Articles by James Gormley
[Extra! Extra!] Talking Sports and Active Nutrition With Carl Germano
Vitamin Retailer (VR) reached out to Carl Germano, CNS, CDN, Vice President of Verdant Nature, Consultant for Bluebonnet Nutrition, NY Bd. Certified Clinical Nutritionist, to discuss sports nutrition. VR: Sports nutrition means more today than just aminos or whey protein isolate. Please describe what the sports nutrition market looks like today, and take a look ...
Sports Nutrition: Is the Category Unstoppable?
The panel: Izhar Basha, Founder and CEO, EHPLabs, Valley Cottage, NY, https://ehplabs.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, https://betsyhealth.com Carl Germano, CNS, CDN, Vice President of Verdant Nature, Consultant for Bluebonnet Nutrition, Sugar Land, TX, https://bluebonnetnutrition.com Niki Kennedy, Director, Insights & Content, Glanbia Nutritionals, Chicago, IL & Galway, Ireland, www.glanbianutritionals.com Spencer Lynn, ...
[Extra! Extra!] Talking Heart Health With Carl Germano CNS, CDN
Carl Germano CNS, CDN, Vice President of Verdant Nature, Consultant for Bluebonnet Nutrition, NY Bd. Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Sugar Land, TX (bluebonnetnutrition.com) Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for 928,741 premature deaths in the year 2020. In men and women aged 60 to 79, over 75 percent ...
Getting to the Heart of It: Experts Weigh In
The panel: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, https://betsyhealth.com Ed Dosz, Senior Scientist and Regulatory Specialist, NOW, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Carl Germano, CNS, CDN, Vice President of Verdant Nature, Consultant for Bluebonnet Nutrition, Sugar Land, TX, https://bluebonnetnutrition.com Jay Levy, Director of Sales, Wakunaga of America, Mission Viejo, CA, https://kyolic.com Dan Lifton, CEO, ...
30 People Who Shaped the Natural Products Industry
In commemoration of Vitamin Retailer magazine’s 30th anniversary, we assembled a list of 30 people who shaped, built and defended the natural products industry over the last 30 years. The year 2024 is also the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994. For every person we ...
Talking Metabolic Health With Cheryl Myers and Jay Levy
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 ...
Sweet Relief! Blood Sugar and Metabolic Health Products Emerge
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, ...
Talking Sports Nutrition With Trisha Sugarek MacDonald
Vitamin Retailer reached out to Trisha Sugarek MacDonald, BS, MS, Sr. Director of Research & Development/ National Educator for Sugar Land, TX-based Bluebonnet Nutrition (bluebonnetnutrition.com) with a few questions about sports nutrition, and here’s what she had to say. VR: What are main drivers of the sports nutrition space? Sugarek MacDonald: Drivers of the sports ...
Muscle & Strength: How Active Nutrition Is the Name of the Game
The Panel: Christopher Bailey, PhD, Director of Scientific Affairs, Gencor, Orlando, FL, www.gencorpacific.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, https://betsyhealth.com Katie Emerson, MS, RD, LDN, Manager of Scientific Affairs, Nutrition21, Saddle Brook, NJ, https://nutrition21.com Douglas Kalman, PhD, RD, FACN, FISSN, Clinical Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University and Partner in Substantiation Sciences, Inc., ...
Leading the Way—Continued
In the July 2023 print issue, Vitamin Retailer (VR) reached out to an expert panel about leadership, challenges and opportunities in the natural products industry, and here’s a continuation of what they had to say. THE PANEL: Corinna Bellizzi, Head of Sales & Marketing – US Nutraceuticals Division, Örlö Nutrition & VAXA Technologies, Wilmington, DE, ...
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