Articles by Kate Quackenbush
The Weight Of Bone & Joint Health
An aging, overfed and undernourished population seeks effective, proven natural alternatives to maintain their mobility and shore up their foundations. No one said getting old was easy, but it’s becoming infinitely harder when those aches and pains begin to affect everyday life. An even scarier proposition is posed when one isn’t feeling those aches and […]
A Tribute To Vitamin Angels
When the Northridge earthquake shook Southern California in 1994, Howard Schiffer was running a natural products company. He received a request for a donation of vitamins from a local relief agency that was concerned about the health of children in the migrant worker community whose families had been displaced by the earthquake. What started as […]
Clearing Up Cholesterol Confusion
Statistics may show an improvement, but retailers still need to take a handson approach answering consumer questions and providing guidance. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately one in every six adults—16.3 percent of the U. S. adult population—has high total cholesterol, the level defined as 240 mg/dL and above. People […]
Adding A Branded Punch
Offering retailers a look through formulators’ eyes, VR provides case studies highlighting how the selection of branded ingredients makes for markedly better products. Life Extension Primes the Immune Category With Paractin Serving the industry for 32 years, Florida-based Life Extension prides itself as being a leader in the antiaging and longevity field, of which it […]
Antioxidant Examination
A high demand category with its share of controversy, meeting consumer needs means retailers must weigh the science Though consumers continue to struggle balancing a difficult economy, overall spending for health products, or those perceived to have a health benefit, has increased. And as positive press abounds about antioxidant benefits for inflammation modulation and its […]
A Sight For Sore Eyes
The wait-and-see mentality contributing to the population’s vision problems puts retailers in a position to guide them to better ocular health. Bobbi Elliott, owner of Healthy By Nature, Inc., a single independently owned health food store in Leesburg, VA, has observed that vision health isn’t a top priority for many of her customers. “It is […]
Brilliant Blends
While many customers shop Healthy Ways in Lodi, CA for its great product selection and helpful advice, they are vocal when staring down what they feel is an overload.“Most of the time our customers listen to our recommendations because They know that we work with them individually to find the right product for their specific […]
Children’s Health
Issues with obesity, attention deficit disorders, asthma and allergies—not to mention general health—send parents seeking safer, natural ways to get their children the nutrition they need. In the eight years Ryan Gaska has been with Elliot Natural Foods, one fact of which he said he is certain is that the importance of natural foods and […]
Gut Check
As consumers abandon prescriptions and OTC medications for natural solutions to their digestive issues, retailers lean on suppliers for standout products ACcording to the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, health resources and services administration, digestive disorders, or gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, are estimated to affect 60 to 70 million people in the United States. […]
A Change Of Heart
Tired and scared of side effect-inducing medications, consumers are actively seeking alternative options to caring for their cardiovascular health. From diets dependent on heavily processed foods leading to an obesity epidemic and skyrocketing cholesterol levels to financial issues leading to family worries causing our stress levels to go through the roof, there’s little about Americans’ […]
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