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Thriving in a Big-box World
In the age of the big-box store, independent natural products retailers weigh in on how their stores grow and change to stay in the game. With stores like Whole Foods opening up all over the country and superstores like Walmart and Target focused on the natural health game, independent natural products retailers adapt to not ...
Smartphone Weight Management Apps
According to the FDA, 500 million smartphone users worldwide will download a health care application, and in 2018, 50 percent of more than 3.4 billion smartphone and tablet users with download this application. In the study, Effectiveness of a Smartphone Application for Weight Loss Compared With Usual Care in Overweight Primary Care Patients, published November ...
New Infographic from CRN: The Dietary Supplement Consumer
Infographic from Council for Responsible Nutrition. See www.crnusa.org/CRNconsumersurvey/2014 for more.
Institute of Medicine’s Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research
Acute and chronic pain affects large numbers of Americans, with approximately 100 million U.S. adults burdened by chronic pain alone. The annual national economic cost associated with chronic pain is estimated to be $560-635 billion. Pain is a uniquely individual and subjective experience that depends on a variety of biological, psychological, and social factors, and ...
New Way To Detox? ‘Gold of Pleasure’ Oilseed Boosts Liver Enzymes
University of Illinois (U of I) scientists have found compounds that boost liver detoxification enzymes nearly fivefold, and they’ve found them in a pretty unlikely place—the crushed seeds left after oil extraction from an oilseed crop used in jet fuel. “The bioactive compounds in Camelina sativa seed, also known as Gold of Pleasure, are a ...
Holiday Tips for Retailers
15 Holiday Tips for Retail Employees, according to Retail Doctor! 1. Get your own shopping done early. 2. Know where you are supposed to park. 3. There will be traffic. That means you need to allow twice as much time to arrive on schedule. 4. Know where all the supplies are now – from register ...
Video: CRN Explains Importance of DSHEA on Anniversary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLIs57R5H10#t=14
Consuming whey protein before meals could help improve blood glucose control in people with diabetes
Blood sugar surges—after-meal glucose “spikes”—can be life threatening for people with diabetes. Diabetic blood sugar spikes have been linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney failure and retinal damage. Now, a new Tel Aviv University study published in Diabetologia, suggests a new way to suppress these deadly post-meal glucose surges: the consumption of whey ...
Alzheimer’s Research & Prevention Foundation’ Alzheimer’s Prevention Diet
Alzheimer’s Research & Prevention Foundation’ Alzheimer’s Prevention Diet: 20 percent “good” fats. Items in this group include extra virgin olive oil, avocado, and flax seed oil 40 percent lean proteins. Look to include fish, chicken, turkey, and soy on a daily basis. 40 percent complex carbohydrates. Discover the rewards of a rainbow of fresh vegetables, ...
How U.S. CPG’s Can Get Their Groove Back
Manufacturers need to find different way to expand beyond the grocery channel development of more effective product portfolios. Although the U.S. population growth is expecting to stay low, at least for the next decade, has created a much larger problem in the environment. In order to climb the later, sales must use innovative merchandising and ...
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