November 7th, 2007
In Organico Bantry we recommend Quest’s Kyolic Garlic as the best garlic supplement. Kyolic Garlic is an aged garlic product which is made from organic garlic, which from the very start makes it differnt from other garlic products on the market. Aging garlic sounds like a strange thing to do but in fact it makes a stronger, more stable product which has more uses than garlic oil or garlic powder and is less irritating to the digestive system. Unlike most foodstufs, processing, and specifically aging, does miraculous things to garlic. It triggers the formation of a cascade of compounds that do not already exist in garlic.
Kyolic has been researched extensively for over 50 years, resulting in over 550 peer-reviewd articles reporting studies showing the following effects:
- Cardio-protection - enhances and reduces a wide range of cardiovascular risk factors including elevated homocystine, serum cholerterol, triglycerides and platelet aggregation
- Liver detoxification - protects the liver by quickly eliminating toxic chemicals. An effective heavey metal eliminant.
- Immune -enhancement - enhances various exssential immune factors such as macrophages, T-lymphocytes, natural killer cells and anti-body generation.
- Protection from oxidents and radiation - contains anti-oxident phytochemicals that prevent oxident damage.
- Anti-stress and anti-fatigue - improvews physical strangth and reduces stress and fatigue
- Anti-cancer - inhibits development and growth of tumours.
- Anti-candida - anti-fungal properties
- anti-aging and anti-depression -improves memory function, enahnces nerve growth and improves serotonin utilisation.
The conditions that Kyolic Garlic has been shown to help include:
- Circulation problems including Reynaud’s Disease (in as little as 90 minutes)
- Blood Pressure - Kyolic Garlic has been shown to reduce Hypertension (raised blood pressure) in as little as 3 days
- Cholesterol - Kyolic has been shown to raise LDL cholesterol levels over a period of 3 - 6 months
- Candida infection - Kyolic has been shown to have powerful anti-fungal properties and to promote the growth of friendly bacteria, along with an anti-candid diet of course!
- Anemia (in 61 % of patients)
- AIDS - because of immune boosting properties
- Cancer
It is reasonable to look at Kyolic as a substitute for a multi-vitamin, as it aids the digestive system, the nervous system, the circulatory system, it detoxifies the liver, is an anti-oxident, increases whith blood cells and lowers cholesterol.
Choosing the right Kyolic product is very important (300mg Kyolic is best for Candida infections) as is having the right safety advice (you should not take Kyolic if you are taking Warfarin for example). For information on alternative health call in to Organico and talk to one of our highly trained staff who can advise you.
Remember - always consult a qualified medical/health practioner if you have a health issue.
Organico Shop, Glengarriff Rd., Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland. Phone +353 (0)27 51391
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October 6th, 2007
Organico Cafe in Bantry has high speed broadband internet access in it’s Cafe.

We have state of the art Dell Optiplex PC’s and also Laptop connection stations. So if you need high speed internet access in Bantry, call in to Organico on Glengarriff Road and enjoy an organic coffee while you surf the net…
Our Cafe is spacious and full of light. Enjoy browsing the web in a comfortable enviroment with friendly staff and delicious snacks made in our bakery.
Organico Cafe, Glengarriff Rd., Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland. Phone +353 (0)27 55905
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July 25th, 2007
This is very important -please sign this petition. If the Eu are allowed to ‘harmonise’ our supplements we will lose vitamins such as vitamin C for no good reason! Do you know anybody who has suffered from taking vitamins? How many people who have benefited? If you feel strongly that you and your families should be allowed to continue taking vitamin C and B Complex and calcium without needing to get a prescription, please visit
http://irishhealthstores.com/
and sign the petition you find there. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested. If you live in the UK, please visit:
http://www.consumersforhealthchoice.com
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July 12th, 2007
Organico Cafe is delighted to host the Festival Club (18.00 - 21.00)
Entry is free - come along and enjoy a glass of wine and a bite to eat while you enjoy some great literary company. Events scheduled include a Read Dating Game, impromptu sessions, music and a very exciting line up of Guest Authors…
See you here!
Organico Cafe - 3 Glengarriff Road Bantry
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June 6th, 2007

If you are down in West Cork on holiday or need a break look no further!The Horseshoe Cottage B & B is ideal for a break on Sherkin Island. One of the most beautiful of West Cork’s islands, Read the rest of this entry »
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June 6th, 2007

Jan de Vries visited Organico recently and gave 53 of our lucky customers a free consultation. Jan is one of the world’s foremost natropath’s and it was amazing to have him visit Bantry. His insight into health, nutrition and herbal medicine is humbling.
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June 2nd, 2007
Impress your guests with vegetarian delights from Organico Cafe’s kitchen!
Organico Cafe in Bantry is the perfect place to order your party food to make having guests enjoyable and hassle-free. We can offer most of our menu on a catering basis including our ever popular savoury tarts with fillings ranging from Cashel Blue Cheese and Brazils to fetta, roasted seasonal vegetables and black olives. We can also provide curries, chillies, bakes, salads, cakes and deserts such as Chocolate Tart (made with Jaime Oliver’s receipe - yum!)
Some possible ideas are listed below:
- 3-Bean Vegetable Chilli, (we would reccemmend serving this with brown rice, grated cheddar & tsatziki, finely sliced onions and corriander)
- Summer Tart (roasted cherry tomatoes & fetta) - we normally serve this with salads - if you like we can put aside some fantastic leaves grown for us by Theo on his Demeter-certified Organic Farm in Gkengarriff; and perhaps some wild rice or quinoa salad.
- Thai Vegetable Curry - this dish is so rich and flavourful that it rarely needs more than some brown Jasmin rice and corriander as a garnish.
- Courgette Fritters - these light and tasty fritters are always the first to sell out in Organico Cafe and we would reccommend serving them with lots of fresh leaves, some tasty organic tomatoes and some quinoa salad ( this salad is very similar to couscous while being gluten free and packed with protien and minerals.
- Organico Pizza - always a favourite with kids and adults alike! We make a spelt base and top it with an organic tomato sauce, roasted veggies and lots of cheese.
Salads
- Carrot & fresh sprouts with a light tahini dressing
- Brown rice with a yoghurt/tahini dressing
- Quinoa with mint & cherry tomatoes
- Thai noodles with a spicy peanut dressing
- Mixed beans with a sweett chilli dressing
- Marinated chickpeas with a garlic/lemon dressing
- Mixed wild and red rice with peppers, herbs and a yoghurt/tahini dressing
If you contact us a few days before a small dinner party and at least a week before a large event, we will try to cater for your needs using the freshest local or organic ingredients.
Main meals cost from €5 - €9 per person depending on whether you wish us to prepare the accompanyments. Salads are approximately €2.50 per portion. These prices are for food collected from Organico Bantry.
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June 1st, 2007
Organico Cafe is available for hire for evenings. The cafe is light and airy and is ideal for intimate groups who need privacy. It is not suitable for events that would require a large amount of clear floor space but is suitable for sit down groups or talks.
The cost of the room varies from winter to summer and also varies if the event is a closed group or is open to the public. Daily hire for Sunday can also be arranged.
Night time hire for a closed group, where the group leader has Public Liability insurance. and the room is hired for at least 6 weeks, is €25/night during the summer and €30/night during the winter. Groups can start from 7.30 and run until 10.30 or thereabouts.
If the event is open to the public we need to be ‘open’ as a Cafe so we need to have at least one staff member present. In that case the cost is €75 for up to 30 people in the summer (7.30 - 10.30) and €80 in the winter. The winter cost increase is to cover heating costs.
If the event is to attract over 30 people we would advise having more than 1 staff members in which case the cost is an extra €50/staff for the 3 hours.
In the case of the Cafe being open, we serve teas, coffees, and sweet snacks, and wine if it is suitable.
The prices mentioned cover room hire, water, staff if applicable, lighting and heating if applicable. A public liability insurance certificate is needed for closed groups. If we are open our own insurance covers the evening.
Contact us on (027) 51391 or on info@organico.ie.
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June 1st, 2007
Our mission in Organico is quite simple - to supply quality organic food at an affordable price. Organico Bakery is part of what makes us proud to be in business - we bake with stoneground organic flour which makes our bread healthy and nutritious. We also bake extensively with spelt - our customers tell us that before they found our spelt bread they couldn’t eat bread without their digestion suffering. When we found that so many people were more healthy eating spelt, we started making all our cakes, brownies and cookies from spelt, as well as our pasties, pizza bases and scones.
We make 4 spelt yeast loaves - white and brown, and seedy white and seedy brown; 2 Californian Sourdough - white and brown; and our ‘Health Bread’ which is pure wholemeal spelt sourdough packed with seeds and spirulina. The Health Bread keeps for a week and is hugely popular with people who like nutty tasting nutritious bread.
To keep the cost of our breads affordable (while still paying our devoted baking team a reasonable wage) we try to keep the wastage down, so we nearly always sell out early in the day. If we don’t we sell the ‘next day’ bread at 20% off. even though it is still perfectly fresh compared to the ‘fresh’ old breads they sell in the supermarkets!
Our bread is mixed totally by hand, and we let it rise for much longer than most modern bakerys which gives a far superior texture and aids digestion. Our Health Bread takes 5 hours to prove! If kept airtight, our breads have great lasting power - at least 3 days.
We often take orders to fill people’s freezers if you don’t live in the area but would like to eat our bread regularly. Please call us on (027) 51391 to place and order or to enquire.
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May 23rd, 2007
Organico Cafe is West Cork’s premier organic eaterie. We are focusing on high quality, nutritious, energising vegetarian food, both for take away and for breakfast or lunch. Our food is made from fresh organic ingredients every day, and contains high amounts of fresh organic sprouts, organic seeds, cold pressed oils and organic grains and pulses.
Our menu changes every day but always contains a choice of hot meals and salads. We also offer fresh organic juices, fair trade organic coffee and teas, and a range of cakes and snacks from our bakery next door.
If you enjoy good health or are trying to reclaim it, and also enjoy good healthy tasty food, come and visit us! We are in Bantry, which is just over an hour from Cork and is a great town to visit (especially on a Friday when we have a very lively Market - weather permitting).
Organico Cafe, Glengarriff Rd., Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland. +353 (0)27 55905 Open Monday to Friday 9.30 - 5.30 and Saturdays 9.30 - 5pm.
Organico Shop, Glengarriff Rd., Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland. Phone +353 (0)27 51391
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