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October 15 - 21
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Sockeye Salmon
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Organic Chocolate Medley
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Organic Balsamic Vinegar
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OM3s & 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=101909224058) .
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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Omega-3 Wild Salmon Oil ... Whole & Pure
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Our "whole food" Omega-3 Salmon Oil supplements contain only unrefined oil from wild Alaska Sockeye Salmon: a fish whose renowned purity is reflected in the pristine contents of our naturally colorful capsules.
Unlike standard fish oils, our naturally pure Sockeye Salmon Oil does not need to be chemically refined: a process that can damage omega-3s. Instead, our oil's purity and potency are certified by NSF.
As a result, our whole, unrefined Sockeye Salmon Oil retains all of the omega-3s (EPA & DHA), vitamin D, phospholipids, and fatty acids natural to whole Sockeye Salmon.
The rich orange hue of our Salmon Oil comes from its natural complement of astaxanthin: the super-potent antioxidant pigment that gives Sockeye their distinctive color and protects our Salmon Oil's abundant omega-3s from oxidation.
In addition, ours was the first Salmon Oil supplement certified as sustainably sourced by the Marine Stewardship Council. 
We encapsulate our Salmon Oil in pure fish gelatin, and offer special varieties for special needs:
• Smaller Softgels (500 mg)
• Liquid Salmon Oil for children and folks who may have trouble swallowing our 1,000 mg softgels
• Lemon-Flavored Salmon Oil for folks who experience bounce-back.
Vital Choice Salmon Oil (top left) vs. two standard fish oils
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Vital Choice and 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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Childhood Obesity Linked to Parents
Study suggests that kids take after their same-sex parents when it comes to becoming overweight
by Craig Weatherby
The authors of a British study found that children are more likely to become obese when their same-gender parent is obese.
When researchers from the Peninsula Medical School studied 226 families, they found that the daughters of obese mothers were more likely to struggle with weight problems.
Likewise, they found that the sons of obese fathers ran a higher risk of becoming obese (Perez-Pastor EM et al. 2009).
The authors did not find the same link between mothers and sons or between fathers and their daughters.
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Same-gender links were
reversed in weight loss trial
Therapists from the University at Buffalo enrolled overweight parents and children for a two-year program designed to help them lose weight together.
When parents and children tried to lose weight together, overweight children did better when the overweight parent was of the opposite gender (Temple JL et al. 2006).
And overweight mother-daughter pairs fared the worst.
Compared with overweight mother-son or father-daughter pairs, the participating mother-daughter pairs enrolled in the program consistently lost less weight.
These clinical findings seem to contradict the results of the population studies conducted in the UK and Australia, as summarized in this article.
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Their research showed that the risks of obesity among eight year old girls were 10 times greater if their mother was obese. With boys, the risk of obesity was six times greater if their father was obese.
And compared to the apparent influence exerted by the weight of their same-gender parent, the weight of the children measured at the age of eight bore no significant relationship to their birth weight.
These findings suggest that childhood obesity is not primarily caused by genetic traits passed down by same-gender parents.
As the authors wrote, “Childhood obesity today seems to be largely confined to those whose same-sex parents are obese, and the link does not seem to be genetic. Parental obesity, like smoking, might be targeted in the interests of the child.” (Perez-Pastor EM et al. 2009).
This finding seems important because it may mean that parents can reduce their same-gender child’s risk of obesity by losing weight themselves.
Australian study found similar links
The new UK study affirms the findings of prior Australian research, which found that ...
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Mediterranean Diet Beats Low-Fat for Diabetics
Mediterranean-style diet reduced need for diabetes drugs more than low-fat plan; Findings support prior indications that diets high in plant foods and fish help deter diabetes
by Craig Weatherby and Linda Sparrow
The encouraging findings of a clinical trial from Naples, Italy indicate that a classic Mediterranean diet can improve heart risk factors and blood sugar control, and delay the need for drug therapy among overweight diabetics.
As the team led by Katherine Esposito wrote in the Annals of Internal Medicine, “Participants assigned to the Mediterranean-style diet lost more weight and experienced greater improvements in some glycemic [blood sugar] control and coronary risk measures than did those assigned to the low-fat diet.”
This finding should be welcome news to the nearly 24 million Americans – about one in 12 adults – diagnosed with diabetes.
And the results should be put to practical use, since healthcare costs for diabetes patients in the U.S. reach about $174 billion according to the American Diabetes Association, with drug treatments accounting for about $116 billion of that total.
Non-medical, lifestyle means of deterring diabetes and delaying the need for treatment could alleviate suffering and ...
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Vital Recipes
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Sweet Miso Salmon
by Monica Puri Bangia
Today’s recipe comes to us from Monica Puri Bangia’s great food blog, “Sharing Plate – Your Cooking Coach”.
Miso is a fermented soy paste commonly used in Japanese cooking. It ranges from mild, light, white miso to heartier, stronger-flavored brown and red miso.
White miso adds wonderful flavor and a bit of body to myriad dishes, especially soups, stews, and stir-fries.
Mirin is a sweet rice wine condiment used in many Japanese dishes. Whil some mirin contains 20 percent alcohol, most brands sold in natural food and Asian stores have only one percent alcohol.
Sweet Miso Salmon
Adapted from Monica Puri Bangia.
1 tablespoon white miso paste
2 tablespoons tamari (natural soy sauce)
2 teaspoons honey
1 tablespoon mirin
1 tablespoon butter
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Mix the miso, tamari, honey and mirin together and marinate the salmon for 2-3 hours.
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Arrange fish in a shallow dish lined with aluminum foil. Spoon the left over marinade evenly over the fish. Distribute the butter evenly over all the fillets.
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Broil 7 to 8 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
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Serve with basmati rice or fried rice.
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NEW Pacific Blue Mussels
Grown in clean swift-moving ocean waters;
Pre-cooked for added ease and quality assurance
Our mouthwatering new Pacific Blue mussels – also known as Mediterranean mussels – boast plump meats and a delicate, yet complex flavor and buttery texture.
These expertly cultivated mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) thrive in wild ocean
waters off Washington State, which are constantly monitored for purity.
They like fast-moving water free of sediment, where nutrient-rich
upwelling occurs … a perfect description of their Puget Sound environs.
Our mussels reach harvest size (approx 2-3/4 inch long) suspended in mid-water
from long-lines and rafts, which keeps them totally free of mud or grit …
the only flavor you taste is the shellfish itself!
Superior to supermarket mussels
Standard mussels you'll find in markets or online often cost less than ours per pound.
But standard mussels provide less meat than ours per pound, can contain grit, and are simply not as tasty or satisfying!
Standard mussels are a separate, less appealing species (Mytilus edulis) than ours.
Most mussels are bottom-grown off the U.S. or Canadian Atlantic coasts, and harvested by dredges ... a cheaper method that introduces grit and can damage the seafloor ecosystem. |
Certified-safe meats ... and easy to remove
By law, each batch is tested and certified by the State of Washington as safe to eat raw, before the mussels are harvested.
After harvest, our Pacific Blue mussels are cleaned, de-bearded, vaccum-packed, and immersed in hot water (170°F) for several minutes ... a process that partially cooks the mussels and makes it very easy to pull the meat from the shell.
Being State-certified as safe, they can be consumed as is or cooked further, as ...
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Oil Drilling Near Salmon Opposed by U.S. Oceans Agency
Comments cite lack of environmental impact data, and failure to address the difficulty of dealing with spills in such wild, seafood-and-wildlife-filled waters
by Craig Weatherby
Back in 2006, the Bush administration proposed lifting a long-standing ban on oil drilling in the North Aleutian Basin off Alaska.
This region includes Bristol Bay – home to the world’s largest sockeye salmon run – and part of the southeastern Bering Sea.
The proposed lease grids contain an estimated 200 million barrels of crude oil, which is about what the US imports every 16 days, plus 5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, or one-quarter of one year’s gas production from U.S. fields.
Now, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has recommended reinstating presidential protections for Bristol Bay from offshore drilling.
The agency’s position relates to the proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010-2015.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is reviewing both the Alaska portions of that current program due to a law suit, as well as this potential new 2010-2015 program that was rushed through by the Bush administration just days before the former President left office.
NOAA’s comments assert that, “The proposed timing for the first lease sale scheduled in the North Aleutian Basin (2011) would prevent acquisition of adequate and necessary baseline environmental information needed prior to any oil and gas activities in this area.”
The detailed comments note that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) failed to adequately address ...
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NEW Fall 2009 Vital Choice Catalog and e-Catalog
Our handsome guide is a great way to shop;
Try our paperless online e-Catalog!
The Vital Choice catalog presents our uncommon wild and organic foods in full color.
Organized by product category, it has all you need to place orders easily by phone, fax, and mail.
We encourage you to share the Vital Choice experience with friends and family!
Just call us at 800-608-4825 to order catalogs for yourself and others, or use the order form on our Catalog page.
Our Catalog is green
We print our catalog on eco-friendly recycled paper and soy inks.
We do this to save trees and largely replace the petroleum in inks with plant products.
And our e-Catalog is extra-green!
Our paperless “e-Catalog” is your greenest option by far!
You can browse our e-Catalog online, and then order either by phone.
Or, shop by clicking the e-Catalog pages to go to the same page on our Web site.
Just place items in your cart, resume browsing the e-Catalog, and check out when you’re done shopping.
To enlarge the text on our e-Catalog pages, just click to zoom in … and click the envelope tool to tell friends!
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