Organic Foods

Organic Foods

 

organicsYou Are What You Eat! Did you know that if you consumed an average apple you would be eating over 30 pesticides, even after you have washed it? The quality of food has definitely gone down since the second world war. For instance, the levels of vitamin C in today’s fruit bear no resemblance to the levels found in wartime fruit. Organic food is known to contain 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed.

The most common benefit of organic foods is that of taste. There are also environmental aspects such as fewer chemicals in the soil leading to less erosion of the countryside and pollution of our rivers with nitrates. There are also benefits to the animals and people who live and work on the farms. Organic farms grow a mix of crops and therefore encourage a balanced Ecosystem.

Organic foods have higher levels of many disease-fighting antioxidants and essential vitamins, including Vitamin C. Some of the products we carry here at HYGEIA are hemp seed, flax seed, chia seed, quinoa, beans, lentils and psyllium husks. Most of our grains come from a Saskatoon-based distributor who carry’s the popular brand name GREENBOY.

Here is a list of our most popular Organic products:

  • Simply Organic Spices and Dips
  • Almond Butter
  • Hazelnut Butter
  • Cashew Butter
  • Sunflower Seed Butter
  • Pumpkin Seed Butter
  • Valencia Peanut Butter
  • Sesame Tahini
  • Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
  • Apple Sauce
  • Baby Brown Rice Cereal, Oatmeal, Mixed Grain Cereals by Healthy Times
  • Amy’s Organic Soups
  • Eden Foods Tomatoe Sauces/Pizza Pasta Sauces
  • Madhava Agave Nectar
  • Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Spectrum Oils: Sesame, Walnut, Safflower, Peanut, Almond, Avocado
  • Coconut Oil
  • Red Palm Oil
  • Coconut Vinegar
  • Coconut Aminos
  • Coconut Syrup
  • Himalayan Salt (Coarse and Fine)
  • Chicken & Beef Broth
  • Chicken & Beef Bone Broth
  • Balsalmic Vinegar
  • Three Farmers Camelina Oil
  • Three Farmers Chick Peas & Pea Pops
  • Tamari and Soy Sauce

Juices:
Cranberry, Tart Cherry, Sour Cherry, Apple, Lemon

Flours:
Almond Meal/Flour, Coconut Flour, Soy Flour, Oat Flour, Teff Flour, Amaranth Flour, Quinoa Flour, White and Brown Rice Flour, Arrowroot Flour, Potato Flour, and Fava Bean Flours

Grains/Seeds:
Quinoa, Chia Seeds, Ground Flax, Brown/Gold Flax Seeds, Lentils, Wheat, Rye, Wheat, Oats

Beans:
Lima, Pinto, Navy, Turtle, Kidney, Soy

Nuts:
Brazil, Cashews, Pecan, Almonds, Mixed Deluxe, Walnuts, Pistachio

Seeds:
Sunflower, Pumpkin, Fenugreek, Chia

Miscellaneous:

  • Teas
  • Coconut Palm Sugar
  • Maple Syrup
  • Organic Raw Honey
  • Local Unpasteurized Honey
  • Stevia: Liquid (multiple flavours), Packets, Tabs, Powder
  • Erythritol, Xylitol and Monk Fruit Natural Sweeteners
  • Pysllium Husks & Psyllium Husk Powder
  • Wheat Germ, Wheat Bran
  • Oat Bran & Oat Flour
  • Hemp Hearts
  • Dark Chocolate (a wide variety of dark chocolate bars)
  • Sea Salt, Himalayan Salt, Real Salt
  • Raw Cacao Powder, Nibs and Beans
  • Raw Cacao Butter and Cacao Paste
  • Goji Berries and Goji Berry Powder
  • Moringa Powder
  • Maca Powder