April– June Spring 2014 Edition

News & Views To A Healthier You

REVITALIZE is back! Interested in seeing who we have lined up so far? Flip ahead to Page 8 to find out what’s in store for this year.

What the pH? Are you confused about all the information out there on pH and acid/alkaline foods and diets? Turn to page 4 to read more about it.

April May and June mean that SPRING is here, so let’s have some spring cleaning and sales going on to make 2014 that much better.

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Important Pages Acid & Alkaline

Monthly Sales

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Pages 7, 11 & 13

pH, it’s a confusing topic with plenty of good and bad information out there about it. Hear what Avena has to say about this topic and how big or small of a role this plays in the food that you’re eating and even more importantly drinking! There’s so much acidity how will you get rid of it all!

Who doesn’t like to get all those products they know and love at a discount! We have some great sales upcoming for the months of April, May and June. Look to see if a product you’ve wanted to try is on sale. What better time to test them out than when they’re on sale. Or, even better, stock up and SAVE.

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Lately there has been a lot of talk about product quality and purity, especially when it comes to those toxic ingredients that you can’t see or taste. This edition we have our GMP NHP representative Guy Bowen answer your question about heavy metals.

So, you know you want to get a better diet for your body. But where and how can you start. Look at page 12 for a simple step by step approach to eliminate the harmful acids foods from your diet and to reset your lifestyle to an optimum balance.

Avena Events in your area

Revitalize 2014 Guide

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Find out what’s in store for you this year. We’ve gone out of our way to bring totally exceptional speakers this year, and we’re still adding more. Check out who we have lined up so far, and don’t forget get your tickets EARLY. As sale pricing this year is only for the first 30 days!

Each month we have different events in many cities across Western Canada. Look and see if and when we’ll be in your area and mark it on your calendar. If you don’t see one, and you’d like one, let us know and we’ll do our best to set something up in your neighborhood.

Raw Recipes

Did You Know?

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This time we have 3 tasty recipes for you to give a go with. Depending on what you’re up for there’s smoothies, a dip and a salad dressing; so a little bit of everything. The question is what will you try from this edition?

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That your body uses natural salt to help keep proper pH? Salt is another name for Sodium Chloride; in the body it breaks up the sodium and uses that to create alkaline systems, and uses the chloride to produce stomach acid. So for those who follow low salt or no salt diets can impact the natural acidity of their stomach. ALSO Sea Salt is absolutely different compared to table salt. It’s like saying a skate board and a car are the same because they both have 4 wheels.

Gluten Soy Lactose Animal Derivatives GMO Ingredients Yeast MSG

100% Natural! Nothing Taken Away! Nothing Added!

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WELCOME Spring is here to stay! Gone is the snow and the muddy mucky vestiges of keeping our streets drivable in the winter. Now taking its place is beautiful fresh green grass, birds chirping, spring showers and the sun bringing warmer weather. With the great temperatures we’re starting to get flowers and even some early season foods. A favourite for many this time of year is fresh berries. These little tasty treats are a great addition and berries can be found all over the world, so check your local area I’m sure there’s fresh berry patches somewhere near you. A great way to help keep spring in mind is to keep your food simple and clean. Like a spring cleaning but for your body. Stick to simpler foods and meals with fewer ingredients. You can change up your snacks to be more clean food and less processed or packaged. The benefit is your health! Foods when they are more in their natural form will give you much more value when compared to any altered alternative. If you desire convenience there’s nothing faster than biting into a fresh apple, banana or bowl of berries. You can find a goal, something that you want to work towards, and then slowly make your way to that point. It doesn’t ever have to happen in one day, but rather, day by day. A great quote that can help motivate you – something that’s worth doing right, is worth doing wrong first. Meaning, all those great examples of health, they had to start from somewhere. A chef can go through many wrong try outs before they get a finalized recipe they’re happy with. So baby steps. As long as you’re moving forward you are making progress!

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Dear Avena Recently I’ve seen some information about contaminated health products. This has given me some concern. I’m wondering, do you test for heavy metals in your products? Simple answer, yes we do. The long answer is that all of our products have to meet or exceed NHP’s Quality of Natural Health Products Guide. An example of which can be found on the Health Canada Website. The heavy metal test is comprised of testing the levels of Arsenic organic and inorganic, Cadmium, Lead, Mercury and Methyl Mercury. All of our testing levels are consistent and exceed relevant international standards. For more information on the Canadian standard for natural health products go to the following link.

http://hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodnatur/legislation/docs/eq-paq-eng.php

To help further explain; each raw ingredient is tested before it reaches manufacture(1) and then the finished blended product is tested again (2) before they are shipped. Once we receive the products we send them to be also tested again independently on a rotational testing schedule as well (that makes three times). Heavy metal testing is one small part of a bigger picture in the testing process. We test according to our Product Specification Sheet that follows the guidelines set out by Health Canada. Besides the heavy metal and confirmation testing, we also perform stability testing on each product expiry to assure efficacy and safety. News & Views To A Healthier You!

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Acid & Alkaline Most of us are familiar with what foods are good for us.

your body only secrets the acid at times needed for digestion; essentially using the acid pH to turn on and off those enzymes?

Few, know that even in the giant world of food there are subtle differences between foods that make them inherently different. One example of this is how the individual foods are going to ―Does this mean alter the pH of the body. All foods can be remove all acid foods divided into three categories; those that will create either an acidic, alkaline or a or acid forming foods neutral reaction. Sounds really interesting, from your diet? No. but, what does it really mean?

Two of the most common ways that we can over acidify our bodies are stress and foods. While stress is a huge area of concern and affects the body as a whole (not just the acidity) the easiest way to have direct control over the bodies pH is through our food. Food is one of the main contributors to the overall pH of the body. Different foods are going to create different environments inside the body.

What it means is we Well first it helps to understand what the differences are. The way to measure acid, need balance.― alkaline, or neutral is through something Some will promote alkalinity, others acidity. Our body called the pH scale this is based on a range from 0 – 14. naturally runs slightly acidic, and needs to maintain that The closer to zero the pH is the more acidic the pH. Overall you body always wants to maintain compound. High alkaline is on the opposite end of the scale those in the higher numbers. A pH of 7 is considered homeostasis and keep a balanced pH. neutral. The pH scale can be incredibly deceiving, this is There are a variety of foods that will either create an because for each 1 point of difference in reality is 10 times acidic environment once consumed or maintain their low the difference. So if you have three items that have pHs of pH. The opposite can also be true of alkaline based & 8, 9 and 10. Then you can tell that the item with the pH of alkaline forming foods. If you take something like a 9 is 10x stronger than that of the 8, and the pH of 10 is lemon which is naturally acidic, if you were to test the pH 100x stronger than the pH of 8 (10x stronger than the 9). of a lemon it would be below 7. The interesting thing is that this same acidic lemon when you consume it The body’s pH tends to have a very specific range that releases its acidity and creates an can’t change; even a slight shift can create devastating alkaline ash or residue. effects. If you imagine your blood, stomach acid, muscle So those lemons are actually tissue and skin all have natural pH balances. If your skin alkaline forming. Whereas gets too alkaline you can experience dry skin, eczema, something like dandruff or acne. Similarly in your stomach which needs a dairy which strong acidity to start the process of breaking down your ingested food. Plus, there are many enzymes that exist only comes with a slightly acidic in your stomach that have a very small pH window in which they operate. So pH issues in the stomach can result pH, but when consumed retains that acidity and keeps that within the body. in hampered digestion. At the same time, you don’t want these aggressive enzymes working all the time in your Does this mean remove all acid foods or acid forming stomach, but only when there’s food present. Which is why foods from your diet? No. What it means is we need Did You Know?

Drinking alkaline water is OK, but shouldn’t be done out of context. Very high alkaline water is uncommon in nature, so you wouldn’t want to consume vast amounts of it artificially. Yes, it can be good, but it shouldn’t be the foundation of the diet and all the water you drink. Most water in nature is balanced or slightly acidic. It’s the dissolved minerals in water that increase the pH (make it more alkaline), but even being exposed to air and carbon dioxide can lower the pH of water.

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Acid & Alkaline balance. We need to make sure that we eat more raw and fresh foods that are more on the alkaline side of things. Why concentrate on alkaline foods when many areas of our body are naturally acidic? Because there are so many outside factors that will lower our alkalinity too much. Stuff like stress will drop your pH drastically. Stress kills enzymes and dampens many components of the body. When you’re in a state of anxiety or adrenaline your pH is falling fast. It’s our body’s natural response, but it’s not designed to do that long term. Sometimes people will mistakenly drop out all acid forming food from their diet. This is not a great long term solution. We need to flush out and cleanse the acid waste and residue caused from an overly acidic body (the Did You Know? vast majority of us are too acidic versus too Raw almonds are slightly acidic, but when alkaline). Simply just soaked and sprouted become alkaline eliminating one side of forming in the body; giving you one more great reason to soak those the equation; in this case nuts and seeds. the acidic foods, will not balance the situation but rather create a lopsided answer. In the same way that taking calcium pills are nothing but temporary relief for heartburn. These ultra high alkaline products actually hinder digestion by promoting too high of a pH inside the stomach. (Calcium Carbonate is one of the most alkaline products on the market.) Many store bought ‘high alkaline’ waters have added in either calcium carbonate or sodium carbonate to raise the pH. This is not the best answer either. Any extreme is never going to be great for the body, especially taken in large quantities or prolonged periods of time.

Use this short list to as a reference for your favourite foods. Keep in mind that most foods get more acidic when cooked. Pasta

Black Tea

Processed Foods

Microwaved Foods

Chocolate Soda Wine Cheese

Vinegar Pastries Pork Lamb

Coffee Wheat Popcorn Beef

Tomato Juice Beer White Bread

Prunes

Cooked Beans Sugar

Canned Fruit White Rice Rhubarb Molasses

Potatoes Without Skins

Salted Butter Chicken Turkey

Navy, Black & Pinto Beans

Lentils

Milk, Yogurt Most Grains Plums Eggs Tea Fish

Fruit Juices Brown Rice Processed Juice

Kidney & Lima Beans

Coconut Cooked Spinach

Optimal pH for Human Blood is 7.365 Most Tap Water Oil, Except Olive Oil Sea Water Spring Water Apples Tomatoes Olives

Avocados Wild Rice Strawberries Grapefruit Almonds Turnip

Most Lettuce

Pears Kiwi

Raw Spinach Lemons & Limes

Carrots

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Black Berries

Sweetened Fruit Juice

unsoaked Nuts

Olive Oil Tangerines Grapes

The best way to even out the body and to start fresh is by cleansing and detoxifying the leftovers by means of balanced foods, enzymes; probiotics and bowel cleansing (even water) will help to restore the proper pH in the body. Once you have that you can grow a healthy foundation for yourself; one that is safely balanced.

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What is the pH being formed from the foods you are eating?

Bell Peppers Pineapple

Blueberries Raw Peas

Melons

Figs & Dates

Sweet Potatoes Raw Zucchini

Cucumbers Asparagus Collards Artichokes Raw Celery Raw Broccoli

Cauliflower Red Cabbage

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Acid & Alkaline a diet that is predominantly plant based and raw/ unprocessed. This is what is going to give you the maximum amount of nutrients and vitality. As a bonus when the majority of your food is plant based you’re going to get more alkaline forming foods as well. It’s a must to look at your diet as the foundation of all your health and well-being. The better food that you consume the greater your results are going to be.

This is what’s going to give you optimum results long term. This is why Avena suggests a higher alkaline forming diet. Because stress and outside factors are going to naturally decrease your pH. Plus when you consider many of our elemental nutrients that are a requirement for life are acidic you should offset this with alkaline food.

Cleaner food will result in a better functioning body and mind. To do that we need more consistency and stability with foods we eat. The greater your consistency the better you’ll feel overall.

What elemental ingredients are naturally on the acidic side? Many of them are essential nutrients like amino acids, enzymes, probiotics, vitamins (ascorbic acid).

We are always a reflection of what we eat. So keeping a simple diet that is full of unprocessed natural living foods will create a more vibrant you. A body that’s rich in life and natural energy and vitality is what we should all have as a goal. A great foundation diet that’s balanced in alkaline foods will give you a vibrant body, a true vision of health. This is why how we fuel our bodies is the key to everything! Start small then gradually build until you find your own balance. Above all remember to keep it simple, keep it clean, keep it green and you’ll produce the best you that you can!

We need these to function well and live a healthy and happy life. This is why we need to stabilize our bodies through our foods. There are those who do not recommend supplements like enzymes or probiotics because they are acid forming. If you were to judge everything based purely on acidic or not this would also apply to vitamin c, healthy fats and proteins (amino acids). To completely remove anything from the diet is unbalance and unnatural. Imagine a set of scales that measure and weigh out all you do, if you take out everything on one side, suddenly your scales are tipped and skewed. Just like eliminating all the vitamin C from your diet.

The Water Myth Many may have heard not to drink water with a meal or you’ll dilute your stomach acid. With most of us slightly dehydrated it’s never a great practice to limit how much water you drink or when. As far as your stomach and the acid, the natural reaction when the stomach feels added volume is to increase the acidity in the stomach. As well many foods naturally contain water, especially fruits and melons. If you’re concerned you can be cautious and wait a few minutes, but if you're thirsty drink your water.

Sure the first few days maybe even weeks you wouldn’t notice. Over time the fact that it’s missing will start to become increasingly apparent. What happens is that after awhile diseases and illnesses can become present when vitamin C is missing. This is not the answer. Eliminating nutrients and parts of food because we’re worried will not now, or ever, create a healthy life. It’s about balance. Stay balanced by drinking clean filtered water, consuming News & Views To A Healthier You!

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This time we’re doing it IN STYLE. We have some great guests already lined up to fill your ears and eyes with incredible in You’ll have the health adventure of your lives spread across a 3 day weekend. Start with an some great local experts extraordinary documentary on Friday then on to top notch speakers and motivators all day Saturday. Midway take a rest w high raw plant based gala dinner on Saturday night. Then when you think it can’t get any better, wake up on Sunday to m speakers, including Dr. William Davis from Wheat Belly!

This event is going to blow your mind! Full of information and motivation.

RAW-VITALIZE GALA DINNER

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William Davis MD

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Author of the New York Times Bestseller; WHEAT BELLY. Dr. Davis is a true advocate for a healthier nation. Learn in his words all about a Frankenfood we might commonly recognize as wheat; how it’s impacting our health, and not in the way we’ve been told. He’s one of the leading natural health researchers and speakers today. Dr Davis will discuss how wheat has the ability to harm our bodies, even for those without a gluten sensitivity or celiac disease. Good foods create healthy bodies, but it’s important to distinguish what foods are doing more positive than negative. Dr Davis will help shed new light on the myths and hype about wheat and it’s ‘benefits’. Be aware you’re going to learn more

Jeremy Seifert

Director & Producer of GMO OMG

We’ve come across a documentary that’s incredible and amazing. It gives those who watch it a new way to look at your food; at what exactly are you eating. More importantly it makes you think and ask yourself, what is happening to the food industry and what we can do. The documentary follows a man and his family on a quest for just that – more information about food; specifically about getting good clean and unaltered food. Should be easy right, well depends where you look. Join us for an extra special screening of OMG GMO at this year’s conference. Plus, we’ll also have Jeremy do a discussion talk during the conference so that those who can’t attend Friday’s screening will still be able to hear about GMOs.

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Seldom do you encounter a man who is as dedicated to the martial arts as Peter Thomas. Equal in his passion and commitment to the martial arts the requirement of feeding and fueling his body in perfect balance. One that he chooses to do so via plant based abundance that creates a strong body and mind that is as clear and precise as his fighting prowess. From these years of consistent training and practice with elite level instructors he’s reached one of the highest levels of Muay Thai (Thai Boxing); that of a full instructor. This brought him to the notice of Hollywood producers and he’s become a stunt double, stunt coordinator and fight choreographer. Peter is a shining example of an athlete in their prime that fuels their bodies on clean, nutrient dense, living foods. ~Peter Thomas has trained and holds rankings in many of the martial arts and has been trained by notable teachers Ramon Dekker’s (Dutch Kickboxing) and Dan Inosanto (Jeet Kune Do - Bruce Lee’s Martial Art).

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A revolutionary chef who specializes in RAW and Living foods. But his talents go beyond that; he’s worked with many clients by coaching them back to vibrant and radiant health. He does this by guiding them off the path of destructive eating and onto a highway of livings foods that directs them to wellness and vitality. His unique approach combines healthy living practices and exercises with living foods. Because putting LIFE in your body will create a body LIVING in health. If you were lucky enough to see him on stage in 2013 this talk will be his follow up; which is sure to inspire, educate and empower you even more.

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Now What For pH?

So you want to incorporate more balanced foods and higher alkaline foods but how do you do that. How do you get started on eating healthier for your pH? Well it’s all about the food. First you want to eliminate as much processed and chemically altered food as possible. Foods such as hot dogs and prepackaged box meals are going to do more harm inside your body. Not only for the pH of the system but the overall nutrition just isn’t there. You can also drop out, or drastically reduce your consumption of coffee, soda and alcohol (or any derivative of each). These drinks will all contribute to a lower or more acidic pH inside your body. If you want to take it a step beyond these drinks, you can also take another look at your store bought ‘fruit juice’ or milk. Making your own juices or finding better sources of milk will give you better pH, but they’ll also be cleaner than the alternative. Look at orange juice; the stuff from the store goes sour and acidic in months, fresh homemade oj – days. Once you’ve eliminated or removed most of the foods that have been causing the problem you can go deeper. Cleansing the body is a great way of flushing the system and providing a reset. Simple ways to do this are through the use of products like the Herb Cocktail that will cleanse your colon and remove the impacted waste that has accumulated there. The benefit to something like the Herb Cocktail is that it works beyond just the colon and into the whole body. Cleansing the colon is just scratching the surface because once you have that functioning well the entire system benefits. Two other products you can look at are the Enzymes and Probiotics. Probiotics will help restore and rebalance your intestinal pH and bacterial balance for the better. Enzymes (when taken on an empty stomach) are going to clean out areas of the body like the blood. They will also help by cleaning up all those undigested proteins that are acidic waste in your blood, intestines and other regions.

types of raw fruits, veggies, seeds and other foods that you’re eating. Try to maintain around 80% alkaline forming foods and 20% acidic (we don’t need perfection only progression). Examples of the good for you alkaline foods are things like sprouted nuts & seeds, green leafy vegetables, lemons, watermelon, asparagus, carrots and hot peppers (capsicum). An ideal lifestyle should have some or many of these alkaline foods on a daily basis. To balance you’ll need some acidic food. The key though is to choose the best or most positive acidic or acid forming foods as possible. A homemade cultured yogurt with berries would be slightly acidic but is better for you than say a cup of coffee and a bagel loaded with cream cheese. Each of these can be considered breakfast foods, so choose wisely. If you want to go above and beyond you can review your supplements. Isolated things are not in their natural state, so their pH is going to be skewed. You can aim to have whole food ingredients to give you better products, but also better acid/ alkaline balance. A product like Avena’s Superfood is naturally very alkaline and alkaline forming. Even the Electric C will be great for balancing internal pH. There are a number of different items that you can use. When in doubt, if anything is on an extreme side of the pH scale it’s not something to be taken in great volumes. Apple Cider Vinegar is a perfect example. This is a great product taken in small amounts to give that boost (like 1oz per serving). But, this is not something you’d like to drink an entire glass or more of daily. Lastly hydrate yourself. Keep your water levels high enough that you can keep proper hydration. Water is a great way to gently cleanse, balance and flush your body of that acidic residue. So drink your water! Right beside water in importance is exercise. It’s a wonderful means of detoxifying, cleaning and encouraging health. Not to mention healthy muscle stability, cardiovascular health and lymphatic balance. But if you push yourself too hard too fast or you’ll get sore muscles. Lactic acid builds in the muscle tissue and you feel it while you’re working the muscle.

When you feel you’ve cleansed and given your body that clean slate to work with then you can concentrate on the

At Avena we suggest 80/20. It’s not balanced as in 50-50 but it’s because of things like stress, chemicals, outside lifestyle choices (maybe you can’t give up coffee). It’s always better to err on the side of caution and prevention.

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High grade oils will always replace and eliminate lesser grade oils. When it comes to your face you only want the highest and purest of oils, use Avena’s Precious Oils to gently cleanse and hydrate your face at the same time.

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Enjoy some of the Avena Team’s favourite Recipes. Never Dull, ALWAYS exciting, refreshing and fun!

RAW white bean HUMMUS Ingredients: 1 cup soaked white beans 1-2 tbsp of raw tahini 1 clove of garlic ½ cup soaked chick peas Juice of 1-2 lemons Dash of Sea Salt **Try adding spice with cayenne or jalapeno to give this dip a boost. Or you can try herbs like basil or paprika for a change of flavour.

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth and creamy. If it

doesn’t reach desired creaminess you can try adding water to thin the mixture.

Mango Smoothie

By Ilaria Gaynor Ingredients:

1 cup of coconut water Juice of one lime 1 mango 6 mint leaves

¼ tsp of turmeric (add more depending on preference) Ice

Directions:

1. Blend ALL ingredients in a high speed blender. Serves 1 – 2

Creamy Cucumber Salad Dressing Ingredients:

1 – 2 cups of RAW yogurt 1 handful of fresh diced dill 1 tsp fresh ground pepper 1 large cucumber or 2 1 tsp Sea Salt 2 cloves of fresh garlic medium cucumbers Juice of one lemon (Optional onion powder, garlic powder, extra dill, hemp oil)

Directions:

1. Put everything into the blender and blend until smooth. If using fresh dill leave that until mixture is blended then stir in the fresh dill. Put in container; if you want you can let it set for one hour to thicken. News News & & Views Views To To A A Healthier Healthier You! You!

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Winter 2014 2013 Edition Edition Spring

By Avena Originals MESSAGE FROM MANAGEMENT Just an announcement about some changes to our products. There are a few products that we will no longer be carrying. At the time of publishing we’re now discontinuing: Power C and Agave Nectar. Products that have already run out and will not be coming back are our Pet Care Products and deodorants. Also some product changes, with our Silver Colloid Product we’re now able to see a version that is approved for use. This new blend has been upgraded from 15ppm to 30 ppm. The bottle is also updated; we’ve increased the size and added a spray nozzle, because of this there is now only one sizing option. In Sept 2013 there was a large fire at the Hemp Warehouse. This has drastically altered the availability of any products we carry that contain organic hemp. Because of this we will not be getting in new Hemp Seeds or Hemp Oil. This may change in the future but for right now we cannot carry this product. This same fire also caused an increase in cost for hemp which in turn affects our brand new RP3’s. So we’ve had to adjust the price to reflect this. We’re hoping this price increase is only temporary. We will keep you updated on the hemp news.

Thank you all for your patience, Avena Management

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