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The Importance of Enzymes in Digestive Products

by James Gormley | March 29, 2019

Vitamin Retailer asked the question: “We all know about Swedish bitters. They were, and are, supposed to get the digestive juices going. Along the line of helping the digestive process, how important are enzymes in digestive products, and what can retailers tell their customers about what to look for?” Jennifer Weinhardt, BS, MS, Sr. Research […]

3 Reasons Why All Your Customers Need to Sleep

by Lisa Schofield | March 29, 2019

Sleep has numerous benefits, and research as well as the medical community, are showing several ways in which sleep can protect health. Pain Reduction: According to Stuart Quan, MD, contributing editor to Harvard Health Publishing’s Harvard Health Blog, from Harvard Medical School, nearly 70 percent of Americans report getting insufficient sleep on a regular basis, […]

Omega-3 EFAs Help Ease Anxiety: Meta-Analysis Shows

by Lisa Schofield | February 28, 2019

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements may help ease anxiety symptoms in people diagnosed with a range of physical and mental health problems, according to authors of a meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open. The authors sought to determine changes in severity of anxiety symptoms after omega-3 supplementation. The study analyzed findings from 19 different trials. The […]

Sports Report: Market Research on Sports Nutrition

by Hilary Daninhirsch | February 28, 2019

Various market researchers have studied the sports nutrition market, both to make predicts as to how the market will fare in the future and to highlight the state of industry at present. What follows are links to several current reports from various sources: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/06/08/1010159/0/en/Global-Sports-Nutrition-Market-Size-Statistics-Estimated-to-Reach-45-27-Billion-by-2022-Zion-Market-Research.html https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/sports-nutrition-market https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/sports-nutrition-market Feature

How Skin Ages, Loses Fat and Immunity

by Janet Poveromo | February 28, 2019

In a study published in Immunity on December 26, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers and colleagues show how fibroblasts develop into fat cells and identify the pathway that causes this process to cease as people age. “We have discovered how the skin loses the ability to form fat during aging,” said […]

The Key to Heart Health Begins in Childhood

by Hilary Daninhirsch | January 30, 2019

Evolving evidence shows that heart healthy habits in adults are rooted in the environments we live in in early childhood, representing a window of opportunity in young children to focus on health promotion and potentially prevent disease in adulthood, according to a review paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology., will […]

Herbs Found to Help Vanquish Lyme Bacterium

by Lisa Schofield | January 30, 2019

According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year, approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed. A spirochete bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi causes the disease, and blacklegged ticks are responsible for the majority of North American cases of the illness. Oils from garlic and several other common herbs and medicinal plants show strong activity […]

News Flash on Hot Flashes: They are Lasting Longer

by Hilary Daninhirsch | January 2, 2019

Menopause symptoms are not just for midlife anymore, according to a new Mayo Clinic study recently published in the Journal of the North American Menopause Society. The study, conducted by researchers at Mayo Clinic gathered data from nearly 5,000 women. When asked whether they experienced any symptoms commonly associated with menopause, such as hot flashes […]

Probiotics Can Protect the Skeletons of Older Women

by Nicholas Saraceno | January 2, 2019

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have demonstrated that probiotics, dietary supplements with health-promoting bacteria, can be used to affect the human skeleton. Among older women who received probiotics, bone loss was halved compared to women who received only a placebo. The research opens the door to a new way to prevent fractures among […]

Dosing and Delivery in the Cognitive Health Category

by Janet Poveromo | December 5, 2018

With a broad range of ages using them, cognitive health supplements are made versatile to stay relevant with consumers. “I think we’ll continue to see delivery methods increasingly match customer needs,” said Cheryl Myers, chief of scientific affairs and education at Wisconsin-based EuroPharma, Inc. “For example, there are many older individuals (and some not-so-old individuals) […]

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