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Selling Healthy Nervous System Support Supplements: Suggestions for Retailers
The customers at New Fountain of Vitality store in New Providence, NJ, are often quite knowledgeable about supplements when walking into the store, according to the staff. However, it is important for retailers to help the customer determine the best supplements for their wellness needs as many people may be new to herbal products and ...
Overweight in One’s 60s May Affect the Brain Later
Sporting a girthier waistline and higher body mass index during one’s 60s may be associated with greater signs of brain aging years later, according to a study published this past summer in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study suggests that these factors may accelerate brain aging by at least ...
“Bribing” Bacteria With Iron Supplements
Antibiotic use is driving an epidemic of antibiotic resistance, as more susceptible bacteria are killed but more resilient strains live on and multiply with abandon. But if antibiotics aren’t the end-all solution for infectious disease, what is? Salk Institute (California) researchers report that giving mice dietary iron supplements enabled them to survive a normally lethal ...
“Healthy” People Actually Experience Glucose Spikes
No diabetes diagnoses, no problem, right? Think again. A study conducted by researchers at Stanford University, found healthy individuals experienced blood sugar spikes—similar to the common symptoms diabetics experience. In the study, the researchers gathered about 500,000 measurements from 57 participants. Their goal was to monitor blood sugar fluctuations throughout the day, as opposed to ...
Poll: Pets Help Older Adults Cope with Health Issues, Get Active and Connect with Others
A curled-up cat, a tail-wagging dog, a chirping parakeet or even a serene goldfish may help older adults cope with mental and physical health issues, according to a new national poll. While pets come with benefits, they can also bring concerns, and some people may even put their animals’ needs ahead of their own health, ...
Innovative Lab Test to Develop Easy-to-Swallow Medicine for Children
In an article published by the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, scientists compared traditional sensory tests and the new in-vitro method that was able to explain why smaller multiparticulates eased the travel of medicine from the mouth into the throat and body, reducing mouth residue. The new test let scientists easily screen different compositions of ...
Barnyard Animals Help Keep Babies Healthy
According to researchers at Ohio State University, being around farm animals helps boost immunity, especially for babies and children. The researchers found that bacteria and other microbes from rural Amish babies was far more diverse—in a beneficial way—than what was found in the guts of urban babies. And, in a first-of-its-kind experiment, they found evidence ...
EPA & DHA Reduce Premature Birth Risk
A 2018 Cochrane Review found that increasing the intake of omega-3 EFAs during pregnancy can reduce the risk of premature births, a leading cause of mortality for children aged 5 and younger worldwide (and accounting for one million deaths annually). Approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely each year, and those that are at higher ...
Retailer of the Year: Kimberton Whole Foods’ Family Ethics
In 1986, Terry Brett and his wife Pat Brett were running a small biodynamic farm store outside of Philadelphia, PA called Seven Star Farms. It was located in a 400-sq.-ft. building where they sold organic yogurt that was made onsite. Today, the couple owns six natural grocery stores in the area, Kimberton Whole Foods, with ...
The 101 on Postbiotics
What Are Postbiotics? Similar to pre- and probiotics, postbiotics are related to the bacteria within the digestive tract. As you may have been able to guess, postbiotics are the byproducts of probiotic bacteria. With little research on the subject, it was believed that the waste from probiotics was not useful. More recent research has begun ...
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