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Commune with Jeff Krasno

427. Healing Through Food and Conscious Capitalism with Neka Pasquale

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6654 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

When her private practice in Chinese medicine and acupuncture showed that food was the best medicine for treating pre-diabetes and chronic inflammatory disease, Neka Pasquale founded Urban Remedy – a certified B-corporation – to make healthy eating more accessible. In this episode Neka talks about how she scaled her business in alignment with her principles and which ingredients she uses to heal herself and others

In this episode we cover:
0:04:02 – Neka's Background
0:10:34 – Chinese Medicine
0:16:08 – Herbs
0:21:21 – Inflammatory Foods
0:23:14 – Organic Certifications
0:29:00 – GMO Foods
0:36:16 – Meat
0:44:56 – Anti-Inflammatory Foods
0:50:49 – B-Corp Certification
1:00:40 – Scaling and Preserving Principles
1:15:41 – Challenges
1:12:38 – Urban Remedy
1:28:52 – Sweeteners

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Today on the show, I welcome Nika Pascuale.

0:15.2

Nika is the founder of Urban Remedy, a certified B Corporation offering organic non-GMO and low glycemic juices,

0:24.8

meals, and snacks. She is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, certified Chinese nutritionist,

0:31.5

and the author of Urban Remedy, the four-day Home Cleanse Retreat.

0:37.0

Anika has grown Urban Remedy from one singular storefront to nationwide distribution

0:42.9

in order to make healthy food more accessible to more people.

0:48.4

In our conversation, we discuss what it's like to be a female founder and board member of a company

0:54.0

that has raised over $70 million

0:56.5

while also staying true to her mission of healing people and the planet. She reveals how she

1:03.8

combines acupuncture and Chinese and functional medicine with cutting edge nutrition and

1:09.8

lifestyle modifications to create optimal health.

1:13.5

And we cover the healing power and energetics of food, regenerative agriculture,

1:19.3

and how it relates to living in harmony with nature and how to improve health and nutrition

1:25.9

using foods, herbs, and spices.

1:29.4

And before we dive in, I want to let you know about some of our programs on the Commune

1:34.4

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1:35.8

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1:39.5

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1:46.2

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1:53.4

Just go to Onecommun.com slash trial. And please support this podcast by subscribing and leaving a review on your favorite podcatcher.

2:03.9

It really makes a huge difference.

2:06.0

Okay, so without further delay, I present to you Nica Pasquale. Nika Pascuali, welcome to the commune podcast.

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