Harvest Nutrition Blog

Harvest Nutrition at the Family Fit Fun Day in Cincinnati

Last week, we exhibited at the "Family Fit Fun Day" in Cincinnati, OH. 

We had a great time, shared samples of Green Food / Juice shots (people loved them!!)  Some of the special guests included an Olympic gold medalist track star, and Cincy Bengals players.  Good times :)

Photo, from L to R: my brother David, mom Donna, me, wife Joy, sister Abby, sister-in-law Felicia.

105 Eating Tips - Released!

I've just finished producing and publishing my new 3-Disc Audio Set, 105 Eating Tips for Your Maximum Health!!

 

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Click here for your FREE eBook of "15 Eating Tips"!
(You'll need Adobe Reader to view the pdf file.  You can get it for free here.)
 

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LIVE GREAT, FEEL GREAT, AND LOOK GREAT WITH 105 EASY TIPS!

 

 

These are the best nutritional tips I've learned over the past 5 years of my life!

I've combined my own experience with true nutritional wisdom to give you the best advice possible on eating for your maximum health...and enjoyment!

 

In over 3.5 hours of audio, you'll learn:

-Ways to enhance energy, beat hunger cravings, boost metabolism, and lose weight
-Ways to strengthen your immune and digestive systems, and protect against modern, lifestyle-related diseases and ailments
-The best foods on earth to eat, and how/where to buy them
-The top food products / ingredients to avoid
-Why modern diet programs fail
-Why the quality of your food is much more important than everything you now know about nutrition and dieting
-Why you can't rely on the government, the food industry, the media, medical doctors, diet gurus, or even natural health "experts" to give you the best advice on nutrition and health
-The truth about the low-fat and low-carb crazes
-How to read past the lies on food labels
-Shopping tips
-And much, much more!

 

I want you to be among the first to know about this new series.  My regular price is $35.00, but I'll offer it to you at a Special Intro Price of only $25.00!!  This will only apply to my current inventory, so if you'd like a copy, you'll want to act fast!

Order Now!

To Your Health,

Aaron

Smoothies and Shakes...Delicious AND Nutritious!

 

Smoothies, when made with the right ingredients, can be the most delicious, nutritious, energizing drinks on the planet.  And homemade smoothies are the best!  You can throw anything in smoothies and shakes, from frozen or fresh fruits and berries, to some vegetables, ice, dairy, green superfood powder blends, flaxseeds or flaxseed oil, nuts like almonds, peanut butter, accents like cinnamon and honey, etc.  Go crazy with experimenting!  It may take a little trial and error, but once you find something that fits your palate, you’ll get addicted!  As with juicing, there are tons of smoothie recipes out there.  Just go surf the web and see what you come across.  Start with a basic recipe, then add your own flair until you find the perfect combo for you.

    One of my favorite smoothie recipes includes a half banana, small scoop of whole milk yogurt, raw milk, a few ice cubes, a frozen acai berry smoothie pack, a teaspoon of honey, a couple strawberries, almonds and ground flaxseeds, and a scoop of GREEN FOOD powder blend.  Talk about a delicious, nutritious powerhouse!  You may have heard of acai, the Amazon’s antioxidant super berry.  Sambazaon has the best organic acai smoothie mixes.  They’re the first company to establish a fully organic, certified free trade supply chain of acai from Brazil to the US.  Their smoothie packs are available at health food stores and online at sambazon.com.  Green superfoods made with super-rich organic wheat grasses and barley grasses are available at Harvestnutrition.com.

    A good blender for quickly crushing ice and blending soft and frozen fruits is an Oster 8 Speed 450watt blender (like model BCCG08) with ice crushing blade, retailing for around $40 - 50.  Something in this class will serve most of your smoothie needs.  However, if you want to take it to the ultimate level and be able to blend anything and everything, including hard vegetables, and make perfectly smooth shakes smoothies in a few split seconds, check out vitamix.com or blendtec.com.  Both brands offer consumer grade versions of their world-renowned blenders starting at about $400.  I got the $50 Oster for a wedding gift, and it works great for what I need.
   

    Drink smoothies often as a breakfast, snack or quick pick me up, or dessert.  They can be easy on digestion, while giving you a super natural energy buzz, and powerful dose of whole food nutrition.

Where's the (Real) Beef?

Alot of mainstream nutritional rhetoric out there will tell you either to avoid beef completely, or to only eat about 12-16 oz or so a week.  Part of their reasoning is right, since modern day supermarket beef is vastly inferior to the real thing.  But, on the other hand, traditional cultures thrived, and didn't suffer from things like heart disease and cancer, even when they ate red meat as a primary staple in their diet. 

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT EATS.  Not all beef is the same!  What the cow eats (grain vs grass), how it's raised and treated, and how it moves from the farm to the shelf is very crucial to your health.  Here's some differences in  "types" of beef available to buy, and what the labelling means:

Regular Beef from the Supermarket: Often raised on factory farms, these cows are treated with hormones, and fed antibiotic-laced, nutritionally inferior soy grain.  They live in crowded and sickness-prone environments.  Their beef is higher in toxins and unhealthy omega 6 fats, and much lower in nutrients and healthy omega 3 fats.

"Natural" or "All Natural" Beef: Not a regulatory term.  Doesn't really mean much, except that there are no added artificial flavors/colors, or chemical preservatives.  The USDA states that "all fresh meat" qualifies as "natural".

"No Growth Hormones Added" / "No Antibiotics":  Means what it says.  These are available in many supermarkets.  In some brands, cows are fed a vegetarian diet of grass and grain.  Definitely a cut above the regular stuff.

USDA Organic Certified Beef:  Raised and produced with more strict sustainable standards: no synthetic fertilizer, hormones, pesticides, antibiotics, genetically engineered/modified ingredients; and only fed organic grains (and/or grass).  Definitely better than regular beef, but more than likely fed organic grain instead of grass

"Grass-Fed Beef": This term is not legally defined, so it can really vary.  The cow is typically fed a diet made up mostly of grass and forage, sometimes with a small amount of corn, silage, and/or grain.  Keep in mind: even when a small amount of grain is introduced into the cow's diet, nutrients in the beef start to go down. 

"100 Percent Grass-Fed" Beef: This is ideal, when shopping in health food stores or supermarkets.  Even if its not labeled "USDA Organic", these farmers usually don't use modern industrialized methods...they tend to raise their cows with alot more care.

THE BEST: 100% Grass-Fed Beef from a Reputable Source, preferably local.  This is the real deal, and the best option.  Cows really aren't meant to eat grain anyway.  When they do, the beef loses huge amounts of nutrients like vitamin E, beta carotene, the anti-cancer CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), and its healthy balance of omega 6's to omega 3's.  When cows are fed rapidly growing green grasses, and allowed to live in pasture, their beef is much healthier and packed with nutrients, and when you eat it, you'll be healthier too.  It gives you a complete source of protein, powerful B vitamins, and CLA, which is anti-cancerous, anti-artery-clogging, and actually helps to reduce fat accumulation in the body,I strongly encourage seeking out grass-fed beef when possible.  It's the real deal.

A few tips:
-Try to find local or regional grass-fed beef.  This may be easier than you think.  See resources below.
-If you can't find local, search online, mail order.
-For better convenience, buy in bulk and freeze.  It's worth it!


Check out these resources:
http://www.eatwild.com/ - Find Grass-fed beef and other food

http://www.westonaprice.org/It-s-the-Beef.html - Great article about beef

http://www.westonaprice.org/chapters/index.php - This organization can help you find local grass fed beef

-Aaron Hughes