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January is Blood Donor Month

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American Red Cross

With the calendar getting ready to flip to a new year, the American Red Cross is asking eligible blood donors to make a resolution to give blood regularly in 2015, beginning with National Blood Donor Month in January. Did you know that January is National Blood Donation Month!? Now that you do, we want all of you awesome bees who are thinking about donating to your nearest blood blank to have the cleanest blood possible…and we have a few tricks to remove all of those nasty bad toxins that may be building upon your blood.

It starts with beets, Burdock root, Himalayan salt, oregano, pineapple and tomato. These six little awesome ingredients are big supporters of your liver and bloodstream, and they give your blood a solid, oxygenized cleaning. So before you go off being a hero and saving lives, grab a Bee Energized…loaded with enough beets to make your blood sparkle.

Why we should give blood:  Blood contains many life-saving components that can help to treat different illnesses and injuries. For many people, blood donors are their lifeline. Blood donation gives a proud feeling of touching someone’s life in such a beautiful way. It’s an experience that no words can define. You have to donate blood yourself to find out. You also benefit in other ways by donating blood as it reduces the chances of ischemic heart diseases (beginning of heart problems) as frequent donations reduce the accumulated and unwanted iron load from the body. Your blood donation will also get you your blood insurance from us. By keeping the blood line flowing, you will greatly contribute towards a healthier, happier society. Do remember, any one may require blood any time including ourselves and our dear ones.

National Blood Donor Month recognizes the importance of giving blood and platelets while honoring those who roll up a sleeve to help patients in need. It has been observed during January since 1970, and that’s no coincidence. Winter is an especially difficult time to collect enough blood to meet patient needs. Unpredictable winter weather can result in blood drive cancelations, and seasonal illnesses, like the flu, may cause some donors to be unable to make or keep blood donation appointments.

Donors of all blood types are needed, especially those with O negative, A negative and B negative.

http://www.redcross.org/find-your-local-chapter

Info taken from http://www.americanredcrossblood.org/

Setting Goals for the New Year

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Dear Honey Bees,

With the New Year upon many are thinking about their resolutions for the New Year. It’s a time for letting go of the things that we may be holding onto that no longer serve us. At the same time, it’s also the perfect opportunity to bring in that which we do want and desire most.

Here are some great ways to set, achieve and maintain your goals for 2015:

Meditation. Meditation is a great prelude to setting your goals. Sit in a quiet spot and begin to breath deeply and fully. Just become aware of your breath. If other thoughts begin to arise, simply (without judgement) bring your awareness back to the breath. After a minute or so, ask yourself the 4 soul questions according to Deepak Chopra:

  • Who am I?
  • What is it that I truly want or desire?
  • What is my purpose in life (can also be stated as ‘how can I serve?’)
  • What am I grateful for? These questions are a great foundation and starting point for setting goals that are meaningful and worthwhile.

Write down your goals. After extensive research about what successful people do on a daily basis, there were a few similarities almost completely across the board – two of which were meditation and setting goals. Use a note-taking app like evernote and don’t hold back.

  • Try the train of thought exercise. Just write down what comes to your head without a filter. Don’t stop writing for about 5 minutes.
  • Go through your list and prioritize. Choose 1 or 2 main goals for the year and what you would like to accomplish for the day, week, month, quarter and year.
  • Be Specific. Instead of writing down things that are vague like “I want to start a business”, try something more concrete like, “ I want to own a yoga studio that holds ‘x’ amount of classes per day with ‘x’ amount of students per class.” State the size of the studio and how many rooms would be in it. What forms of yoga will you teach? How many employees will you have? Do you sell merchandise? Do you have a website where you sell merchandise online? Do you have guest speakers and if so how ofter? What will they teach? How much revenue will you make in one year?…You get the point.

State your Obstacles. Once you clearly know what your obstacles are, you can more easily devise a plan to conquer them. Be realistic and list everything that could be holding you back from your goals. They can be external influences, but more often than not, they are internal beliefs that with a simple acknowledgement, can be shifted – opening you up to new possibilities, new perspectives, new ideas, and a whole new life.

Ask “How will I accomplish my goals?” What are the steps you need to take to make your dreams a reality? Make a list of all the avenues and connections you can go through to make it happen.

Share your goals (but only to those that support you wholeheartedly). Get feedback on your ideas. Ask your good friends and family for their suggestions. Ask them to hold you accountable and check in for updates on your path towards completion.

Believe it into existence. If you can ‘see’ it, you can ‘be’ it. Know that ANYTHING is possible and don’t let negative thinking or anything else get in your way.

Top 10 Reasons to Give the Gift of Juice

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Top-Reasons-gift-juice-in-postWe are avid juicers and health advocates year round, but the holidays allow you to share the gift of cold pressed organic juices!

Here are our top 10 reasons why juice makes a wonderful gift:

  1. A novel gift in a beautiful package (you’ll love our old school milk bottles!)
  2. It tastes divine.
  3. It’s a great way to show your loved ones how much you care about their health (& their WHealth!)
  4. Our glass bottles are recyclable, reusable, and also returnable for $1 refund!
  5. All of our ingredients are organic.  Because we believe in juicing like you give a truck 😉
  6. Gifting juice is a great excuse to re-deux that complimentary juice tasting that got you addicted in the first place!
  7. Supporting local small businesses feels good.
  8. Also support the bees!  We wish to create awareness about the devastating decline in our food supply, which is dependent on the honeybee and bumblebee population.  Choose organic to protect those little bees please!
  9. We bee-lieve in the power of Vegucation!  Plants heal and we are here to serve you.  Gifting Juice Standard means helping your loved ones understand why and how they can better themselves through what they put in their bodies.
  10. And finally, because juice cleanse’s are simply more fun with a friend!  Juice with your friend, lover, husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend – Gift certificates are available upon request 🙂

Season’s Greetings!

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It’s that time of the year again when we find ourselves mindlessly snacking on gluten-filled sugar-pops, rich dips, casseroles and brown sugar-glazed, coco-cola ham! Our daily choices affect how we feel and how we look. Before we know it, the holidays are over and so are those comfy pants you’ve been sporting at home with the family. The Juice Standard made a promise to its bees earlier this year when we opened: we offer you the most convenient form of delicious, nutritious food, in convenient juice form. So come on in and grab a six-pack of organic cold-juice. It’s pounds of produce in every bottle. This is surely more veggies than you could ever chew and you’ll curb your appetite and boost your immune system.

The Gift of WHealth

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Give the gift of WHealth!

Can you think of another gift to give your loved ones that taste good, makes you feel good, and fills you with positive energy?!   Come in or call 702-476-9800 to order your beautifully crafted one or three day cleanse certificate and share the love of healing this holiday season.

After all, your health is your wealth!

 

Love,

Jamie & Marcella

Holiday Juiceology

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Continuing our holiday theme with this newsletter, our gift to you this season is wrapped in chocolate, spiked with peppermint and garnished with a traditional holiday candy (HINT: it’s red and white!) Mix Bee Happy, a delicious blend of filtered water, coconut water, raw cashew, raw Brazil nut, raw walnut, raw local honey, raw cacao, vanilla bean and pink Himalayan salt, with a shot or two of the holiday classic, Peppermint Schnapps, give it a little jingle bell shake with ice and serve in a martini glass. If you love chocolaty flavors, sprinkle cocoa powder on top, or if you can’t get enough peppermint, crush up some candy canes for a bee-autiful (and delicious) holiday garnish.

Couples who Juice

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Timothy Bolton & Kelsey Lane

Him: Owner of Eco Wash Auto Spa    Her: Model/Actress

 

Her: Favorite juice from The Juice Standard: Bee Royal! Even though this juice has only 4 ingredients it is my favorite, so simple and refreshing!

 

Him: Best advice you ever received: Get it in writing,,,,

Her: Best advice you ever received: The best advice I have ever received is things happen for a reason. I feel like this has helped me through the last few months with my career, things haven’t always went the way I want, but I know that things happen for a reason.

 

Him: Why you (juice) cleanse:  I want to try and live a healthy life style.

Her: Why you (juice) cleanse: I love to Juice because it makes me feel so much better! I get busy just like everyone else and sometimes that comes with not so great meal choices… haha. Even though the majority of the time I do choose healthier food, it’s nice to know I can rely on a great Juice Standard cleanse to help me back on track in those times of need!

 

Him: Person you admire most:  JFK aka…  Jack =)

Her: Person you admire most: The person I admire most is my boyfriend Tim. He has nothing but hard times the past 3 years but yet still pushes forward every day. I have never seen someone who can get so much accomplished and yet have terrible back pain like him. He never stops to think of himself (even though he should sometimes) he puts the needs of others before his own, and its admirable.

 

Him: Favorite charity organization: I don’t have one…. I like to give whatever i can when i can to no kill animal shelters.

Her: Favorite charity organization: St Judes Hospital. Any time I can donate to this charity foundation I do. I love that families everywhere have an affordable option for healthcare for their sick babies.

 

Him: Future goal(s): Governor

Her: Future goal(s): My future goals as of right now are to keep moving forward in my modeling career and eventually find where I work best and what part of the industry I love most. As of right now I’m very happy where I am, I get to do something different every week, and it keeps things exciting.

 

Him: Place you would go if you could go anywhere tomorrow:  Bora Bora….   course not sure what the weather is like this time of year… soooo not sure.  =)

Her: Place you would go if you could go anywhere tomorrow: Bora Bora. I have wanted to go there for so long! The beaches look incredible.

 

Him: How you feel after a juice cleanse:  Good

Her: How you feel after a juice cleanse: Refreshed, revived and healthy!

 

Him: Quote you live by: You cant do today’s job with yesterdays methods and expect to be in business tomorrow.

Her: Quote you live by: To be honest… I don’t really have a quote I live by. I just try to take each day as it comes, and if I’m feeling stressed I take a few deep breaths and figure it out!

 

Him: Advice you would give a new-bee juice cleanser:  Start with the sweeter ones…. they might taste off at first, but they grow on you.  I noticed when i first started, I was like… hmmmm lol but then i was like ooohhhhhh!!      =)   Work your way to the roots then the greens…..  Cant live without some sort of juice in a day now.  I literally crave it!

Her: Advice you would give a new-bee juice cleanser: Taste them all! Sometimes it can be overwhelming when you first hear about juicing or see it all for the first time. So I think it’s best to taste a little of them all and warm up to it!

 

Him: Favorite part of you: My Integrity

Her: Favorite part of you: I think my favorite part of myself is how much I truly care about someone’s well-being. I went to school for nursing because since I was a little girl I always loved helping people. I love seeing people happy and healthy J

 

Him: How you feel when you’re in The Juice Standard: Always welcome….  =)

Her: How you feel when you’re in The Juice Standard: REFRESHED! It doesn’t matter if I’m there for one juice or 6, I love, love, love the smell and refreshed atmosphere of The Juice Standard. I open my juice the second I’m in the care because I can’t wait J

 

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Do You Compost?

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Compost buckets

Start now for spring growing season!

How it works: We at The Juice Standard provide organic compost for home, and or commercial use with zero cost to you. Our nutrition mission is not only to grow healthy bodies but healthy environments as well.

We Can Help!

 

 

  • Notify a TJS Bee member and let them know what day you would like to pick up veggie-based kitchen scraps.
  • Set a date for pick up and bring by a 5 gallon bucket with a lid, to trade out.
  • On the date prearranged, we will leave a 5 gal bucket for you with your name on it. Leave in place a 5 gal bucket for the next person.
  • Instructions for how to compost are on our blog: TheHumbleBee.com

 

*We cannot hold product for more than 12 hours

 

Contact Info@thejuicestandard.com

 

 

Bee Natural Deodorant

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We here at The Humble Bee care just as much about our insides, as we do our outsides!  And we know often times, our insides are affected by the things we put on our outsides.  Because of this, we are always searching for natural replacements to our daily necessities!  Today we offer you a an aluminum free deodorant recipe that’s easy to create & WORKS!

Aluminum is the active ingredient antiperspirants rely on to keep our underarms fresh.  Unfortunately, aluminum is also a known neurotoxin that has been linked to breast cancer and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.

(Source: Mother Earth Living – Read more: http://www.motherearthliving.com/health-and-wellness/natural-beauty/natural-deodorant-zmez14jazpit.aspx#ixzz3IPux0Hdv)

Continue reading for our easy, natural, replacement to your drugstore buy…

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Benefits of Turmeric

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Turmeric for blog

Did you know November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness month?

It just so happens that several of our juices including Bee On Point, Bee True to You, Bee WHealthy and Bee Brilliant are loaded with a bee-autiful rhizome called turmeric.

This robust rhizome is commonly found in Indian cuisine, like curry, and has been linked to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s because it contains a bioactive compound called curcumin. Curcumin is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent that blocks certain molecules that travel to cells and generate chronic inflammation.

Bonus: when mixed with a pinch of cracked black pepper, it improves the body’s ability to absorb curcumin by 1000%!  Additionally, a tiny dose of curcumin has been said to have a similar effect as an anti-inflammatory prescription drug.

Because the US ranks in the top 5 countries with the highest risk of Alzheimer’s, we encourage all of our bees to take a stand and protect their brain with turmeric!

Friends Who Juice: Q&A With Lara Kronfield

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Living a healthy lifestyle is important to Kronfield, who uses juice as just one tool in her healthy-choice toolbox to achieve the kind of clarity that WHealth and glowing self can bring. Read on.

 

Name: Lara Kronfeld

What’s your favorite juice from The Juice Standard?

Bee On Point. Gives me energy throughout the day and tastes great!

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