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In the 32 years of Nature’s Way Market in Greensburg, these have been the guiding principles, by which we live:
 The food we make available to our customers must be the purest, most natural available. Every product on our shelves has been thoroughly vetted and will continue to be measured against increasing standards. Wherever possible we choose organic products, and always look for the most natural, additive-free foods we can find.
Fresh is best. No food store in the area pays as much attention to freshness as Nature’s Way. Our years of experience dealing with preservative free food have taught us all of the most effective methods for getting it to the customer at its peak period of palatability. We favor local suppliers in order to enhance freshness as well as providing the assurance that comes from knowing the people that make our food.
Sustainability is always a factor in every decision we make. The health of this planet is more important than small conveniences or dirt-cheap prices. Whether it’s looking at impacts from producing products, disposing of waste, or consequences from their use, we will try to make choices that do the least harm to our environment. On the positive side Nature’s Way has committed to donating 1% of every sale to local environmental organizations.
Knowledge is good. We have been pioneers in health and environmental education and continue to use every opportunity to pass on information to our customers. If you have a question, we will do what it takes to find an answer.
Owner,
Kitty Tuscano
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Nutrition and Parkinson’s Disease
People with Parkinson’s disease had low vitamin D levels in a new study. Brain nerve cells involved in PD have large numbers of vitamin D receptors, which means that vitamin D is essential. In this study, doctors wanted to test for a link between PD and low vitamin D. Researchers measured vitamin D levels in about 100 participants with PD, 100 with Alzheimer’s disease and 100 healthy individuals. More than half of those with PD had low vitamin D levels, compared to 41 percent of those with AD, and 36 percent for healthy folks. The study concluded that vitamin D deficiency may have a unique association with Parkinson’s.
Archived Articles
VITAMIN D: The Essential Truth!
Source: Archives of Internal Medicine
A doctor ranked vitamin D levels in about 1,350 men. Over a 10-year period, a third of the men had a heart attack or suffered from heart disease while two thirds had no heart trouble. It was found that men deficient in vitamin D were more than twice as likely to have had a heart attack as were men with adequate vitamin D.
Vitamin B-12 a key to brain health
Neurology; 2008, Vol. 71, 826-32
In a study of brain size, doctors explained that the brain can atrophy, which increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other mental decline. Researchers measured blood levels of vitamin B12 in 107 men and women, ages 61-87, and found that those with LOW vitamin B-12 levels were six times more likely to have brain atrophy than were those with higher vitamin B-12 levels.
How nutrients manage women’s life phases
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
In an Omega-3 study, researchers explained that pregnant women often become depressed due to physical and emotional demands, but need an alternative to anti-depressant medication which may harm the baby. Previous studies link low levels of omega-3 to depression and theorize that the baby takes away from the mother’s omega-3. In the study, 24 pregnant women with depressive disorder took 3,400 mg of omega-3 fatty acids per day or a placebo. After 6-8 weeks, those individuals who took omega-3 had significantly less depression compared to placebo takers, with nearly 40 percent in the omega-3 group reporting no symptoms.
What’s good for the heart?
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: 2008; Vol. 23, No. 1
Vitamin C—Researchers in Britain measured vitamin C in the blood of over 20,000 men and women, aged 40-79 who had not had a stroke. Those who began the study with the highest vitamin C levels were more likely to use nutritional supplements and, after 10 years, were 42 percent less likely than those who began the study with the lowest vitamin C levels. Studies are showing that low vitamin C levels may help doctors better predict the risk of stroke.
Vitamin D=anti-aging
Archives of General Psychiatry; 2008, Vol. 65, No. 5, 508-12.
Two new studies reveal that people with higher levels of vitamin D may age more slowly. Researchers recruited over 2,000 women aged 18-79 and measured blood levels of vitamin-D, signs of aging in the DNA, and C-reactive protein (CRP), a sign of inflammation. The study found that women with the highest levels of vitamin D had healthier chromosomes in the DNA, representing a five-year difference in chronologic aging.
Kids benefit from omega-3s
Reference: Journal of the American Medical Association: 2007, Vol. 298, No. 12, 1420-8.
Several new studies on omega-3s, pregnant moms, infants, and young children, confirm the wide-ranging benefits of omega-3s from fish oil.
• In a 12-year study, 1770 kids whose genes or family history increased the risk for type 1 diabetes, began taking omega-3s at one year old. After six years, kids who had higher omega-3 levels in the blood were 55% less likely to have type 1 diabetes than kids with lower omega-3 levels.
• Another study showed that kids who took infant formula with fish oil for three months beginning at nine months old had more mature immune systems than kids who had taken cow’s milk, or infant formula without fish oil.
Fish Oil beneficial for healthy lifestyle
Source: Mayo Clinic
Evidence from several studies has suggested that amounts of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in the form of fish or fish oil supplements lowers triglycerides, slows the buildup of hardening of the arteries, lowers blood pressure, and reduces the risk of death, heart attack, dangerous abnormal heart rhythms, and strokes in people with heart disease. However, high doses may have harmful effects, such as an increased risk of bleeding.
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