79 million Americans have blood sugar sensitivities that many consider to be precursors to diabetes. Many chronic conditions are preventable through adequate diet and exercise. The inclusion of low glycemic foods can significantly help diabetics manage blood sugar levels, lower LDL levels (“bad cholesterol”), and reduce the risk of heart disease. At Sunfood, we have many natural low glycemic sweetener alternatives so that you can satisfy your sweet tooth while staying healthy!

Yacon

Yacon, also known as the “Peruvian ground apple”, is a perennial plant (Smallanthus sonchifolius) native to the Andes. Yacon syrup is the perfect low-glycemic sweetener option for diabetics and others monitoring their blood sugar levels. The long chain sugars of yacon cannot be metabolized by our digestive system, making it an ideal low-calorie sweetener that produces a negligible effect on our blood sugar. Far from adding empty calories, these long chain sugars act as prebiotics, nourishing the beneficial bacteria in our digestive system.

Bee Pollen

Since ancient times, bees and flowers have had a symbiotic (mutually beneficial) relationship. Bee pollen is considered the most complete superfood available in nature. One of the most significant facts about pollen is that it is an alkaline energy-rich source of complete protein; it has approximately 24%-35% easily assimilated protein and 22 essential amino acids. That means gram for gram, pollen contains about 5 times more protein than cheese, eggs, and meat!

Coconut Palm Sugar

Sunfood’s organic Indonesian coconut palm sugar is a perfect alternative for those interested in a low-glycemic sweetener. It looks and tastes similar to brown sugar, however, it has not been chemically altered or enhanced in any way, making it a pure, natural, whole food sweetener. It contains vital minerals such as potassium (25% more than bananas!), magnesium, sulfur, zinc, and iron. It is also a powerhouse of vitamins with considerable amounts of C, B3, B6, B1, and B2.

Sunfood is offering 10% off all Sunfood yacon syrup, bee pollen & coconut palm sugar! Use code: MAYSWEET at Sunfood.com to apply this savings. Coupon expires Sunday, May 20, 2012

Camu Camu Powder has more Vitamin C than almost any other fruit, which makes it an excellent choice for improving immunity. MSM helps to support healthy joints and connective tissue. Combine these two Superfoods with the delicious flavors of Pineapple, Mango, and Coconut, and you’ve got a smoothie to keep you going strong all day long!

Ingredients
½ Cup Frozen or Fresh Pineapple Chunks
½ Cup Frozen or Fresh Mango Pieces
1 Young Coconut, or 2 Cups Coconut Juice
½ – 1 tsp Sunfood Camu Camu Powder
2 tsp – 2 Tablespoons MSM Powder

Directions
1. Split the young coconut. Pour the coconut water into a high-powered blender, and scoop out the coconut meat and add it to the coconut water. You can also substitute Coconut Juice.
2. Combine the remaining ingredients in a high-powered blender.
3. Blend on high for 30 seconds, and Enjoy!

Variations:
- Add 2 Tablespoons Sunfood Goji Berries to enhance the flavors of Pineapple and Camu Camu
- For real coconut lovers… Add 2 Tablespoons Sunfood Coconut Oil!

Ingredients

1 Young Coconut, or 2 Cups Coconut Juice
½ -1 Cup Frozen or Peeled Fresh Mango
2 -4 Tablespoons Sunfood Mesquite Powder

Directions
1. Split the young coconut. Pour the coconut water into a high-powered blender, and scoop out the coconut meat and add it to the coconut water. You can also substitute Coconut Juice.
2. Add the Mango and Sunfood Mesquite Powder to the Blender.
3. Blend on high for 30 seconds, and serve!

Variations:
- Add a scoop of Raw Almond Butter to thicken.
- Add 1 – 2 teaspoons Sunfood Maca Powder for a richer, butterscotch flavor.
- Add 3 Tablespoons Sunfood Lucuma Powder for hints of cashews and maple sugar.

Ingredients

1 Frozen or Fresh Peeled Ripe Banana
½ Cup Frozen or Fresh Strawberries
2 -4 Tablespoons Sunfood Raw Cacao Powder
Coconut Water, Almond Milk, or Ice to taste

Directions
1. Combine all ingredients in a high-powered blender.
2. Blend on high for 30 seconds.
3. Add coconut water, almond milk, or ice to reach desired consistency. Enjoy!

Variations:
- Add 1 – 2 teaspoons Sunfood Maqui Berry Powder for an extra boost of dark berry flavor.
- Add 1 Tablespoon Sunfood Chlorella Tablets for your daily dose of greens.

Adapt to Stress Easier with Maca

In the world we live in today, stress is abundant. Energy drinks are rampant. Coffee shops are everywhere, promising a lift in mood and energy. This can wreak havoc on our body.

Maca is a very potent, ancient superfood source that is what’s called an adaptogen, and can assist our body in very powerful ways.

What is an adaptogen?

An adaptogen helps the body adapt easier and regulate stressors in its environment.

What is Maca?

Maca is a root vegetable grown high in the Peruvian Andes. It was sacred to the Incas and has been used as a food and medicine in South America for centuries. It is well known for the ability to enhance strength and endurance. In fact, it is said that the Incan warriors would consume maca before long journeys and even before battles. Today, maca is being embraced by health-seekers and athletes around the world for its wide variety of benefits.

Benefits of Maca

Maca has long been used to boost stamina, fight fatigue and serve as an amazing adaptogen in the body. Other benefits:

• Supports bone health

• Libido enhancer

• Enhances stamina

• Rich in minerals like calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron and sulfur

• Contains almost 20 amino acids and 7 essential amino acids

• Balances hormones

The Sunfood Difference

Our organic maca is grown high in the Peruvian Andes in areas untouched by the pollution of modern industry. It is sun-dried and then low-temperature processed into a fine, pure powder. Our low temperature process ensures maximum nutrient content. Our competitors’ maca is typically grown at lower elevations, mixed with many different strains of maca and processed at high temperatures.

Recommended Usage

Our organic, raw maca powder has a unique nutty flavor that can go with sweet or savory dishes. It’s a perfect thickener for soups but also goes great with smoothies.

Try adding a spoonful to your smoothies, juices, or soups. Or, sprinkle on top of your salad greens to add a unique flavor and nutrition boost. As cacao goes especially well with cacao, add it as a superfood boost to your favorite dessert recipes.

Try this recipe for Caramel Maca White Chocolates – out of this world!

Sunfood is offering 10% off all Sunfood maca products! Use code: LOVEMACA at Sunfood.com to apply this savings. Coupon expires Friday, May 11.

Cacao, sometimes called cocoa, is cultivated and harvested from beans inside the fruit of the cacao tree and is the basis of chocolate. An incredible health food in its natural state, pure chocolate provides natural energy and supports heart health. Mineral-rich and filled with antioxidants that protect our bodies from free-radical damage, cacao even helps our brains create Anandamide, also known as the “Bliss Chemical.”

Sunfood Cacao comes in many different forms: beans, nibs, powder, butter and paste. This Mother’s Day, Sunfood has all forms of cacao on promotion to give Mom the heart-opening gift of raw chocolate. Use in any recipe that requires cocoa powder to turn desserts into a superfood delight!

Click here to see our ENTIRE line of cacao products available!

Sunfood is offering 10% off all Sunfood cacao products, just in time for Mother’s Day! Use code: MOTHERSDAY at Sunfood.com to apply this savings. Coupon expires Monday, May 7.

Olives will make a perfect enhancement to any springtime/summer salad, entrée, cocktail, or simply by themselves! A delicious and healthy food, olives are a great source of alkaline plant based fats, essential in our diets to lubricate and insulate joints, strengthen cell membrane tissues and act as powerful anti-inflammatory agents. Sunfood Olives are a rich source of essential minerals such as calcium and magnesium as well as vitamins A and E. Olives also contain beautifying oleic acid, an omega-9 fatty acid found in plant sources. Additionally, olives have high antioxidant levels that have the ability to lower unhealthy LDL cholesterol levels and raise heart-healthy HDL levels in our blood. Click here to see our ENTIRE line of olive products available! Sunfood is offering 10% off all Sunfood olive products, just in time for Mother’s Day! Use code: MOTHERSDAY at Sunfood.com to apply this savings. Coupon expires Monday, May 7.

Why You Need to Try Sunfood Goji Berries + A Goji Berry Recipe

The fruit of the Lycium barbarum plant, goji berries, have been used in Asian traditions for thousands of years. Also known as the “happy berry” or wolfberry, gojis are regarded as one of the most nutrient-rich superfoods available, and has become one of the most sought-after superfoods on the planet. That’s because the small red berries, coined “red diamonds”, are packed with powerful nutrition. Gojis are delicious and have a unique, slightly sweet flavor, like a combination of cranberries, raisins and cherries.

Benefits of Sunfood Goji Berries

Goji berries contain more iron than spinach, more beta carotene than carrots, and more protein than whole wheat (13%). In addition, gojis:

• Contain all eight essential amino acids and contain 18 amino acids in total

• Include a high amount of immune-boosting polysaccharides

• Are one of highest antioxidant containing fruits in the world

• Provide a big source of minerals, such as iron, copper, zinc, calcium and phosphorus

For those already familiar with goji berries, we know it can be hard choosing among brands. We’re here to educate you on why you need to choose Sunfood goji berries over our competition.

The Sunfood Difference Sunfood was one of the first companies in the United States to introduce certified organic, wild-crafted goji berries, and have continued this level of quality for over 10 years. Other brands may state that their berries are wild-crafted and organic, but can test positive for pesticides. Sunfood goji berries are regularly tested by a third party laboratory to guarantee that they are free of pesticides.

Recipe – Chocolate Covered Goji Berries This recipe is perfect for when you are craving something sweet and chocolaty, utilizing Sunfood cacao, which is rich in magnesium, iron, and antioxidants.

“Marula is the food of Kings”—ancient Thonga saying

Known as the “Tree of Life” in African folklore a whole wide range of fascinating beliefs, traditions and legends have existed around the sacred Marula tree of Africa for thousands of years.

The many uses of its bark, leaves, fruit, nut and kernels from food sources to healing ingredients are revered and celebrated by festivals and traditions held every year in Southern Africa. It is said, that, to receive a seed kernel from this amazing tree represents the highest form of friendship.

We are thrilled to announce the nut of King’s to our loved customers!

The King’s Nut

The Marula tree has served the people of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa with fruit and nuts as a nutritious food source since ancient times. The kernel of the Marula is on the smaller side, and is an excellent source of protein. It has a delightful, nutty taste, some say similar to a wild heirloom almond.

Other Uses of the Marula Tree

The Marula tree is not only a food source, in fact it has many, varied uses. Marula wood has been used to make canoes, bowls, drums, and mortars and pestles. The bark of the Marula tree is said to have medicinal properties for ailments such as intestinal disorders and insect bites. The essence of the leaves is used in Africa as an antiseptic remedy for burns and other similar skin ailments. Marula oil, made from the kernel, is often used in exotic skin care oils.

Benefits of Marula Nuts Marula Nuts are highly prized for their amount of protein, containing all essential amino acids. They’re also an excellent source of heart-healthy oleic acid, magnesium, potassium, iron and zinc. Their supreme amount of mono-unsaturated fatty acids makes them naturally stable, so they don’t oxidize or go rancid easily. The Sunfood Difference Sunfood Marula Nuts come from a pristine region in South Africa, untouched by pesticides and chemicals. They are a premium, sustainably harvested wild food. These nuts are delicious straight out of the bag! Take them on-the-go by making your own tasty trail mix with goji berries, golden berries and Wild Jungle Amazonian peanuts. Or sprinkle on your greens, raw desserts and breakfast cereals.
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Most lotions today, even many so-called “natural” ones, contain ingredients like “Methyl, Propyl, Butyl and Ethyl Parabens”, “Diethanolamine (DEA), Triethanolamine (TEA)”, “Stearalkonium Chloride”, “Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulfate”, and “Propylene Glycol”.

In popular lotions today, these have been associated with allergic reactions, tumors, skin rashes, dermatitis, eye irritations, dry scalps, hives, eczema, lung damage and cancer, among many other reactions and conditions.

Sunfood carries six different kinds of lotions enriched with MSM that offer skin care you can trust.

What is MSM?

MSM (Methyl-Sulfonyl-Methane) is a naturally occurring form of dietary sulfur found in fresh, raw foods and rain water. Sulfur is a vital mineral that is needed by the body for normal structure and function. It makes up the protein and connective tissue that comprises our body mass, assists enzymes in performing chemical reactions, and protects us from oxidative stress and harmful effects of toxicity.

A power anti-inflammatory, MSM can help to relive the pain of a variety of conditions such as arthritis, Fibromyalgia, bursitis, tendinitis, heart burn, and muscle pain. MSM also works to build collagen, helping to create smooth skin, thick lustrous hair, strong nails and helping restore and rejuvenate dry, rough skin, leaving it smooth and silky.

Sunfood MSM Lotion & Cream | 8oz | $12.95 / Each

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