Articles by Daniel Breeman
Keeping Your Digestive Tract Healthy
1. Eat at least 7 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Be adventurous, and eat a variety of fruits and vegetables in any form – canned, fresh, frozen, or dried. Plant foods are rich in fiber and many disease-fighting chemicals. Fruit serving sizes: 1 cup fresh 1 tennis-ball sized piece ½ cup canned ¼ cup ...
Enzymes: Easing Digestive Distress
Supplementation of enzymes can help achieve optimal health. With upwards of 60 to 70 million people in the U.S. suffering from digestive issues, it’s no surprise that gut health ranks among consumers’ top health concerns, according to Trisha Sugarek-MacDonald, BS, MS, director of research and development and national educator at Texas-based Bluebonnet Nutrition. In fact, ...
Essential Minerals
While vitamins continue to grab headlines, the need for minerals is also vital to good health. Both vitamins and minerals each have a unique role in satisfying nutritional needs. But while both are critical in helping to maintain overall health, vitamins have long been the star attraction among consumers, in part, due to their shelf ...
Study: Zinc Deficiency Linked To Immune System Response, Particularly In Older Adults
Zinc, an important mineral in human health, appears to affect how the immune system responds to stimulation, especially inflammation, new research from Oregon State University shows. Zinc deficiency could play a role in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes that involve inflammation. Such diseases often show up in older adults, who are ...
Lineup Change for Sports Nutrition
From serious athlete to “weekend warrior,” there’s a sports nutrition product to fit ever need. The sports nutrition market continues to be a home run both for manufacturers and natural products retailers alike, as the non-athlete or “weekend warrior” has been added to the lineup card. The market, which traditionally encompasses food, beverages and sports ...
Athletes Should Eat More Fat
Athletes, for years, thought carb-rich foods were necessary for high performance activities, but new science shows that consuming starchy foods can lead to weight gain and metabolic issues. As the debate rages on, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has suggested that athletes lower their carbohydrate intake, and eat more nuts and fatty-rich foods to boost ...
FDA: What is the meaning of ‘natural’ on the label of food?
From a food science perspective, it is difficult to define a food product that is ‘natural’ because the food has probably been processed and is no longer the product of the earth. That said, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not developed a definition for use of the term natural or its derivatives. However, ...
A Defining Moment
As the industry pushes for a definition of “natural” to call its own, who will lead the charge? If it says “natural” it must be true, right? It’s no secret that the term “natural” carries a rather broad meaning in the natural products industry. And because of this, confusion among retailers, suppliers, manufacturers and certainly ...
NY Attorney General Says Major Retailers Selling Fraudulent Supplements, NPA, CRN Respond
The New York State attorney general’s office on Feb. 2 accused four major retailers—GNC, Target, Walgreens and Walmart—of selling fraudulent and potentially dangerous herbal supplements and demanded that they remove the products from store shelves, according to a NY Times article. According to the article, authorities said they had conducted tests on top-selling store brands of ...
Heart to Heart
The numbers can be simply staggering and downright frightening. According to a new American Heart Association (AHA) annual statistical update report on heart and stroke health released in December 2014 that included for the first time a global view, heart disease remains the No. 1 cause of death worldwide with 17.3 million deaths each year. ...
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