// Easy choices for healthy happy living //
06 FEB.24.2012
BIWEEKLY MAGAZINE
Reader Survey L a s t i ss u e w e a s k e d o u r r e a d e rs a f e w question about jewelry purchase, and w e r e c e i v e d m o r e t h a n 4 0 0 a n s w e rs , here are the summary:
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Top voted sites for online
Top voted local store for
jewelry shopping are: Etsy
jewelry shopping are: Kay,
& Tiffanys .
Jared’s & Kohls .
we asked: what jewelry wouldn’t you buy online.
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on a 1 - 5 scale: How often do you purchase jewelry online? 28% answered 3
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MONDAY
SHOWER WITH YOUR HONEY Give your skin a treat! with this cold processed honey bar Made with pure Arizona raw honey & natural beeswax. We couldn’t think of a better idea to brighten our mondays.
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TUESDAY
KEEP IT PERSONAL
Custom printed note pad with photos of family and friends would be a great daily reminder to stay happy and thankful. $12.99 by Pinhole Press
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WEDNESDAY
SIMPLY BEING Take a break, breathe, relax, find a quiet corner and meditate with this wonderful voice-guided meditation app. Simply Being $0.99
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THURSDAY
FEEL LIGHTER
Each cup of Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt is low in fat and calories, but packed with 12 grams protein. Plus its live and active cultures make it easier to digest than other dairy—even for the lactose intolerant!
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LOVE IT LIVE IT Planning a little weekend home improvement? Bookmark COLOURlovers’ home color trend web selection, for eyecandy designs sure will spark a project or two.
Happiness lies in the smile, not in the object that inspired the smile.
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Smallsteps to a better life
THE K A IZ EN WAY
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yoga & money Be thankful for food, warmth, love,
hike. What about a shopping trip to
& safe shelter. Yoga teaches us to
the mall? Then think about a day
savor them all and feel blessed or
trip with your sweetheart to discover
spend my days pining away for the
somewhere new. It’s a fact, the hap-
lifestyle the Joneses put on their
piness we feel after a fulfilling experi-
credit cards. I think I’d rather be
ence is much longer lasting than the
happy and content.
high we get from purchasing things.
Make an investment in yourself and
Reuse. Recycle. Repeat. means not
your future. It’s true that follow the
using more than we need, finding cre-
yoga lifestyle we do spend more
ative ways to give new life to things
money on health foods and trainings.
purchase household items second-
But these choices will keep us fit and
hand as much as possible. This
save on medical bills as we age.
saves tons of money and feel good
Spend on fulfilling experiences. During yoga training we learned to quietly observe our mind & body. Now step back and observe how you feel after a visit with friends or a great
about your impact on this earth. For free items exchange check your local www.freecycle.org chapter.
in this issue
Local honey & allergy cure
3 Facts why Refined sugar are bad for you
Celebrity Recipe: Grilled apricots with greek yogurt
Williams Honey Interview
Honey Tea Thyme Interview
Homemade skin relief HAPPYGREENEASY.COM | 7
a ll e rg y c u re
The spring blossoms usually bring dread for most allergy sufferers. With the negative side effects some medications might produce, allergy sufferers are looking for more healthy and natural ways to alleviate their allergy symptoms. Local honey enthusiasts believe allergens from the flower blooms are deposited in minuscule amounts in the honey from the bees pollinating them. This pollination is thought to basically create the same kind of immunity found in allergy shots, and can help alleviate seasonal allergy symptoms. Why purchase local honey? Local honey is thought to contain the same allergens that you may likely have been exposed to with your 8 | H.G.E.WEEKLY /// FEB 24 2012
seasonal allergies, since they are located in the same area or region. It is generally suggested to start drinking the local honey two month before the allergy season, for the best prevention. A word of caution: it’s not advised to feed honey (of any kind) to small children under the age of one, due to the risk of infant botulism that could occur. Infants, because their digestive system that hasn’t completely matured yet, are more susceptible to botulism food poisoning. If you are one of the millions of allergy sufferers who need some relief for some of your allergy symptoms, local honey may be just the answer.
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NATURAL BEAUTY HONEY
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Tired of cleaning your face with various chemicals, looking for a natural face wash that will successfully do the trick? Look no further, nature has the perfect product for you – honey. The benefits of honey Raw honey contains: 27 on your Face Honey is minerals, 22 amino acids, and a humectant – it draws and binds water from the air into your skin. For this reason, Honey traps in the moisture on your face, without making it feel sticky or oily. Honey has an anti-bacterial element – Therefore, it kills the bacteria on the face, reducing acne, redness, etc. Honey also unclogs your pores when gently exfoliated onto the skin. { Honey + Oatmeal = Gentle Exfoliation } { Honey + Sea Salt = Exfoliation to the max }
5,000 live enzymes, it will help boosts your immune system and fights off disease.
Check the lable,
It is important to purchase RAW honey or make sure that the honey you purchase in the story is REAL honey and not just flavored with sugar. Check containers and bottles. If possible, buy locally! Still, you can find raw honeys in your local health food store, or even in health food aisles in the regular grocery store. Even Shaws has some!
{ Honey + Egg + Coconut Oil = sunburn Calming relief }
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WILLIAMS HONEY Local raw honey from Nashville TN
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H.G.E.| INTERVIEWS
HANDMADE COMMUNITY
Welcome part-time fire fighter, full-
believe that simple ingredients equal
time bee keeper, husband and wife
simple pleasures.
team: Jay and Adrienne Williams.
Honey is most elegant when it
WH: Our Etsy store is called Williams
stands by itself so we don’t mess
Honey Farm. We’re a mom and pop
with it. We think Tennesseans agree
type operation based just south of
because last year we won the 2011
Nashville TN. We sell different types
Best Tasting Honey in TN at the state
of raw honey, lip balms, and gift
convention.
boxes. What makes us different than your average beekeeper is that we use no harsh chemicals or antibiotics while raising our bees. We never heat, filter, or add anything to our honey. It’s just like you stuck your spoon inside one of our hives and pulled out a scoop. Simply put, it’s honey the way the bees intended it to be.
HGE: What’s your schedule like on a typical business day? WH: Our schedule is busy, just like our hives! We keep bees all over our county, to get the most floral taste. These hives are on back roads, organic farms, and in hidden spots. Traveling between our yards through muddy roads, Checking on queens and making sure everyone is healthy
HGE: What’s the secret to your
and happy takes a whole day of effort,
product’s success?
but the result is really rewarding.
WH: Trying to keep things simple. We
Speaking of rewarding, one of our
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favorite past times is rescuing bee-
honey into tea spoon
hives in danger. When a beehive
size honey straws.
takes up residence in someone’s
You can take them to
house we promptly rush over before
work, the gym, or any-
the exterminator arrives. The stray
where in between. The
hive will be giving a safe new home
straws work great to
tucked away on quiet farm. We’ll then
stir into your morning
take the left behind beeswax turn it
coffee or tea, packed
into lip balms -- called “Lip Rescue”.
with natural proteins
HGE: Do have any future projects you’d like to tell us about? WH: Yes of course, we are in the process of packaging our raw wildflower
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-- great snack for your morning run ... We’re excited to be rolling out this project in March.
HGE: We are really excited to hear about your future project, wish your company all the best. If our readers would like to learn more about Williams Honey where should they visit? To learn more about us on the web visit our home page williamshoneyfarm.com, to buy our products visit The Williams Honey Etsy store, Locally we sell in health food stores/cafes and country markets.
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NATURAL BEAUTY HONEY + VINEGAR
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Using vinegar as a beauty aid will keep you looking good and saves money. It’s a great toner and refresher, indispensable in keeping hair shiny, and a natural product, so there should be no adverse skin reactions to worry about. Keep vinegar on hand for a beautiful you. Dry skin care In the win- Hair grows faster When ter, hands naturally chap in the cold, dry air. In the summer, air conditioning can dehumidify an indoor environment, which can also cause hands to chap. To regain soft skin mix vinegar with hand cream for help relieving chapped hands.
Acne
applied to the scalp, the acidity in vinegar can slough away dead skin and product buildup, to create a clean path for new hair growth. Vinegar treatment, simply massage a gen-
erous amount of vinegar into the hair and scalp. Allow the vinegar to set for at least 30 minutes before rinsing thoris tough to relieve. oughly. After rinsing, follow up
Vinegar can help kill bacteria, remove excess oil, and act as a skin deposit dissolving agent. { mix honey, flour, and vinegar together } Apply this paste to acne areas and leave the paste on overnight.
with a thorough shampoo and conditioning treatment. It does not solely benefit your scalp; also leave your hair looking shiny and lustrous.
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H.G.E.| INTERVIEWS
HONEY TEA THYME Naturally flavored raw honey from Colorado
HANDMADE COMMUNITY
This issue we interviewed a stay
experi-
at home mom living in northwest
e n c e d
Colorado, who runs a hip and fla-
how much
vorful raw honey business.
faster they
HTT: Thanks For the warm welcome. My business name is Honey Tea Thyme and we sell 100% pure raw honey with added organic and natural flavors. While it’s intented to be an instant tea, but favorite among my children is by the spoonful. HGE: How did you get started in your business? HTT: This business has been developing ever since my love for honey started. Even though we just recently began marketing and selling online, we have created our product as gifts for friends and family and sold
got
over
coughs and colds because of raw honey. I started researching the use of honey through time and that research has literally empowered my beliefs on the healing powers of raw honey. HGE: What’s your schedule like on a typical business day? HTT: I try to always keep moving on a project. Momentum helps me not to get overwhelmed. I get up early between 5 and 6 am to get started on my day, which is filled up already with 5 boys still at home.
at farmers markets for many years.
HGE: Do have any future projects
Honey Tea Thyme is built upon the
you’d like to tell us about?
truth that raw honey has the ability to heal numerous ailments.
HTT: We are planning to take a leap into working with our own bee hives,
I first started using it to relieve sore
and eventually would love to produce
throats, and sniffling children. I
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offer 4 organic flavors and we’d like to increase that number. Also we have begun to make some profit with our Muscle Salve. I also make a foot and tummy salve which we hope to include in our Etsy store. We are of course, always trying new honey flavors as well. HGE: We wish you all in best (and joy) in beekeeping & Where can we get our hands on a bottle of your Tummy and muscle salve? HTT: Honey Tea Thyme online shop is found on Etsy. We are currently teaming up with 2 online markets, Fair Ivy and Abe’s Market. And In the summer we are involved in local Farmers Markets as well.
If I had a time machine, I would go back to visit my great grandmother, who was known as Dr. Annie and I would learn from her all the folk remedies that she used to heal family and friends, because nowadays these things are forgotten and often misunderstood.
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Healthy Celebrity Recipes
Grilled Apricots with Greek Yogurt, Warm Honey & Toasted Walnuts Serves: 4 ½ cup honey ¼ cup chopped toasted walnuts 6 ripe apricots or peaches, halved and pitted 3 tablespoons canola oil ½ cup Greek yogurt Mint sprigs, for garnish
1. Heat the grill to high. 2. Brush the apricots with the oil and place
on the grill, cut-side-down and cook until golden brown and caramelized, about 2 minutes. Turn the apricots over and continue cooking until just warmed through, about 2 minutes longer.
3. While the apricots are cooking, combine
the honey and walnuts in a small pan and place on the grates of the grill and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes.
4. Remove the apricots from the grill and place
3 halves on each plate. Top each half with some of the yogurt and drizzle the honey-walnut mixture over the top. Garnish with a mint sprig, if desired.
Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay commented on honey via OpenSky “Personally I love the flavor that honey offers—delicate yet complex. I love it with plain Greek yogurt and berries, spread on a slice of toast, drizzled on a cheese plate. I actually have it every day with my tea in the morning."
Is it safe to consume unpasteurized honey? Under certain circumstances, yes, it is not only safe but also healthy to consume unpasteurized honey. Several studies have found raw, unpasteurized honey to have anti-bacterial properties. Yet, the unpasteurized honey you purchase needs to be organically produced and carefully collected and packaged with good quality control and sanitary practices. Often, locally produced and seasonally appropriate honey is the most likely to provide the highest quality and safest product. You will also
want to make sure that your jar of honey is carefully closed and remains airtight so that moisture from the air will not mix with the honey. however, one exception, we would not recommend raw, unpasteurized honey, or even pasteurized honey, for infants under one year of age unless this honey has been certified free of spores. (The spores in this care are spores from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which is responsible for infantile botulism.)
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REFINED SUGAR
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Eating too much sugar can suppress the white blood cells. This is because a sugar high causes i n f l a m m a t i o n i n t h e b o d y. The white blood cells see the inflammation as a possible infection leaved the body under protected for other illness like cold and flu viruses.
When sugar in your bloodstream bind with the proteins, it produces a substance that damages it. Proteins like collagen and elastin that makes you skin tight and elastic can be affected. Without those proteins, your skin will start to wrinkle even at a young age. Sugar can cause hyperactivity makes us feel anxious. Sugar affects the neurotransmitters in the brain and our moods, which can compromise our mental health.
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WHEN WE ARE Forgiving of others Considerate of all beings Contented with what we have happy in whatever circumstances we find ourselves SADNESS & WORRY WILL FADE
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