Articles by James Gormley
Leadership Forum
Leaders in the Natural Products Industry Point the Way Forward The Panel: Corinna Bellizzi, Head of Sales & Marketing- U.S. Nutraceuticals Division, Örlö Nutrition & VAXA Technologies, Wilmington, DE, https://orlonutrition.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, https://betsyhealth.com Blake Ebersole, President & Founder, NaturPro Scientific, Carmel, IN, http://naturproscientific.com Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health ...
Talking Gut Health With Dr. Justin Green
Vitamin Retailer reached out to Justin Green, PhD, Director of Scientific Affairs for Cargill Health Technologies, in Ankeny, Iowa (EpiCorImmune.com), and asked him about which “biotic” he’s particularly excited about right now, and here’s what he had to say: VR: Tell us why you’re so enthusiastic about post-biotics as part of the all-important “biotics” equation? ...
Gut Punch
Today’s ingredients pack a wallop for digestion and gut health. The Panel: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Jennifer Brix, ND, Health Educator, Natural Factors, Monroe, WA, https://naturalfactors.com Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG), Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, NutraScience Labs (Twinlab Consolidated Corporation), Farmingdale, NY, www.nutrasciencelabs.com and www.twinlab.com Andrea ...
Talking Healthy Aging With Cheryl Myers
Vitamin Retailer reached out to Cheryl Myers, chief of scientific affairs and education at Green Bay, WI-based EuroPharma/Terry Naturally. VR: What are the top cognitive support products that retailers should be aware of? Myers: For cognition and mental well-being, I would point to our CuraMed Brain supplement. Like our other CuraMed and Curamin supplements, it ...
Healthy Living
Insights into the healthy aging category. Panelists: Janus Baker, Marketing Brand Manager, Wakunaga of America, Mission Viejo, CA, www.kyolic.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG), Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, NutraScience Labs (Twinlab Consolidated Holdings), www.nutrasciencelabs.com Dan Lifton, CEO, Quality of Life Labs, Port ...
Quick-Take From Nutrition21’s Katie Emerson
Vitamin Retailer reached out to Katie Emerson, MS, RD, LDN, Manager of Scientific Affairs for Saddle Brook, NJ-based Nutrition21 (nutrition21.com) for her quick thoughts about the science behind newer applications for cognitive health. VR: Considering newer applications and formulas for existing ingredients and compounds—such as magnesium, trace minerals, arginine, inositol, garlic, ginseng, even hemp—what is ...
Minding the Store—The Brain-Health Category Reigns Supreme
Panelists: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Sébastien Bornet, Vice President Global Sales & Marketing, Horphag Research, Geneva, Switzerland, www.pycnogenol.com Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG), Vice President of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, NutraScience Labs, Farmingdale, NY, www.nutrasciencelabs.com Katie Emerson, MS, RD, LDN, Manager of Scientific Affairs, Nutrition21, Saddle Brook, NJ, www.nutrition21.com ...
Talking Kid’s Health With NOW Foods’ Neil Levin
Vitamin Retailer reached out to Neil Levin, CCN, DANLA, Senior Nutrition Education Manager, NOW Foods, Bloomingdale, IL (nowfoods.com), for his thoughts on back-to-school and immunity. VR: Back-to-school also means back to the colds and sniffles. What immune boosting ingredients, combinations or finished products are becoming extremely popular, and why? Levin: “Vitamin C is widely considered ...
Children’s Health Grows Up
Panelists: Adrienne Benjamin, Marketing Manager, ProVen Probiotics, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, U.K., https://provenprobiotics.co Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, https://betsyhealth.com Dawn Jarvis, Senior Director Nutrition Science and Education Content, Garden of Life, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, www.gardenoflife.com Neil Levin, CCN, DANLA, Senior Nutrition Education Manager, NOW Foods, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Trisha Sugarek ...
Talking Regulatory Issues With Mark LeDoux
Vitamin Retailer magazine asked Mark LeDoux, Chairman & CEO of Natural Alternatives International based in Carlsbad, CA (nai-online.com), for his take on three regulatory-related questions. Here are his comments: VR: What is the single biggest regulatory or enforcement problem that the natural products industry currently faces? To some degree, the largest challenge in the regulatory ...
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