Health Hotline Magazine | February 2025

CONTENTS THE LITTLE SEED THAT COULD... DO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING FOR HEALTH 13 BIG GAME SPECIALS! 16 19 RECIPE: CHICKEN ANTIPASTO IT'S A VALENTINE'S DAY THINK WISELY! 20

LETTE F OM THE Iselys

Dear ebruary,

The Isely Family Now, as our cups of tea need a refill, the time has come to stop dreaming of magic and start looking for it. So, February, our parting wish is that you bring all our Natural Grocers family and friends a most delightful month, filled with whimsy and, perhaps… a little extra chocolate. OU 5 FOUNDING P INCIPLES What magic do you hold in your 28 days? And if nothing feels magical right now, how do we find it? A lot is going on in the world that we can’t control, but still, we can sit with you for a moment and consider the lovely, grounding details of being alive, because perhaps that’s where the magic’s at. Can we pour you a cup of tea? There’s hardly anything cozier or more calming than cradling a warm mug in our hands and inhaling its aromatics as the soft steam warms our cheeks, don’t you agree? And as its warmth travels through us, it makes us think of other calming, cozy moments. Soft baby snuggles. A toddler’s uproarious laughter over the “silliest” little things. A long hug shared with someone we love. Sometimes, the magic is a song on the radio, wherever we are… a coffee shop, a grocery store, or a friend’s house. It’s how a tune we didn’t personally select unexpectedly wraps us in feel-good emotions. It takes us back to a happy place in memory, or sideways to the feeling of being somewhere else, untroubled by whatever challenges we face. We find magic in the brightness a bowl full of citrus brings to a gray February day. We encounter it on an afternoon walk through a snow-dusted park, sparkling in its winter coat. It twinkles at us from that house we pass, still wearing those old-timey, colored Christmas lights even though everyone else has moved on; its belated holiday cheer makes us laugh in a good way. There’s magic in the small moments of kindness we share with strangers, in an exchange of smiles while passing on the street. It’s lingering in so many details, different for everyone. But the point is, February, you’re a fleeting month of few expectations (Valentine’s Day—we haven’t forgotten you), and maybe that means you were made for embracing the magic in ordinary moments. Perhaps your 28 days are meant for discovering that it’s lingering everywhere, even in quiet corners.

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FREE CHOCOLATE BAR! 28 FOR THE LOVE OF ORGANICS: OLIVE OIL 30 4 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PROTEIN 36

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