Articles by James Gormley
Digestive Health Grows Up
The digestive-health supplement market is becoming a mega category. Panelists: Claire Barnes, Technical Advisor, ADM Protexin, Doral, FL, www.bio-kult.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Houston, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Kurt Cameron, CMO, Diem, Ann Arbor, MI, www.diemdirectllc.com Mark Drucker, MD, Advisor, Sun Chlorella, Torrance, CA, www.sunchlorellausa.com Amanda Edwards, Store Manager, Mount of Olives Health Food, ...
CRN: Age Restrictions and Dietary Supplements
Vitamin Retailer magazine spoke with Steve Mister, President and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), about recent New York bills and similar legislation seen across states that would restrict access to two broad categories of dietary supplements and functional foods: sports nutrition and weight management products. Here’s what he had to say: ...
The Natural Products Industry and COVID-19: 2021 Update
Panelists: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Houston, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Bill Giebler, Content and Insights Director, New Hope, Boulder, CO, www.newhope.com Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director, Organic and Natural Health Association, Washington, DC, www.organicandnatural.org Edward Jones, Founder, Nutrition World, Chattanooga, TN, www.nutritionw.com Dan Lifton, CEO, Quality of Life Labs, Purchase, NY, www.qualityoflife.net Steve ...
Natural Doesn’t Always Mean Harmless
Vitamin Retailer spoke with Vancouver-Washington-based physician Zora De Grandpre, ND, who serves as an expert for Leafreport, which is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, www.leafreport.com. She offers some general cautionaries for retailers and the natural products industry, at large: While most natural products have mild to moderate adverse effects, it is obviously incorrect to think ...
The Cannabinoid Revolution
In honor of National CBD Month, VR looks at addressing the endocannabinoid system. Panelists: Rich Barnes, COO and Founder, Slumber CBN, Denver, CO, www.slumbercbn.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Houston, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Zora DeGrandpre, ND, Leafreport, Tel Aviv, Israel, www.leafreport.com Yasamine Farshad, ND, CH, Practitioner Education Manager, Wise Woman Herbals, Creswell, OR, www.wisewomanherbals.com ...
COVID-19 and the Natural Industry … Continued
For July’s COVID-19 and the Natural Products Industry feature article, Vitamin Retailer spoke with Len Monheit, CEO, Trust Transparency Center, Spring TX, and asked him the following question: VR: Looking at product on shelf, what percent of the supply chain for dietary supplements was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how are both the supply ...
COVID-19 and the Natural Industry
Industry leaders discuss repercussions of the pandemic. Panelists: Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Jonathan Emord, President, Emord & Associates, Clifton, VA, www.emord.com Dan Fabricant, PhD, President and CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights, Brattleboro, VT, www.retailinsights.com Mark LeDoux, CEO and Chairman, Natural ...
Envisioning the Future of Hemp
NIE contacted Dr. Jason Mitchell, co-founder and co-CEO of HempFusion, which is based in Denver, CO (hempfusion.com), and asked him, “What kind of future do you envision for CBD and hemp?” Here is what he had to say: “I would tell you that there is an amazing, brilliant, vibrant future for hemp-derived ingredients of all kinds, ...
Hemp Madness!
There can be no doubt that consumers are demanding CBD and all thing hemp. Panelists: Leif Harrison, CEO, Americas Elixinol, Westmister, CO, www.elixinol.com Duffy MacKay, ND, Senior Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, CV Sciences San Diego, CA, www.cvsciences.com Jason Mitchell, ND, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, HempFusion, Denver, CO, www.hempfusion.com Marge Roman, Manager, Stay Healthy!, ...
DSHEA at 25
Vitamin Retailer spoke with Attorney Jonathan W. Emord. The president of Emord & Associates, in Clifton, VA (www.emord.com), Emord was one of central figures in the passage of DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act). Here’s what he had to say: VR: October 15, 2019, marked the 25th anniversary of DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health ...
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