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Talking Metabolic Health With Cheryl Myers and Jay Levy

by James Gormley | December 5, 2023

Vitamin Retailer reached out to Cheryl Myers, Chief of Scientific Affairs and Education for Green Bay, Wisconsin-based EuroPharma and to Jay Levy, Director of Sales for Mission Viejo, California-based Wakunaga of America, for their insights about the blood-glucose and metabolic support products and ingredients, and here’s what they had to say: VR: What are your […]

UT Southwestern Supplement Lowers Risk of High Glucose From Thiazides

by Eric Munson | December 5, 2023

  Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center developed a new dietary supplement that reduces high blood sugar caused by thiazide diuretics and corrects electrolyte imbalances. The research was published in the journal Hypertension and co-led by Dr. Wangen Vongpatanasin and Dr. Charles Pak, two professors of internal medicine at UT Southwestern. “When […]

Sweet Relief! Blood Sugar and Metabolic Health Products Emerge

by James Gormley | December 1, 2023

The Panel: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, https://betsyhealth.com Jay Levy, Director of Sales, Wakunaga of America, Mission Viejo, CA, https://kyolic.com Kristen McPhee, MS, Scientist, NOW Foods, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Cheryl Myers, Chief of Scientific Affairs and Education, EuroPharma, Green Bay, WI, www.europharmausa.com Remy Reinstein, Vice President of Sales, Curalife, Tel Aviv, […]

Study Shows Sleep Patterns Impact Blood Sugar and Heart Health

by Lisa Schofield | December 1, 2022

Whether you are an early bird or a night owl, these sleep patterns may affect blood sugar levels and heart health. According to Sciencedaily.com, our activity patterns and sleep cycles could influence our risk of diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. New research published in Experimental Physiology found wake/sleep cycles cause metabolic […]

Achieving Critical Balance: Supporting Healthy Blood Sugar Levels

by Lisa Schofield | December 1, 2022

A category not well-understood by consumers, here’s how to help them navigate their lives to achieve and sustain healthy blood sugar levels for the long-term. When a parent or other family member is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, it is often a wake-up call for the “diagnosee,” but also for healthy family members. But that […]

Taking Control of Blood Sugar

by Janet Poveromo | December 1, 2021

Americans are not good at maintaining healthy blood sugar levels; natural products retailers can offer help. The need for dietary supplements to help manage blood sugar levels is significant. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, 34.5 percent of American adults, more men (37.4 percent of U.S. adults) than women, (29.2 percent) have elevated […]

Protein as a “Midnight Snack” May Raise A.M. Blood Sugar

by Lisa Schofield | March 1, 2021

Consuming protein at night increases blood sugar amounts the next morning in the morning for healthy people, according to research presented at The Physiological Society’s Future Physiology 2020 conference. Having high blood sugar levels after eating is linked to health problems, such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Previous research has shown that a snack […]

Chitosan Oligosaccharide: A Blood Sugar Management Nutraceutical

Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by high glucose (blood sugar) levels resulting from an inability to make or use sufficient insulin.1 When high blood glucose levels remain high and largely uncontrolled for a long period of time, the result can be a variety of serious complications. These complications include, but are not limited to, […]

Home Cooked Meals Are Best for Healthy Blood Sugar

by Joy Choquette | November 30, 2020

Research from the Nurses Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study asked 99,000 men and women about their lunch and dinner habits for more than 30 years. People who reported eating at least two meals at home each day had an average 13 percent lower risk of getting type 2 diabetes compared to people who […]

Fig Fruit Extract for Natural Control of Blood Sugar

For me, diabetes is personal. I have family members who are diabetic, and two uncles as well as one of my cousins died from diabetic-related complications. I wrote a book about complementary treatments for diabetes,1 and I am always looking for new strategies to treat diabetes. This article is about such a strategy that I […]

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