無添加！天然100％シベリア産　天然シダーナッツオイル. 日本国内では、シダーナッツオイルは通常カプセルに詰められ経口で服用したり、アイクリームとして用いられています。日本のシダーナッツオイルは商業化されますメディアでも紹介されている為、高額で大量生産用に殺菌されてしまっています。商業化された製品ではなく、最も自然に近い形でシダーナッツオイルを入手できないかと国内外で探し、シベリア産のシダーナッツオイルにたどり着きました。

シベリア産の “Ringing Cedars” と呼ばれるシベリア杉（学名：シベリアマツ）をお聞きになった事があるかと思います。”Ringing Cedars”のオイルは、原生林の手摘みによる松の実から、フィルターや殺菌行程も無く、手作業による低温圧搾（コールドプレス）で採取されます。カレリア地方からサンプルが届き私を含めた数人にて試用したところ、感触は非常にスムースで、目の周囲の肌部分を保護し、しわの発生を防ぎ、肌の保湿効果にも優れている事が確認できました。オイルの品質を定めるにあたり、松の実の採取方法、製造業者、製造工程、梱包発送状態、管理状態を非常に重用視しました。自然からの採取による100％天然で、保存料・人工物・GMO・香料・着色料を一切含まず、人工精製もしていないところがこだわりです。オイルは、生産者から直接出荷されます。現在まで、アレルギー（特に杉アレルギー）や副作用の報告はされていません。 Continue reading →

I would like to introduce a new skin cream―Natural Cedar Oil from Siberia. In Japan, cedar oil is sold in small capsules to take orally, or to use as an eye cream —apply the cream around the eyes. Japanese cedar oils is well commercialized in mass-media which is pricy, and is sterilized for mass production. I wanted a real natural cedar oil, so I researched it all over the world. I had come to find a Siberian Cedar Oil. You may have probably heard about the “Ringing Cedars” of Siberia.The oil of  “Ringing Cedars” is fully hand-made, unfiltered, unpasteurized and certainly squeezed by cold pressing. I was lucky to find a family in Karelia, who shipped the cedar oil sample to my home in Japan. Continue reading →

Do you eat your nuts without soaking them? If so, you should know it’s not good for you. All nuts, grains and legumes have phytic acid. By soaking nuts, you are breaking down phytic acid. If you eat nuts that haven’t been soaked, phytic acid binds to minerals in the gastrointestinal tract and can’t be absorbed in the intestine. And many bound minerals can lead to mineral deficiencies. Also, all nuts have enzyme inhibitors that are very hard to digest. By soaking nuts, you neutralize all enzymes and allow them for proper digestion. Other reputed benefits soaking nuts and seeds will begin the sprouting process which bumps up their nutrient profile considerably.
Every time after I bought my nuts and seeds, grains and legumes I soak and dry them in a dehydrator to keep ready to use anytime. You do not have to do same of course, maybe it’s easier for you to soak nuts before you will use them. Also if you eat grains, always try to soak them minimum for 40 minutes. Phytic acid is bad not only for digestion, but also for your teeth. All nuts have different time of soaking. Than harder are nuts, then the longer time of soaking. For example, almonds should be soaked around six hours or more, but soft cashew nuts should be soaked not more than two hours, they will change to violet color, what is not good. One more terrific reason to soak nuts, especially walnuts and almonds, have a much more appealing taste after they are soaked and rinsed. 🙂

You can easy find raw nuts in Japan in online shops and also in some health food shops and markets. Raw is “Nama” in japanese, simply search kanji  生.  Unfortunately, not all raw nuts are really raw in Japan. To check if they are raw I usually sprout them. For example, I could not sprout raw almonds from Costco. You can find organic raw nuts at the Lohas online shop and Alishan. But if you dont mind about not organic nuts, you can go to Ameyoko market near Ueno station in Tokyo and find Kojima-ya nuts and dry fruits shop.

Don’t forgets to soak your nuts before you eat them!