Articles by Kate Quackenbush
Sugar Alternatives for Better Health
The American Heart Association (AHA) is so concerned with the health problems related to the intake of excess sugar that in August 2009, it issued more specific recommendations: no more than half of the discretionary allowance of calories should come from added sugar. AHA said that most American women should consume no more than 100 […]
Best New Products 2010
Natural product retailers nationwide weighed in to crown the winners For the third year in a row, Vitamin Retailer (VR) editors have sifted through and discussed the thousands of press releases submitted throughout the year to come up with a list of Best New Product candidates. Then retailers weighed in on VR’s picks based on […]
Regaining Control
Expanding waistlines and staggering statistics have consumers actively seeking natural options to help get their blood sugar in line.According to the American Diabetes Association, 23.6 million children and adults have diabetes—7.8 percent of the US population. Of these, 5.7 million do not know they have the disease.Each year, about 1.6 million people aged 20 or […]
The Complexity Of Cholesterol
Retailers are in a prime position to educate, assist and become an invaluable resource to an ever-increasing customer base seeking natural cholesterol control options.Every day, the Healthy Alternative (Dayton, OH) retail sales staff receives customers with questions about lowering their cholesterol. While grateful that awareness is up and customers are addressing a clear problem for […]
2010 Retailer of the Year
Margaret and Philip Isely, founders of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), were mavericks of their time. Back in 1955, when the term “nutritionist” hadn’t truly been coined, they shared nutritional information and sold wholegrain bread door to door. From that modest beginning, they went on to vitamins and bulk foods, and eventually to an […]
Immune Support: The Best Defense
Powerful as it is, the immune system cannot fend off every germ pthat comes its way. According to a Harvard Medical School Special Health report entitled “The Truth About Your Immune System,” nearly 53,000 people in the United States die of influenza or pneumonia annually, making those diseases together the eighth leading cause of death. […]
The Importance Of GMP Compliance
In essence, the Dietary Supplement Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) Final Rule 21 CFR Part 111, issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) June 2007, requires that the proper controls be in place for dietary supplements during manufacturing, packaging, labeling and holding operations. The move was supposedly in response to concerns about substandard dietary […]
An Ounce Of Prevention
There are those people with good, even excellent health coverage. These very fortunate few have the luxury of selecting who treats them, where they receive treatment and often a multitude of options from which to choose from. Then there’s everyone else,” offered Jayson Kroner, health and fitness editor with NOW Foods (Bloomingdale, IL), noting that […]
Weight Management Suite of Ingredients
Building off the success of its Phase 2 Carb Controller™ ingredient (as found in Natrol’s Carb Intercept), which reduces the absorption of calories from starchy foods (carbs), caters to the consumer seeking a product that is well documented, safe and effective (29 studies, GRAS), Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc. (Kearny NJ) is now launching a complete weight […]
The Weighting Game
Americans are overweight, enough said. Every time a consumer opens a newspaper or goes online they’re confronted with the statistics, but this influx of publicity has finally resulted in consumers making the connection between their weight and their health. Couple this with mounting health care costs, and these shoppers start seeing natural product retailers as […]
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