Monumental report from the President’s Cancer Panel

This is a monumental news day for the organic industry. The President’s Cancer Panel Report released today exhorts consumers to choose food grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers, antibiotics, and growth hormones to help decrease their exposure to environmental chemicals that can increase their risk of contracting cancer!

“Exposure to pesticides can be decreased by choosing, to the extent possible, food grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers…Similarly, exposure to antibiotics, growth hormones, and toxic run-off from livestock feed lots can be minimized by eating free-range meat raised without these medications,” according to the report, “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now,” submitted to President Obama by Dr. LaSalle Leffall, Jr., an oncologist and professor of surgery at Howard University, and Dr. Margaret L. Kripke, an immunologist at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

In a letter to President Obama, the panel stated “The American people—even before they are born—are bombarded continually with myriad combinations of these dangerous exposures. The Panel urges you most strongly to use the power of your office to remove the carcinogens and other toxins from our food, water, and air that needlessly increase health care costs, cripple our Nation’s productivity, and devastate American lives.”

This landmark report by the prestigious scientific panel recognizes, at the highest level, what your products provide — essentially endorsing our industry. OTA has issued a press release to tout the panel report and is exposing the organic connection through all media channels.

The full report is available online.

OTA’s press release is available on our homepage.

Here are BoKU Team members Crystal and Beitris answering questions interested health lovers.

This is Pia shaking up some yummy Boku Super Food and Super Protein samples to share with the crowd.

We were so thrilled at the response we got from everyone at the expo, we’re going to make more appearances at similar shows.

Here’s our current touring schedule:

San Francisco Green Festival April 9-11 2010

Your Health Connection Expo in Thousand Oaks, CA April 25 2010 http://yhcmagazine.com/Events.php

Chicago Green Festival May 23-24 2010 http://www.greenfestivals.org/

Stay tuned for show updates!

1. Why do I need extra protein?

Protein is the major building block of the body.  It is absolutely essential for body structure and function.  Protein is needed to build strong bones and muscles.  Enzymes, immune factors, and many hormones are made from protein.  Without sufficient protein, the body will deteriorate.

2. What is the main benefit to adding Boku Super Protein to Boku Super Food?

To enjoy a large quantity of highly absorbable, delicious organic protein along with the full-spectrum of phytonutrients and other highly potent properties of Boku Super Food.

3. Why did you choose brown rice protein over whey, soy or even hemp protein? Is it actually better? If so, why?

Our organic certified, whole grain brown rice protein is sprouted to significantly increase its nutritional density.  It is considered a raw food and is hypoallergenic.  It has the full spectrum of amino acids and is very highly absorbable.  Soy and whey proteins can be significant allergens.  Soy is quite controversial for its anti –nutrients and potential hormonal effects.  Many soy and whey proteins are heated to very high temperatures during their production, which can potentially create a protein that’s less than healthy.  Hemp protein has many beneficial properties, although its intense taste is hard for many people to stomach.

Thanks Dr. BJ!

Yield: 2 large smoothies

• 1/2 ripe banana
• 1/4 ripe avocado
• 1/2 cup frozen mixed organic berries
• 1 scoop Boku Super Protein powder
• 1 heaping tsp. maca powder
• 1 tbs. msm powder
• 1/8 tsp. Aloe Vera 100 drink mix
• 1 scoop Boku Super Food
• 1 scoop Anti-oxidant Defense System Purple
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 1 dose of liquid Bone Support
• 2 cups or more cold filtered water

Combine all ingredients in a Vita-Mix or blender container. Sip slowly.

By Heidi Robb

www.heidirobb.com

Our new protein powder has 26 grams of protein in every 30 gram serving! The protein density comes from organic, raw, sprouted brown rice. It also contains coconut, vanilla bean and low-glycemic Vermont maple syrup to give it a mild flavor without added sugar. The taste is really very neutral so it takes on the flavor whatever beverage you put it in.

It is vegan, organic, kosher and completely dairy, gluten, wheat and soy free!

Our protein mixes great with our Boku Super Food for a nutrient rich meal replacement!

Boku Super Protein is available in 30oz eco-friendly pouches for $39.95 ($34.95 on auto-ship!) at:

http://shop.bokusuperfood.com/detail_PR30__23.html

You can also check out www.bokusuperprotein.com for recipies and more info!

Our Valentine’s Day bundles include:

• 3 Potent Life Bars with Organic Raw Maca Miracle^TM– One of each flavor!
• One 10 Day Sample of BōKU® Super Food
• One 1oz  BōKU® Immune Tonic

OR one case of 12 Potent Life Bars – Goji Berry, Cacao Crunch or Pink Salty Peanuts!

All of these products contain powerful antioxidant and adaptogenic ingredients sure to give you plenty of vim and vigor this Valentine’s Day.

The Potent Life Bars and Super Food also contain organic cacao which is high in PEA (Phenethylamine), a neurotransmitter known for enhancing mood and promoting feelings of love and well-being. Both products also contain maca root which is believed to increase virility and libido as well as maintaining other hormonal factors.

Either Valentine’s Day BōKU® bundle can be purchased at:

http://shop.bokusuperfood.com/items_23.html for $21.95 – use coupon code “V2010” for free shipping!

Who would have thought that extra nutrition could let you have the best Valentine’s Day ever!

To all Bay Area BōKU® customers & Fans who came out to support us at the 2009 Green Festival in San Francisco!  It was an awesome event!  We met thousands of like minded “green” warriors who came out to find out the latest and the greatest products that are changing this planet for the better and we at BōKU® feel grateful to have been part of this event! My entire family (husband Reno, Son Reno Jr. & daughter Ryann) worked the booth along with Jay, giving out thousands of samples of BōKU® Super food and the response was amazing!  Look forward to the next one!

Ingredients:

15 plump, moist, pitted medjool dates

2 cups raw, unsalted macadamia nuts

¼ teaspoon fine sea salt

1/3 cup cocoa powder

¼ cup Boku

¼ teaspoon ground cardamom

½ teaspoon cinnamon

1 tablespoon raw honey or agave nectar

1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract

¼ cup finely chopped candied ginger (dried apricots or golden raisins are good, too)

Shredded unsweetened coconut, cocoa powder or sesame seeds for coating – approx 12 cup of any.

Directions:

Process the macadamia nuts with the sea salt until fine in a processor fitted with the steel blade – take care not  to process to a paste. Add dates and process to combine well. Add cocoa powder, Boku, cardamom, cinnamon, honey or agave and vanilla. Process until a uniform mixture. Add in the ginger and pulse until just combined – nice to leave pieces for texture.

Turn mixture into a bowl. Form small bonbons (1/2 oz. size is perfect) by squeezing and rolling the mixture between your palms. Roll bonbons in the coconut, cocoa or sesame seeds to coat. Bonbons keep well one week refrigerated (great cold!), freeze up to three months.

Recipe & photo by Heidi Robb

Yummy!

Thanks Heidi!

Michael Pollan’s 2008 book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto was his follow up to 2006′s The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. The latter remaining #1 on the New York Times Non-Fiction Bestseller List for an astounding six weeks!
That likely means that many people are interested in what Pollan is writing about: the need for people to eat real food

Pollan asserts why food itself needs defending:

“Because most of what we’re consuming today is not food, and how we’re consuming it — in the car, in front of the TV, and increasingly alone — is not really eating. Instead of food, we’re consuming “edible foodlike substances” — no longer the products of nature but of food science. Many of them come packaged with health claims that should be our first clue they are anything but healthy. In the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we seem to become.”

This is definitely a message that needs to be spread far and wide to help change people’s minds about what is actually food, and what isn’t. This is how we can become as healthy as possible.

In Defense of Food can be found at any local brick and mortar or online bookstore and in many libraries.  If you’d just like to learn more about Michael Pollan, his books or to see his ongoing public speaking schedule visit:

www.michaelpollan.com

In her Planet Green article writer and healthy living spokesperson Laurel House asks: What’s a green produce devotee supposed to

do when Farmer’s Markets close down during winter months?

Her answer: Chow down on organic superfood powder instead. Of course! In fact, she recommends BōKU® Superfood powder specifically.

“Sure, you can choose to spend a pretty penny and swallow a handful of processed vitamins and supplements, but the delivery system is inherently flawed and our bodies have a hard time breaking them down in order to really experience the nutritional benefits (hence hyper-yellow, vitamin-enriched urine). So instead of flushing your money down the toilet (literally), drink a green shake in the am (or mix it with yogurt and frozen blueberries- yum!). Green powder superfoods are one of the easiest ways to deliver the body its vital produce-derived nutrients. But here’s the key: finding organic green powders. Well, I happen to have found one called Boku Superfood that’s certified organic, Kosher and vegan and seriously not bad (which is saying a lot if you have ever tried others…).

Want to know the best part? One serving of the grassy-tasting stuff and you’re getting a serious dose of fruits and greens including organic spirulina, organic kelp, organic broccoli, organic spinach, organic cabbage, organic parsley, organic sprouted flax, organic mushrooms, organic goji berry, and organic strawberries.”

Read the whole article here:

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/powdered-greens-farmers-market.html

After reading, don’t forget to vote for it!