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Insights into the healthy aging category. Panelists: Janus Baker, Marketing Brand Manager, Wakunaga of America, Mission Viejo, CA, www.kyolic.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG), Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, NutraScience Labs (Twinlab Consolidated Holdings), www.nutrasciencelabs.com Dan Lifton, CEO, Quality of Life Labs, Port ...
Citrus Bergamot and L-Citrulline for Nitric Oxide Boosting in Athletes
Nitric oxide (NO) is a natural signaling molecule made by the human body. It plays a major signaling role in vascular relaxation, and elevated levels are associated with several physiological functions involving blood pressure regulation, cardiovascular health, mitochondria production, calcium transport, oxidative stress and skeletal muscle repair.1 Specifically, the endothelium (inner lining) of blood vessels ...
Reviving Long-Term Healthy Habits Post Pandemic
The pandemic and associated restrictions had a profound effect on people’s daily lives. Alcohol sales skyrocketed, physical activity stopped for most and emotional eating led to weight gain. After two years of pandemic life, many are having difficulties returning to a healthy lifestyle. The strategies we used to adapt and cope have cemented into bad ...
Achieving a Healthy Balance With Ashwagandha
Ashwagandha is an ayurvedic herb that has been used for thousands of years for its various health benefits related to mental health, cognitive health and energy. The herb has been steadily gaining popularity today as more consumers look for a solution to their stress and anxiety issues—particularly since the pandemic began. As a result, according ...
Mark J. Tager, MD
Mark J. Tager, MD, is one of the country’s leading health educators helping to train clinicians and consumers in personalized nutrition and aesthetics. He routinely consults with nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and medical device companies. His latest book is Feed Your Skin Right: Your Personalized Nutrition Plan for Radiant Beauty. He received his medical training at Duke ...
Melatonin: What You Didn’t Know
The master hormone, melatonin, is secreted by the pineal gland in response to darkness. It is why you shouldn’t turn your lights on or look at a screen if you are struggling to sleep at night. Melatonin has lots of important uses. Here are a few of the big ones (you might only know the ...
Vitamin Retailer’s 2022 Best New Products
For the 15th consecutive year, Vitamin Retailer, with the guidance of a retailer panel, assembled the year’s best new natural products. Fifteen years ago, Vitamin Retailer (VR) magazine decided to honor the year’s top products by asking for the opinions of natural product retailers. Now, the objective remains the same, as these stores offer feedback ...
Study Shows Sleep Patterns Impact Blood Sugar and Heart Health
Whether you are an early bird or a night owl, these sleep patterns may affect blood sugar levels and heart health. According to Sciencedaily.com, our activity patterns and sleep cycles could influence our risk of diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. New research published in Experimental Physiology found wake/sleep cycles cause metabolic ...
Achieving Critical Balance: Supporting Healthy Blood Sugar Levels
A category not well-understood by consumers, here’s how to help them navigate their lives to achieve and sustain healthy blood sugar levels for the long-term. When a parent or other family member is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, it is often a wake-up call for the “diagnosee,” but also for healthy family members. But that ...
Quick-Take From Nutrition21’s Katie Emerson
Vitamin Retailer reached out to Katie Emerson, MS, RD, LDN, Manager of Scientific Affairs for Saddle Brook, NJ-based Nutrition21 (nutrition21.com) for her quick thoughts about the science behind newer applications for cognitive health. VR: Considering newer applications and formulas for existing ingredients and compounds—such as magnesium, trace minerals, arginine, inositol, garlic, ginseng, even hemp—what is ...
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