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Preserve Your Muscle Mass
In an article on health.harvard.edu titled “Preserve Your Muscle Mass,” Harvard Health Publishing details the ways in which the aging male population can prevent muscle loss. “Age-related muscle loss, called sarcopenia, is a natural part of aging. After age 30, you begin to lose as much as 3 percent to 5 percent per decade. Most ...
Strengthen Immune Function by Eliminating Fructose, Study Suggests
A new study strongly suggests that diets high in fructose damage the immune system. The new research has indicated that consuming a diet high in the sugar fructose might prevent the proper functioning of the immune system in ways that has, until now, largely been unknown. Fructose is commonly found in sugary drinks, sweets and ...
A Silver Lining to COVID-19: Fewer Medications Prescribed to Children During Pandemic
The negative impact of COVID-19 has been long-lasting and far reaching. Good news during the past 18 months has been hard to come by. But a study recently conducted by Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan found that medications prescribed to children dropped significantly during the first eight months of the pandemic. In fact, ...
Video: 2021 Retailer of the Year—Mastel’s Health Foods, St. Paul, MN
An Island in a Storm: Mastel’s Health Foods provides a weary community reassurance and health. Images from Mastel’s Health Foods, St. Paul, MN. Feature
EFAs for Vegan Customers: Flaxseed Lignans
“There is a lack of knowledge about lignans, a very important antioxidant,” stated Sarah Bishop, marketing coordinator for Flax 4 Life, based in Washington, a maker of baked goods such as brownies, muffins, cookies, granola and cakes that contain high-lignan flaxseed. According to Bishop, flaxseed lignans are perfect for vegans and vegetarians who won’t obtain ...
The added benefits of probiotics. It’s not just about your gut.
You’ve likely heard about the brain-gut connection or gut-brain axis. The good news is this connection can be used in more ways than you might expect. Typically, prebiotics, probiotics and even postbiotics are recommended as a solution for those with gastrointestinal and other digestive-related issues. But why limit these healthy bacteria to a nutrition focus? ...
Eating Away Pain & Inflammation?
Individuals suffering from chronic pain and inflammation often feel discouraged—and rightly so—by the ongoing stress of their issue. Medications can help as can supplements, herbs, and other more natural approaches. Sometimes though, getting to the root of the inflammation problem is essential. What if the solution, at least in part, was as close as the ...
Inflection Point: Washington, D.C. and the State of the Natural Products Industry … Continued
Vitamin Retailer Magazine spoke with Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), in Washington, D.C., www.crnusa.org, and asked him the following question: VR: What should and can the industry do to combat bills that purport to be pro-consumer but are, in fact, anti-consumer, anti-retailer and are designed, it seems, to ...
Light Pollution Impedes Normal Melatonin Production
It’s no secret that in the past decades, we have been slowly losing sleep in adulthood. Many blame poor diet, lack of exercise and unmitigated stress. But there is another culprit that we cannot completely avoid—light pollution. Research has validated that light pollution can indeed suppress melatonin production in humans and in animals. Melatonin sets ...
Going to the Dogs: Men’s Prostate Cancer Screening Innovation
The widely used prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests that doctors use to help detect cancer risk in men could be a thing of the past. The test can lead to missed aggressive prostate cancer in men who have it. It can also indicate that a cancer is aggressive when it in fact, isn’t. Alternative testing ...
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