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		<title>Featured in Health Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Need the perfect gift for that someone special? Valley Green Naturals products were featured in the Mother&#8217;s Day Gift Guide of Health Journal. Read this magazine online. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Need the perfect gift for that someone special? Valley Green Naturals products were featured in the Mother&#8217;s Day Gift Guide of Health Journal.</p>
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		<title>&#8216;A Day at the Spa&#8217; Gift Box Featured in Washingtonian Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Valley Green Naturals &#8220;Day at the Spa&#8221; gift box is featured in Washingtonian Magazine&#8217;s Reader Deals column on Mother&#8217;s Day gift ideas. On newsstands now!]]></description>
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		<title>Abe&#8217;s Market &amp; Valley Green Naturals in Entrepreneur Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valley Green Naturals is pleased to have been interviewed for Entrepreneur Magazine&#8217;s June 2011 issue featuring our friends at Abe&#8217;s Market.  Abe&#8217;s is a unique online outlet for finding all things natural and organic, and we are proud to be a part of their seller community.  Read the article.]]></description>
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		<title>Valley Green Naturals Featured in Flavor Magazine</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Natural Skincare: From the plate to your face&#8217; &#8211; Valley Green Naturals and other local producers are featured in the beautiful Flavor Magazine!  Read more&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>A Day at the Spa Gift Box</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	<h3>A Day at the Spa Gift Box</h3>
	<p class="headline"><big>Pamper yourself or someone special with this wonderful box of our favorite natural and organic spa care products.</big></p>

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	<p><strong>Featured on <a href="http://blogs.babble.com/droolicious/2010/04/29/mothers-day-giveaway-for-the-eco-mom/" target="_blank">Babble.com</a>, <a href="http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/04/28/mother%E2%80%99s-day-2010-gift-ideas-green-gifts-for-mom/" target="_blank">LongIslandPress.com</a>, <a href="http://www.basilandspice.com/journal/5review-a-day-at-the-spa-gift-box-32010.html" target="_blank">Basil &amp; Spice</a>, Fauquier Times Democrat,  <a href="http://gainesville-times.com/news/2010/dec/30/valley-green-changing-faces-region/" target="_blank">Gainesville Times</a> and <a href="http://thepiedmontonline.com/" target="_blank">The Piedmont Virginian Magazine.</a></strong></p>
<p>Pamper yourself or someone special with this wonderful box of our favorite organic spa care products!</p>
<p>Our &#8220;Day at the Spa&#8221; box contains:</p>
<p>- <strong>Hydration Plus Bath and Shower Wash</strong>, infused with Peppermint and Tea Tree essential oils</p>
<p>- <strong>Wildflower Honey Sugar Scrub</strong>, with anti-oxidizing rice bran oil, saponified organic oils, coarse demerara sugar and raw, wildflower honey, and peppermint essential oil</p>
<p>- <strong>Hydration Plus Bath &amp; Body Oil</strong>, infused with luscious lavender essential oil</p>
<p>- <strong>Dead Sea Mineral Masque</strong> with abyssinian oil, calendula extract and organic saponified oils.</p>
<p>- <strong>Two packs of Herbal Tea</strong></p>
<p>- <strong>One ribbon-tied washcloth</strong></p>
<p>- <strong>Gift card</strong> with your personal message.</p>
<p>Everything is beautifully packaged in our brown craft box and labeled from Virginia&#8217;s Piedmont.</p>
<p>Treat yourself or a friend to a Spa Day today!</p>
<p><strong>Ingredients:  Bath &amp; Body Wash: organic saponified oils of coconut, jojoba and olive, organic aloe vera, vegetable gum/glycerin extract, rosemary extract, pure essential oils. Dead Sea Mineral Mud Masque: imported Dead Sea Mineral Mud, organic saponified oils of coconut, jojoba and olive, organic aloe vera, rosemary extract, sweet almond oil, rice bran oil, abysinnian oil, calendula extract, rosemary essential oil. Bath &amp; Body Oil: sweet almond oil, rice bran oil, lavender essential oil. Sugar Scrub: coarse Demerara sugar, rice bran oil, organic saponified oils of coconut, jojoba and olive, organic aloe vera, rosemary extract,raw wildflower honey. Tazo Zen Green Tea. 100% Cotton Washcloth tied with fabric bow. All products are packaged in a brown craft box made from recycled materials.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="color: #006600;">Here&#8217;s what our customers are saying about this product:<br />
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</em></strong>&#8220;Gorgeous gift! Cindy was so thoughtful and a great person!! Would recommend Valley Green Naturals to anyone!! Great experience.&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>- Paula R., Virginia</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;So excited to get this for my Mom for Mother&#8217;s Day! Wonderful products, beautiful packaging and delighted to give my business to such a super savvy and earth-friendly company!&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>- Jackie J., Pennsylvania</em></strong></p>
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		<title>Organic Fusion Shampoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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	<h3>Organic Fusion Shampoo</h3>
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<p><span style="color: #542c00;">This product is made with saponified oils that are Certified Organic and approved by the USDA in accordance with National Organic Program (NOP) Standards.</span></p>
<p>Top-selling product!</p>
<p>This shampoo is an excellent choice for oily, fine or thin hair. Used alone, without a conditioner, you&#8217;ll be amazed at how full and manageable your hair will feel!</p>
<p>Commercial shampoos and conditioners are known for leaving your hair with a slick, detangled feel. But here&#8217;s the scary truth: that smooth and detangled feeling is a result of chemical wetting agents attached to your hair strands and scalp. And rinsing your hair in warm water can introduce those chemicals into your body through the pores in your skin.</p>
<p>Foaming booster Sulfates (SLS and SLES) and chemical preservatives, like methyl- and propylparaben, are commonly found in many personal care products, including shampoos. Sodium laureth sulfate can be contaminated with 1,4 Dioxane and Ethylene Oxide, known carcinogens.  Parabens, which are chemical preservatives, are known to mimic estrogen and can act as potential hormone system disruptors.  Yet, the cosmetic and personal care industry is allowed to produce products containing these chemicals, without so much as a labeling requirement or warning.</p>
<p>Our Organic Fusion Shampoo is a pure, hydrating formula, made without detergents, chemical preservatives, wetting agents or sulfates. Our shampoos are sulfate-free, paraben-free, petrochemical-free, and do not contain any artificial colors or other hazardous chemicals. This shampoo is made with either pure essential oils or phthalate-free fragrance oils, depending on fragrance choice.</p>
<p>Organic Fusion does not contain animal products, nor was it animal tested. The foaming pump dispenser produces a rich, sudsy lather that will leave your hair feeling squeaky clean, soft and full.</p>
<p>This is a pure, organic shampoo. If you&#8217;re looking to escape the daily bombardment of chemicals in your personal care, then organic is THE way to go!</p>
<p>Organic Fusion Shampoo is available with the fragrance choices listed in the Add-to-Cart box above.  Choose from our pure essential oils or phthalate-free fragrances.</p>
<p><a href="http://valleygreennaturals.com/important-information-about-organic-shampoo/">Please Read Important Information About Organic Hair Care Products</a></p>
<p>8 fluid oz.</p>
<p><strong>Ingredients:  saponified organic jojoba oil, organic coconut oil, organic olive oil, organic aloe vera, rosemary extract, pure essential oil or phthalate-free fragrance oil depending on fragrance choice. Our saponified oils are certified organic and approved by the USDA in accordance with NOP standards</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #006600; font-size: large;"><em>Our Customers love Organic Fusion!</em></span></strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Wow, love this shampoo. Smells delicious and has great, healthy ingredients. Plan to buy more! Thank you!!&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>- Amanda H., California</em></strong></p>
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&#8220;Deeply cleansing, easy to rinse, will remove residue of gels potions, and sprays thoroughly without stripping your hair.&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>- Stephanie W., Indiana</em></strong></p>
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&#8220;This is my second bottle of this shampoo. At first, I got the weird hair syndrome, but I liked the way it made my hair smell, so I kept using it. I am glad I did! Now this shampoo leaves my hair full, shiny, and healthy looking. It&#8217;s the best shampoo I have used on my thin/fine hair. I will keep buying this stuff!&#8221;<br />
<em><strong>- Stacy F., Georgia</strong></em></p>
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&#8220;I LOVE IT! Leaves my thin, oily hair feeling clean instead of greasy. Awesome. I also really, really love the foaming spout!&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>- Tracy R., Texas</em></strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;Great for hubby&#8217;s fine hair!&#8221;</p>
<p><em><strong>- Rebecca D., North Carolina</strong></em></p>
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<p>&#8220;This is amazingly wonderful. Also the foam pump is economical and causes you to use only what you need. Will order again.&#8221;<br />
<em><strong>-Sherrel H., Florida</strong></em></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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	<h3>Simple! Perfecting Cream</h3>
	<p class="headline"><big>Goji berry, ginger root, pomegranate, rose hips... With nature’s best age-defying ingredients, you’ll find this deep-penetrating and silky smooth moisturizer is an absolute necessity in your daily skin care routine.</big></p>

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	<p>Introducing Valley Green Naturals <strong><em>Simple! Perfecting Cream</em></strong>.  With nature’s best age-defying ingredients, you’ll find this deep-penetrating and silky smooth moisturizer is an absolute necessity in your daily skin care routine.</p>
<p><em>Simple!</em> Perfecting Cream’s Organic Goji Berry Extract works as a powerful antioxidant to help fight free-radicals.  Used extensively in Chinese medicine and known as one of nature’s super-foods for the body, goji berry contains large amounts of polysaccharides, amino acids and vitamins.  It is reported to help strengthen and energize cells to perform their metabolic functions.</p>
<p>One of our favorite ingredients in this product is Ginger Root Extract, a botanical used since ancient times.  Ginger Root has excellent anti-aging properties due to its ability to almost totally inhibit collagen degradation.  This essential ingredient promotes maintenance of protein levels in the dermis and skin flexibility.  Our Simple Perfecting Cream also contains Organic Hibiscus Extract, known for its firming properties and ability to maintain skin&#8217;s elasticity.</p>
<p>What else makes <em>Simple! </em>Perfecting Cream so simply wonderful?  We thought you’d never ask!</p>
<p>Pomegranate seed oil, a key ingredient in our best anti-aging creams, provides our Simple! Perfecting Cream with excellent moisturizing, protective and nourishing properties.  It contains a high amount of conjugated fatty acids which are reported to have anti-inflammatory properties.  Pomegranate seed oil also is said to help with collagen production; it acts as a scavenger of free-radicals and may boost restoration and repair of damaged skin.</p>
<p>And finally, our old favorites couldn’t be left out of our<em> Simple!</em> Perfecting Cream… Rose Hip Seed Oil and Hyaluronic Acid.</p>
<p>Rose Hip Seed Oil is deeply penetrating, making it a superb moisturizer for dry and mature skin.  Hyaluronic Acid is a polysaccharide and a compound that occurs naturally in every tissue of the body.  Providing protection to cell structures, hyaluronic acid is the natural gel between skin cells that serves as a water reservoir for the cells.  As we age, skin loses hyaluronic acid and the ability to hold sufficient water in this reservoir.  Feeding new hyaluronic acid to skin may help to hydrate the skin’s intercellular reservoir, raising skin’s moisture level, and smoothing age lines.  Used topically as an ingredient in our facial care products, hyaluronic acid provides visible improvement in skin condition to preserve suppleness, elasticity and tone.</p>
<p>This hand-blended combination of fabulous ingredients from nature makes our <em>Simple!</em> Perfecting Cream one of the very best facial care products on the market today.  Add this luxurious cream to your daily skin care regimen, and you’ll be admiring your healthy glow and youthful reflection every day!</p>
<p>Jar contains 1 oz, and arrives boxed.</p>
<p><strong>Ingredients: Water, cold-pressed rice bran oil, cold-pressed sweet almond oil, organic wheat germ oil, organic hemp seed oil, vegetable glycerin, emulsifying wax NF, stearic acid (vegetable origin), rosemary extract, Vitamin E oil (non-GMO), organic goji berry extract, organic ginger root extract, organic hibiscus extract, cold-pressed pomegranate seed oil, cold-pressed rose hip seed oil, hyaluronic acid, tangerine essential oil, potassium sorbate, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate (an ECOCert approved preservative).</strong></p>
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<p>Tiffany H. &#8211; 1/25/2012 - &#8221;A little of this wonderful cream certainly goes a long way! My skin feels great and not greasy, it feels light but definitely moisturizes wonderfully!&#8221;</p>
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	<p class="headline"><big>This soothing balm is gently massaged into the skin of the bikini area -- ideally, right after shaving or waxing. Betty Lou's can help to reduce irritation, inflammation and bacteria -- problems that contribute to the formation of those ugly little bumps!</big></p>

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	<p>Shaving and waxing the bikini area &#8230; It&#8217;s just another one of those things in life that we girls do. But oh, how to deal with those irritating little bumps that pop up in the very area that we&#8217;re trying to make more attractive?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s been one of life&#8217;s mysteries to us and a question that we pondered for quite a while at Valley Green Naturals!</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve heard of ladies trying antibacterial ointments, witch hazel, and even roll-on deoderant in the delicate bikini area! (We&#8217;re not sure where that last idea came from!)</p>
<p>But after much experimentation with natural essential oils offering antibacterial properties, along with one of our best friends from nature, &#8220;Bee Propolis,&#8221; we have finally got it!</p>
<p>This soothing balm is gently massaged into the skin of the bikini area &#8212; ideally, right after shaving or waxing. It can help to reduce irritation, inflammation and bacteria &#8212; problems that contribute to the formation of those ugly little bumps!</p>
<p>Betty Lou&#8217;s Bikini Bump Balm is so gentle and refreshing that it can be used as often as needed!</p>
<p>Be good to your bikini area! Betty Lou&#8217;s Bikini Bump Balm can help!</p>
<p>CONTAINS BEE PRODUCT.</p>
<p>4 oz.</p>
<p><strong>Ingredients: Water, <strong>witch hazel, <strong>alcohol, </strong></strong>organic wheatgerm oil, organic hempseed oil, cold-pressed sweet almond oil, cold-pressed rice bran oil, rosemary extract, vegetable emulsifying wax NF, stearic acid of vegetable origin, bee propolis tincture, potassium sorbate, <strong>Vitamin E oil (non-GMO), steam-distilled peppermint essential oil, steam-distilled tea tree essential oil</strong>.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="color: #006600;"><span style="font-size: large;">We&#8217;re boasting about Betty Lou&#8217;s Bikini Bump Balm!</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p>&#8220;As always, everything from Valley Green is wonderful. This balm<br />
has a light, pleasant scent but best of all IT WORKS. There&#8217;s no<br />
stinging, no ouches, and no skin taking vengeance on me for the<br />
audacity of rendering it bare. Thank you, Cindy!&#8221;<br />
<strong><em>- Patricia H., California</em></strong></p>
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<p>Buh-bye bumps! I love this! Thanks so much!<br />
<strong><em>- Jessie S., Washington</em></strong></p>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome To Our Techno-farm! It took an official entry into midlife for me to realize that certain benefits really do come with age &#8212; and I&#8217;m not referring to my upcoming membership with the AARP (although I&#8217;ve heard they&#8217;re pretty great). I&#8217;m talking about having enough history behind me to truly appreciate where we&#8217;ve been, [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://valleygreennaturalstest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/computer-in-field.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-454" style="margin: 16px;" title="computer in field" src="http://valleygreennaturalstest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/computer-in-field-300x200.jpg" alt="Valley Green Naturals Techno-farm" width="300" height="200" /></a>It took an official entry into midlife for me to realize that certain benefits really do come with age &#8212; and I&#8217;m not referring to my upcoming membership with the AARP (although I&#8217;ve heard they&#8217;re pretty great). I&#8217;m talking about having enough history behind me to truly appreciate where we&#8217;ve been, and how far we have come.</p>
<p>Show of hands&#8230; how many of you actually have used a manual typewriter? And I don&#8217;t mean an IBM Selectric &#8212; I&#8217;m talking manual, plink-plonk. At age 6, when I begged my parents for that blue toy typewriter, I&#8217;m sure they never imagined that one day their daughter would smoke laptop keyboards at 90 words a minute, blogging about techno advances. And when we all played &#8220;Pong&#8221; for the first time (remember that?), I certainly never thought about future needs for a playroom that can accommodate actual-size rumbling car racing seats with steering wheel, gear shift, accelerator, break and clutch pedals, and a giant flat screen TV with surround sound. It&#8217;s like something out of Fahrenheit 451! And don&#8217;t even get me started on smart phones and texting&#8230;</p>
<p>We have all this great technology, with which, thanks to my kids, I&#8217;ve been forced to stay somewhat current. But what have all of these technological advances done to us as people? After all, we really are social animals who need human contact. Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8212; I embrace new technology as much as the next person. But I can&#8217;t be alone in thinking that we are slowly but surely losing touch with each other. When someone writes me a check, I don&#8217;t even need to drive to the bank anymore to make a deposit. I can scan it, log into my online banking, and proceed with the transaction electronically. And ah! That just gave me more time to accomplish something else in my day, which very likely will involve being online and void of contact with others.</p>
<p>The ever-growing &#8220;cold world&#8221; we&#8217;re facing has long been a contributing thrust behind our business, <a href="http://www.valleygreennaturals.com/">Valley Green</a><a href="http://www.valleygreennaturals.com/">Naturals</a>. We&#8217;re small&#8230; caring&#8230; concerned about others and our world&#8230; and we like it that way! How many<a href="http://valleygreennaturalstest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ArtCindyWP2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-456" style="margin: 10px;" title="Art&amp;CindyWP" src="http://valleygreennaturalstest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ArtCindyWP2.jpg" alt="Cindy DeVore and Art DeVore of Valley Green Naturals" width="200" height="216" /></a> businesses exist today in which you can communicate directly with those who make the product they sell? And how many of the businesses that provide products to meet our daily needs are passionate about what they do?</p>
<p>We love interaction with customers. In fact, we encourage it! This is where technology comes in, in a very positive way to enhance personal contact. Companies that provide a service or product to customers, regardless of what that product or service is, need not only to espouse about themselves, but they need to listen. We genuinely want to know what our customers need and want from us. Fulfilling those needs and making our customers&#8217; lives a little better in some way makes all that we do worthwhile. It&#8217;s energizing to receive messages from folks who have been touched positively by products produced by <a href="http://www.valleygreennaturals.com/">Valley Green Naturals</a>. Each new day in the company is even better than the last. And there&#8217;s an old saying: If you love what you do, it isn&#8217;t work!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.abesmarket.com/store/valleygreennaturals"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-457" style="margin: 16px;" title="Abeslogo-200wide" src="http://valleygreennaturalstest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Abeslogo-200wide-150x115.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="115" /></a>While we&#8217;re on the subject of using technology to reach out in a personal way, there&#8217;s another company whose goals are like our own in providing good-old homegrown personal service to their customers. <a href="http://www.abesmarket.com/">Abe&#8217;s Market</a> is a unique online place for finding all things natural and organic. Toys, munchies, clothes, bags, soaps, shampoos, pet treats, vitamins, home decor&#8230; you name it; they&#8217;ve got it! Know what else they&#8217;ve got in this crazy-techno-world? Incredible personalized customer service. Just like with <a href="http://www.valleygreennaturals.com/">Valley Green Naturals</a>, if you&#8217;ve got a question about a product, you&#8217;ll get an answer straight from the people who make it. Abe&#8217;s values each and every one of their customers like they are members of a family. And that&#8217;s why Valley Green Naturals is pleased to also be a part of the <a href="http://www.abesmarket.com/">Abe&#8217;s Market</a> seller community.</p>
<p>So, while the rest of the world goes further into the depths of online solo-ness, rest assured that there still are folks out there who use technology to offer a &#8220;visit on the farm&#8221; or a real live chat with a baker or toymaker! How cool is that?</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve come a long way, baby!</p>
<p>Cindy DeVore<br />
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<p>At Valley Green Naturals, we are super-food fanatics! Art and I make it a game to find the very best foods that benefit the body naturally &#8212; and we love to share our findings!</p>
<p>Did you know that bees produce four different products that are highly beneficial to maintaining good health?</p>
<p>Bee pollen is commonly referred to as one of nature&#8217;s perfect foods. It&#8217;s rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, flavonoids, and amino acids. This fabulous food from nature is known to be highly concentrated with Vitamins A, C, D and E. It&#8217;s also been shown to be extraordinarily rich in B-complex vitamins, which are absolutely essential to nearly every system in the human body. Bee pollen&#8217;s flavonoids and antioxidant compounds make it a fantastic fighter of free radicals. And, as we know from our previous newsletter posts, free radicals are those crazed and unstable atoms that destroy our cells. Taking bee pollen is an exceptional way to fight them!</p>
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<p>Royal Jelly is so named because it&#8217;s used in the hive as nourishment exclusively for the Queen Bee. A special group of young nurse bees create the milky substance for the Queen by mixing honey and bee pollen with enzymes in the glands of their throats. Not too appealing, you say? Consider this: Royal Jelly is so nutritionally packed that its benefits to the human body include strengthening the immune system, lowering cholesterol, boosting energy, and acting as a natural antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer supplement. Some folks even have claimed greater mental capacity after taking Royal Jelly.</p>
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<p>Our favorite bee-produced products are honey and bee propolis. We&#8217;ve talked about honey before and all its antioxidizing benefits &#8212; not to mention that fresh and locally-sourced honey tastes darn good! But the best product that&#8217;s often overlooked is Propolis. At Valley Green Naturals, we&#8217;re so impressed with bee propolis that we use it as a topical ingredient in our products! In fact, according to the Nutritional Supplement Educational Centre, Naturopaths have found that bee propolis is one of the most powerful topical antimicrobial agents humans can use. This little wonder of nature is otherwise known as the &#8220;bee glue&#8221; that holds the bee hive together. Bees gather resin from leaf buds and tree bark, bringing it to the hive for the workers. The worker bees then add salivary secretions and wax flakes. The sticky substance is then spread throughout the hive to maintain a firm construction of the bees&#8217; home.</p>
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<p>So &#8220;bee glue&#8221; holds things together&#8230; But wait, there&#8217;s more! Researchers have discovered that bee propolis prevents growth of fungi, viruses, bacteria and disease in the bee colony. Naturally, when humans began using bee propolis, they found its health benefits to be off the charts! Propolis has been used to fight viral infections like tuberculosis, malaria and colds. And because it is thought to have anti-inflammatory and healing effects on internal digestive organs, it has been used for treatment of peptic ulcers and ulcerative colitis. But it is the topical use of propolis that caught our attention at Valley Green Naturals! Bee propolis&#8217; antibacterial and wound-healing properties make it an ideal ingredient in products that help to naturally fight acne and occasional skin break-outs. Its skin-soothing anti-inflammatory compounds also gave us reason to include it as a key ingredient in Betty Lou&#8217;s Bikini Bump Balm, a product made to relieve irritation and razor burn from shaving.</p>
<p>Valley Green Naturals Cool Clarity! facial care line is especially beneficial to those with oily and combination skin. The natural antioxidizing and antibacterial properties of the Honey Facial Cleanser help to reduce bacteria on the skin, while the organic soap ingredients gently lift away dirt from pores. The Toner contains soothing astringent-like essential oils, also with antibacterial properties, while the Facial Quencher contains our favorite Bee Propolis to put the finishing touch on healthy skin.</p>
<p>When shopping for bee pollen, Royal Jelly and propolis, it&#8217;s important to find a reputable retailer who carries products that are made in pharmaceutical GMP compliant facilities. Always exercise caution to ensure that your supplements are not tainted with contaminants such as pesticides, herbicides and environmental chemicals. For maximum health benefits, select supplements that are freeze-dried (not heat-dried). This process helps to better preserve vital nutrients. You also can contact the supplement manufacturer to request a Certificate of Analysis to confirm the potency of their products. Glory Bee Foods, in Oregon, is an excellent source for purchasing bee product supplements.</p>
<p>For the outside of your body, visit our web site and read about our Cool Clarity facial care line and Betty Lou&#8217;s Bikini Balm. (Guys, this products is great for soothing razor burn on the face and neck also!)</p>
<p>Please remember, if you are allergic to bee stings, use of bee products could cause serious allergic reaction requiring immediate medical attention. If you develop any side effects after taking or using a bee product, you should discontinue its use immediately and talk with your doctor.</p>
<p>Have a buzzingly beautiful day!</p>
<p>Cindy DeVore<br />
And the hard-working team at Valley Green</p>
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