Friday, February 23, 2018

02/23 LAWRENCE WU, WUJU HOT SAUCE, NANCY BRYAN, PH.D., THIN IS A STATE OF MIND, STEVE EVANS, THE MOVIE GUY

LAWRENCE WU - FOUNDER AND CREATOR OF WUJU HOT SAUCE 

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WUJU Hot Sauce is a modern-day success story. Fresh out of college, Lawrence Wu created a hot sauce that he believed could be the next iconic condiment. It was his goal to create not just a spicy hot sauce, but a delicious blend of exotic spices that can add flavor to every meal from sunrise to sunset. After perfecting his recipe, Wu set out on the internet to build his brand. Engaging thousands of Reddit users to try his delicious recipe and give him honest feedback, Wu launched WUJU out into the world to truly phenomenal acclaim. In 2015, Wu ran a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, which fueled WUJU’s early days. Today WUJU Hot Sauce is available in some of the country’s largest chains across the country.

WUJU Hot Sauce is a thai-inspired hot sauce made with 16 all-natural ingredients including spices and flavors like agave nectar, mango, curry, and more. Hot sauces have traditionally been red and vinegary but WUJU brings you something different and new – a unique blend of agave, mustard and Thai-inspired exotic flavors. All natural WUJU is the perfect blend of flavor, because this mustard-based hot sauce mixes the sweetness of mango and agave nectar with the spiciness of habanero peppers. This unique and tasty flavor profile, paired with its incredible versatility makes WUJU hot sauce the perfect addition to any dish.

WUJU Hot Sauce is available for purchase in select Whole Foods, Safeway, Kroger, Albertsons, Central Market and in natural food stores nationwide as well as online on Amazon and wujuhotsauce.com. WUJU Hot Sauce is available in 5 oz. bottles in original and extra hot and can be purchased in a single bottle or packages of 6 or 12. Suggested retail for one 5oz bottle is $4.99.

WUJU Hot Sauce’s original logo was inspired by a photo of Lawrence’s friend Cody looking out into the sunset. Wu lost Cody to cancer several years back, but his positive outlook and bravery in the face of the horrible disease remain core inspirations for Wu in his own life and business. WUJU Hot Sauce’s new packaging design (launched in December 2017) fully integrates Cody’s sunset into the logo and package design and also includes all the labeling requirements to support mass distribution.

In remembrance of Lawrence’s dear friend Cody who lost his life after a fierce battle with cancer and for his mother who is currently battling cancer WUJU Hot Sauce helps fund, support and provide hot sauce for Cook for Your Life’s Hope Lodge Program cooking classes and dinners created for people touched by cancer.

WUJU Hot Sauce donates a portion of profits from each bottle to support cancer patients and their families. Learn more at wujuhotsauce.com.


NANCY BRYAN, PH.D. - AUTHOR, THIN IS A STATE OF MIND 

CAN ANXIETY REALLY MAKE YOU FAT?

Believe it or not, Yes! says Nancy Bryan, author of Thin is a State of Mind, The No-Stress Weight Loss Guide, who has struggled with this herself, and come out on the other side.

As if there weren’t enough to worry about when it comes to battling anxiety, now as Nancy points out, add weight gain to the list of side effects.

HERE’S WHERE NANCY CAN HELP US WITH: 
She explains the science behind how anxiety can make you fat and how with this knowledge we can combat it by making better choices. Like any chronic feelings of stress, anxiety triggers the body’s stress response, which in turn, our bodies release large amount of hormones responsible for fat formation. Elevated levels of these hormones can increase blood-sugar levels, contribute to insulin resistance and direct body fat to the abdominal region.
 Also, we tend to overeat when feeling stressed, where food becomes addictive. With compulsive or addictive eating, food functions not as nourishment but as a narcotic, which gives an artificial feeling of calm and serves to keep unwelcome thoughts out of awareness.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, AS NANCY HAS EXPERIENCED, WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO COMBAT ADDICTIVE EATING INCLUDING:

  • Turn inward to see and acknowledge if you are suffering from hidden anxiety. 
  • Replace negative thoughts and feelings with messages of calmness and serenity, which may mean anything from adjusting tiny details such as the fit of your clothes to changing your daily schedule. 
  • Don’t try to be perfect - perfectionism means having standards that are impossible to achieve.
  • Eliminate all foods you have constant cravings for - taking away the temptation altogether.

If we can remove tension, our bodies respond quickly.




STEVE EVANS - THE MOVIE GUY

GREAT MOVIES OPENING THIS WEEKEND AND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS AND HOPES. FIND OUT WHAT MOVIES ARE WORTH YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. GET SET FOR THE WEEKEND.