Announcement: Green PolkaDot Box Launches its Organic Online Savings Club

Let’s face it; most of us want to eat healthier. But it seems almost impossible for a couple of fundamental reasons: no convenient market that carries organic fruits, veggies, supplements, and packaged and prepared foods; or, maybe more importantly in the age of the internet, organic foods are simply less affordable than conventional foods.

Here at Global Healing Center we are constantly searching for ways to provide our customers with information to help them achieve optimal health. Our most recent discovery is Green PolkaDot Box— an online buyers’ club that sells many organic foods, natural nutritional supplements, and other organic products at prices lower than MSRP that ship directly to any zip code in the US, no trip to the market necessary.

Natural News labels Green PolkaDot Box as the most promising company to compete with Whole Foods.

Green PolkaDot Box is an online buyers’ club/membership store, similar to Sam’s Club and Costco, for those who are familiar with them. You must purchase an annual membership, but the small fee usually pays for itself fairly quick with the savings, depending on how much and how often you buy. Once you have a membership, you can start saving up to 60% immediately and, as an added bonus, orders over $150 are shipped free in the United States.

Club Membership ($50/yr)- Entitles you to 12 months of shopping privileges, the free shipping bonus on orders over $150 and access to their Learning Center.

Rewards Membership ($125/yr)- Includes all of the above, plus it allows you to earn rewards points- 1 point for every dollar spent. These points can be used to purchase products from Green PolkaDot Box. This membership level also works like a multi-tier affiliate program, earning you points for purchases made by other people that you refer to the program.

We encourage our readers to buy from their local farmers as much as they can to support the farmers’ economy and reduce the overall carbon footprint; remember, all of the extra energy consumed in transportation takes its toll on the planet. When buying local is not an option, Green PolkaDot Box will soon offer farm-to-consumer fresh produce that will ship from America’s organic farms directly to its members using an innovative chilling technique to keep it fresh. Earn rewards points for fresh organic fruits and veggies delivered right to your door!

Save up to 60% off organic and non-GMO products. Some of these products are currently being sold at Whole Foods at a higher price.Free shipping on orders over $150, anywhere in the US.Earn rewards points for your purchases and your referrals’ purchases that you can use to get free products.Saves you time when doing your grocery shopping.

Visit www.greenpolkadotbox.com to start saving now on your organic foods.

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Study: Leafy Green Vegetables May Boost Your Immune Defenses

Heated battles have raged across the world’s dinner tables for about as long as anyone can remember. The topic of this unending debate? Vegetables.

Despite their most valiant efforts many parents still struggle with their kids about eating their nightly serving of greens. Visiting your local farmers markets, fresher produce and more interesting/flavorful recipes have been helping to slowly turn the tide, but arming yourself with a little extra knowledge before going into battle doesn’t usually hurt either.

According to newly presented research, eating green vegetables may be an even better way to our bodies healthy than we could have possibly guessed. In addition to being a well-known source of vitamins, minerals, and essential nutrients, not to mention both soluble and insoluble dietary fiber, it seems that green vegetables of all types are also a key source of specialized chemical signals that our immune systems use to self-communicate.

Researchers working with the Barbraham Institute, an independently operated biomedical science center closely aligned with Cambridge University in England, have discovered a new connection between cruciferous, or leafy green vegetables, body-wide immune response.

By examining the effects of an artificially controlled diet, completely lacking and green vegetable matter, in laboratory mice, the Barbraham researchers were able to show a marked decline in immune capability over a relatively short span of time. In fact, in as little as two to three weeks, most of their test mice showed a staggering 70-80% reduction in intra-epithelial lymphocytes (IELs)—a fundamental component of healthy immune function in most mammals, including both mice and humans.

Seeing this, the researchers were able to then trace a complex, multistage relationship between specific chemical compounds found in green cruciferous vegetables, IEL cells, and a cell-surface protein, scientifically referred to as aryl hydrocarbon receptors (AhRs). Essentially, they believe that the chemicals found primarily in these vegetables trigger activity in AhR proteins, which in turn seem to at least partially regulate the production of IEL cells throughout the body.

What’s more, AhR proteins play their own additional role in immune defense outside of IEL production. While IEL cells are best known for destroying foreign and infectious material to protect their parent organism, AhR also help to maintain intracellular genetic integrity by acting as a sort of glue which holds DNA together and makes it less vulnerable to attack.

The research team behind this initial investigation is however quick to point out that their findings are only preliminary, and have so far only been examined in laboratory animals. A great deal of additional study is still needed to determine whether or not these same chemical relationships fully apply to humans. But we do know for a fact, that consuming more and more green vegetables are definitely a great way to improve your diet.

While these new findings may be a bit abstract for some kids to really sink their teeth into, it doesn’t change the fact there they give us all yet another reason to make sure get in our daily servings of green vegetables — even if they aren’t always our favorite thing on the menu.

Are you getting enough leafy green vegetables in your diet? Let’s discuss, in the comments below!

~Dr. G

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