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Our Utterly Unique Vitamin D!
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We are pleased to introduce a high-quality, higher-potency vitamin D supplement … one with unique attractions!
D3 is the preferred, natural form of this amazing vitamin, and ours is certified pure and potent by NSF  .
Better yet, our D3 comes in a base of whole, unrefined, certified-pure, sockeye salmon oil, certified sustainable by the MSC .jpg?i=061009144855) .
Each Vitamin D3 softgel contains 45mg of omega-3s, but health authorities recommend 500mg of omega-3s per day, so it doesn't replace fish oil.
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Big Sockeye Sides for Big BBQs!
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Memorial Day Deadline
Order by Tuesday, May 19 to ensure delivery!
Our wild Alaskan Sockeye holds special appeal for those who like their salmon extra firm and flavorful.
These sustainably harvested fish are rich in omega-3s and potent natural antioxidants ... and sockeye is a nearly unrivalled food source of vitamin D, with a whopping 1,100 IU per 6-oz serving, or nearly triple the US RDA.
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Salmon Sausage by Vital Choice and Dr. Weil
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People seem to really love our Wild Sockeye Salmon Sausage, which comes in three succulent varieties: Savory Country Breakfast Style, Spicy Italian, and NEW Chorizo Style.
The ingredients couldn’t be simpler: just Wild Alaskan sockeye salmon, 100% organic herbs and spices, organic arrowroot, natural sea salt, and water. For tips on how to cook 'em from straight from the freezer, see our Web site.
“I just tried your new Country breakfast sausage for the first time … they are wonderful! I never thought a salmon sausage would be this good. Thanks!” — Dr. Bruce Felgenhauer
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Bodacious Organic & Wild Berries
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Vital Choice fresh-frozen organic blueberries, strawberries and red raspberries are rich in anti-aging antioxidants, and draw customer comments like this:
"OH MY GOODNESS! I cannot believe the flavor ... the taste reminds me of something from my childhood. Thanks for a great product!"
Berries are incredibly healthful foods, and it's smart to seek out organic berries, grown without synthetic pesticides.
Our organic berries come in convenient one pound bags, each yielding about 3-1/2 cups. They freeze well, so you can keep plenty on hand!
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Vital Choice is "Vital Green"
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Environmental
Stewardship Program
Vital Green™ is our pioneering environmental program that does 4 things:
1) Fights global warming by offsetting the impacts of shipping.
2) Enables recycling of foam shipping cubes via our innovative FREE program.
3) Supports seafood sustainability and promote a green partnership with our customers.
4) Offers an online, clickable e-Catalog to save trees and energy.
To learn more, and get instructions for recycling foam shipping cubes from Vital Choice, visit our Vital Green™ page.
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New Mediterranean Pyramid Favors Fish
Update of science-based eating plan reflects the conclusions reached by leading nutrition researchers
by Craig Weatherby
The folks behind the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid just revised the popular, science-based eating plan to recommend more fish, herbs, and spices.
The changes reflect recent research that’s helped explain exactly why the sunny coastal region’s healthiest diets reduce rates of disease and lengthen life spans. (To compare the old and new pyramids, see “Fish, herbs, and spices ...”, below.)
In truth, what we now call the “Mediterranean” diet actually describes an idealized version of the diet enjoyed by Aegean islanders until American-style foods started to invade their shores in the 1970s.
This proven-healthful version of the Mediterranean diet is rich in green vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans, fish, and olive oil, and has been linked to longer life, less heart disease, and protection against some cancers.
The authors of a recent, exhaustive, evidence review conclude that of all the various diets associated with better heart health, only the Mediterranean diet has been clinically proven to reduce risk of coronary heart disease (Mente A et al. 2009).
The benefits of the idealized, Aegean-style Mediterranean diet are believed to flow from its abundance of fiber, antioxidant polyphenol compounds, vitamins, minerals, and omega-3 fats (from fish, grass-fed poultry, and ...
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Magnesium May Cut Stroke and Diabetes Risks
Higher blood levels linked to 25% cut in risk of stroke and reduced diabetes risks; Benefit attributed to fish-borne mineral’s effects on blood pressure and metabolism
by Craig Weatherby
New findings indicate that increasing magnesium intake could curb the risk of ischemic stroke.
The researchers linked this apparent deterrent effect to magnesium’s potential power to help stabilize blood pressure and improve key risk factors for diabetes.
Ischemic (i-skee-mik) strokes are the most common kind by far. They occur when blood vessels narrow in the brain, causing a clot that deprives the brain of blood and oxygen.
Artery narrowing is associated with the arterial plaque buildup known as atherosclerosis, which can also lead to heart failure, heart attack, or sudden cardiac death.
Dietary factors ─ including low intake of omega-3 and high intake of omega-6 fats ─ affect the risk of ischemic stroke, and the strongest association is with between high sodium intake, which also raises blood pressure, a key risk factor for stroke.
In contrast, diets high in magnesium, potassium, and calcium appear to lower the risk of developing high blood pressure (Lee S et al. 2009).
And it may be no coincidence that diets high in magnesium have been linked to reduced risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (Ma J et al. 1995).
Unfortunately, many ...
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Vitamin D Seen to Stall Pre-Diabetic Syndrome
Population studies link low vitamin D blood levels to 52% higher risk of pre-diabetic metabolic syndrome
by Craig Weatherby
According to the American Heart Association, more than 50 million Americans have metabolic syndrome ─ a cluster of signs linked to a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes or suffering a stroke.
Metabolic syndrome is defined as having three or more of these half-dozen metabolic signs, most of which are linked to junky diets and sedentary lifestyles, with genetic influences at play as well:
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Abdominal obesity (excessive fat tissue in and around the abdomen).
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High blood triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol and high LDL cholesterol: a state that fosters plaque buildups in artery walls.
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High blood pressure.
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Insulin resistance or glucose intolerance (i.e., the body can’t properly use insulin or blood sugar).
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Sticky, “pro-thrombotic” blood that can promote dangerous clots (e.g., high fibrinogen or plasminogen activator inhibitor–1 levels in the blood).
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Pro-inflammatory state (e.g., elevated C-reactive protein in the blood).
This cluster of risk factors is linked closely to growing worldwide epidemics of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
And recent research suggests that lack of vitamin D may promote metabolic syndrome.
Ten years ago, researchers from Britain’s Institute of Metabolic Science in Cambridge recruited 524 non-diabetic men and women aged 40-69 years, tested their blood chemistry, then tested it again 10 years later.
After adjusting for age and other risk factors, they found that the participants with the lowest vitamin D levels were the most likely to have developed two key components of metabolic syndrome ─ high blood sugar and insulin resistance ─ which are the key warning signs of developing diabetes. (Forouhi NG et al. 2008)
Authors of new study put findings in public health perspective
The authors of a joint Anglo-Chinese study report that deficient levels of vitamin D may increase the risk of metabolic syndrome by 52 percent.
The study was conducted in 3,262 urban Chinese people from Beijing and Shanghai, aged between 50 and ...
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5 Bonus Options - Pick Your Free Gift!
Alaskan Scallops, Troll-Caught King Salmon and Albacore Tuna, Canned Seafood Sampler, Masala Chai Spiced Tea
This week's bonus offerings run the range from tuna to tea!
They include two frozen delights: Alaskan Weathervane Scallops (shown at left) and King Salmon.
Or you could choose some of our fabulous, convenient canned fare ...
The Canned Seafood Sampler offers 9 popular salmon, tuna, sardine, mackerel items, while our Albacore Tuna in Organic Olive Oil is incredibly firm, luscious, and fresh-tasting.
Looking for a refreshing, relaxing new beverage? Elect to enjoy a free tin of our savory Organic Masala Chai Spiced Tea.
The choice is yours ... stock up on a favorite or try a new taste!
Free Bonus Offers - June 4 - June 10, 2009
When you're done, go to your cart and enter the Code for the bonus you want ...
... we'll add it to your cart just before you're done with check out.
See below for full rules and instructions.
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Like all orders of $99 or more, qualifying bonus purchases include Free Shipping.
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Alaskan Weathervane Scallops
One lb. bag (a $29 value) ... FREE with purchase
Add $140* or more to your cart
and use Promo Code SCLP609
*Total must include $70 of frozen items to ensure delivered quality.
No additives or preservatives • Individually flash-frozen • Certified sustainable
Our big, sweet, meaty, velvety Alaskan Weathervane Sea Scallops are wild-harvested in cold, pristine ocean waters. They're individually flash-frozen at the peak of freshness onboard the few vessels allowed to harvest off Kodiak Island, Alaska. To learn more about this bonus item, click here.
King Salmon Skin-On Fillet Portions
Two 6 oz portions (a $21 value) ... FREE with purchase
Add $180 or more to your cart
and use Promo Code KING609
*Total must include $70 of frozen items to ensure delivered quality.
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Our Alaskan King Salmon is hand line-caught by from small trollers ... it's as though you caught, cleaned, and iced your own salmon for dinner that day! This exceptional treatment preserves the fresh-caught flavor of King salmon harvested in pure, pristine Alaskan ocean ...
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Healthy Ideas Dept.
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Catalogs for Clinics: Our New Program
Our attractive catalog gives medical patients and wellness clients easy access to pure, healthful fish and organic fare!
Jean Carper, the bestselling nutrition author and former CNN medical correspondent, said it well: “Fish is health insurance and most of us lack enough coverage.”
Now, health care practitioners and wellness/fitness service providers can help your patients or clients enjoy pure, sustainably harvested wild seafood of the very best quality, rich in omega-3s and vitamin D, delivered right to their door.
If you have a health practice or clinic, we will provide our attractive Vital Choice catalog for your waiting rooms or health and wellness facilities.
We’re sure they’ll love the food ─ we offer only the best with a 100% guarantee ─ and will thank you for the tip!
To control costs, we must limit this offer to health practitioners and wellness facilities!
Just fill out our very brief Catalog Request Form … after we confirm your request, we’ll send you 34 Vital Choice catalogs, each of which will include a special offer for your patients or clients.
For more information or to request extra catalogs, please contact Arnie Klaus at 800-354-0272, or by email to arnie@vitalchoice.com.
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Vital Recipes
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Tuscan Salmon Pasta with Beans
Beans are perhaps the most underused, overlooked food in the American diet … and key reason why the Mediterranean diet is so healthful.
In addition to fiber, protein, minerals, and B vitamins, beans are rich in resistant starch, which blunts the blood sugar impact of any meal that includes these tasty legumes. This desirable effect can last for eight to 24 hours.
By rinsing pasta quickly in cold water, you convert some of its starch into the resistant kind, while reducing greatly the tendency of pasta to become gummy and sticky. (This starch conversion also occurs when you refrigerate cooked pasta immediately.)
Unbeknownst to many, colorful beans are also rich in the beneficial polyphenol antioxidants abundant in colorful fruits and vegetables.
To add color and antioxidant power to this regional Tuscan dish – at the price of Italian authenticity – you could substitute or add red, black, or pinto beans.
Note: This easy dish becomes more economical for a big family or gathering if you use our luscious Wild Red™ canned Sockeye Salmon.
Tuscan Salmon Pasta with Beans
Adapted from a recipe by Dianne Alvine of ...
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