What's in store for January
This article was originally published in January 2015
Detox for the New Year
In the health & body care department
Whether you’re planning to revamp your diet in 2015 or just want to start off the New Year fresh, we have a variety of cleansing products from Garden of Life in our health and body care department that are designed to help detoxify your body.
Raw Fit
This certified organic, plant-based, high-protein powder is raw and vegan. It’s an easy way to increase your protein intake and includes ingredients that have been shown to help burn fat, maintain healthy blood sugar and boost your energy. With a mild, slightly sweet flavor, it mixes well into food or beverages.
Perfect Food Alkalizer & Detoxifier
Containing freshly juiced greens plus lemon, ginger, parsley, coconut water and cleansing herbs, this organic super food supplement promotes healthy elimination of toxins and supports your body’s ability to maintain its ideal pH balance.
Wild Rose Herbal D-Tox
Designed to be a 12-day whole body herbal cleanse, this kit helps promote a healthy balance between assimilation and elimination, detoxifying the liver, colon, kidneys and lymphatic system through diet and herbal formulas.
Local lip balm
In the health & body care department
Handmade by beekeepers in Southeast Portland, Portland Bee Balm will help keep your chapped lips moisturized this winter. Made from only three ingredients — organic coconut, organic olive oil and locally sourced Northwest Oregon beeswax — it’s gentle yet nourishing. Plus each purchase supports local bees and their keepers!
Three navel varieties
In the produce department
Is there a better antidote to winter doldrums than sweet navel oranges? They can brighten a cold, gray morning like sunshine itself. Arriving when we’re most susceptible to sniffling and sneezing, these citrus varieties are natural cold fighters, boasting excellent amounts of vitamin C and A.
In addition to the traditional navel orange, known as the “Washington” variety and grown for us by Rich Johansen of Johansen Ranch in Orland, Calif., we’ll have Heirloom navels (the “original” navel) and Cara Cara navels from Lisle Babcock of Deer Creek Heights Ranch in Porterville, Calif. The Cara Cara has reddish-pink flesh and is lower in acidity, with a sweet flavor that has overtones of raspberries and strawberries.
When selecting citrus, choose fruit that is heavy for its size, indicating a higher concentration of juice. Try our recipe for Mixed Winter Citrus and Avocado Salad with Cilantro and Mint.