoreBULK up. Save the planet!
GreenAcres shoppers have been helping themselves to our bulk department for years; but newbies may not even know a bulk section exists in any of our three markets. Take a stroll along the bulk aisles and you’ll find plexiglass bins containing all manner of bulk items from rice and quinoa to beans and nuts. There…
Read MoreVibrant Greens: To Your Health!
There’s no secret our supplement market team is keen on Green Vibrance and its sister Joint Vibrance—both from Vibrant Health. “What I like about Green Vibrance,” says Karen in our supplement department at GreenAcres-Bradley Fair, “is that it says right on the package or tub exactly what you’re getting in numbers that you can calculate.…
Read MoreIn Flanders Fields—we will never forget.
Memorial Day is a day we honor the dead in our families, and those perhaps we’ve never met…those who gave their lives so that we might live in freedom today. For freedom is never really free. It comes at a price, the price of spilled blood on the battlefields of war. So we bring flowers…
Read MorePamper your pet—May is National Pet Month in America!
Go ahead, love that pet of yours. Pamper Fido and Fifi in whatever way that strikes your fancy. Throw your best friend a birthday party, take him to the dog park for a romp. Buy expensive costumes or jewelry for Ralphie or Mew-Mew. Extra birdie treats for your feathered pals. It’s OK. It’s National Pet…
Read MoreSeven Sundays Muesli—it’s not your mother’s oatmeal!
The first time I tasted Muesli was at the Westin Hotel in Kansas City, in 1999. It was not what I expected. It looked so yummy in the menu photo, but had little taste and looked like oatmeal that had stayed too long in milk. Needless to say, I never ordered or tried it again,…
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