VR 2014
Cellular Health: Nutraceutical Support
Our bodies are made up of tens of trillions of cells.1 They are the fundamental building blocks of our tissues, organs and virtually everything that makes us a living organism. Naturally, it is vital that our cells stay healthy so they can function optimally, including the ability to replicate and make new cells as needed.Despite […]
Serving Vegetarian and Vegan Customers
Whether we are talking about veganism or vegetarianism, both of these lifestyles are, and have been on the rise for quite some time now. There are some compelling reasons why people make the switch to these lifestyles. Some want to live longer, healthier lives. Others have made the switch because they want to preserve Earth’s […]
2014 Best New Products
From an impressive list of contenders, VR editors and retailers selected this year’s most outstanding product introductionsWondering what products were must-haves for retailers in 2014? Vitamin Retailer can help. For the seventh year in a row, VR editors have chosen the year’s Top 10 products. The staff reviewed thousands of press releases from products launched […]
Institute of Medicine’s Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research
Acute and chronic pain affects large numbers of Americans, with approximately 100 million U.S. adults burdened by chronic pain alone. The annual national economic cost associated with chronic pain is estimated to be $560-635 billion. Pain is a uniquely individual and subjective experience that depends on a variety of biological, psychological, and social factors, and […]
Heading Off Pain
According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), chronic pain affects about 100 million Americans annually and costs the nation upwards of $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. That’s more than the total number of adults affected each year by heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined.And whether it’s chronic or acute pain, […]
New Way To Detox? ‘Gold of Pleasure’ Oilseed Boosts Liver Enzymes
University of Illinois (U of I) scientists have found compounds that boost liver detoxification enzymes nearly fivefold, and they’ve found them in a pretty unlikely place—the crushed seeds left after oil extraction from an oilseed crop used in jet fuel. “The bioactive compounds in Camelina sativa seed, also known as Gold of Pleasure, are a […]
The Detox Challenge
Detoxing and cleansing the body is nothing new. People have been doing it for centuries for religious and cultural reasons. Detoxing can be traced as far back as 400 B.C.E. when practitioners of ayurvedic medicine often recommended diets that cleansed the body of impurities by eliminating various food groups and emphasizing a plantbased diet. Further, […]
Konjac Root/Glucomannan for Weight Control, Blood Lipids & Constipation
The konjac plant (Amorphophallus konjac), native to warm subtropical to tropical eastern Asia, has been used in China, Japan and South East Asia as a food source (to make noodles, tofu and snacks) and as a traditional medicine (for treating asthma, cough, hernia, breast pain, burns as well as hematological and skin disorders) for more […]
Back Talk with Doug Crabtree
THIS MONTH:Doug Crabtree and his wife, Anna Jones-Crabtree, own and operate Vilicus Farms, a diverse organic dryland crop farm north of Havre, MT, near the Canadian border. They grow 12 to 15 crops annually in a five-year rotation of grains, legumes, broadleaves, pulses and oilseeds. Doug also serves as organic certification program manager for the […]
Consuming whey protein before meals could help improve blood glucose control in people with diabetes
Blood sugar surges—after-meal glucose “spikes”—can be life threatening for people with diabetes. Diabetic blood sugar spikes have been linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney failure and retinal damage. Now, a new Tel Aviv University study published in Diabetologia, suggests a new way to suppress these deadly post-meal glucose surges: the consumption of whey […]
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