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Minding the Store—The Brain-Health Category Reigns Supreme
Panelists: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Sébastien Bornet, Vice President Global Sales & Marketing, Horphag Research, Geneva, Switzerland, www.pycnogenol.com Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG), Vice President of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, NutraScience Labs, Farmingdale, NY, www.nutrasciencelabs.com Katie Emerson, MS, RD, LDN, Manager of Scientific Affairs, Nutrition21, Saddle Brook, NJ, www.nutrition21.com ...
Daniel Gagnon, Medical Herbalist, MS, RH (AHG), Owner, Herbs, Etc.
Daniel Gagnon, medical herbalist, MS, RH (AHG), is a French-Canadian originally from Northern Ontario, Canada, who relocated to Santa Fe, NM in 1979. As a child, he suffered from eczema, asthma and allergies. His quest to overcome these health challenges led him to study nutrition, herbal medicine and other natural healing modalities, and he has ...
Creating Effective and Exciting Store Promotions
Creating great store promotions is both an art and a science. It deserves plenty of thought, great application of skill and an ability to create excitement—and, with it, strong sales. Even though the bottom line for most retailers rests on the success of store promotions and sales events, and that they are familiar with routine ...
Uterus: Friend and Foe? The Problem of Endometriosis
There would be no human life on our planet without the reproductive power of the uterus. When my children were younger, I described the uterus as a warm and cozy nest. When the egg is fertilized, it is gently dropped into the nest to be protected and nurtured. It was a few more years before ...
Supporting Healthy Detoxification
Detoxification is a process that is imperative to our overall well-being; however, the concept of detoxification has become hijacked by the health industry. As Edzard Ernst, professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter put it, the concept of detoxing is the marketing equivalent of drawing go faster stripes on your car. And while ...
Daily Vitamin and Mineral Recommendations for Health
Vitamin and mineral supplements can be important for overall health, especially if one does not get enough of them from diet alone. The Cleveland Clinic recommends taking vitamin A to help fight infection; maintain healthy vision; maintain heart, lung and kidney health; keep skin healthy; and to strengthen bones and teeth. It recommends vitamin B ...
Hallmarks of Health: Multivitamins and Minerals
Consumers post-COVID-19 are more health-conscious—and many have turned toward multivitamin and mineral supplements to maintain or improve their health. The natural products industry is well aware that consuming vitamins and minerals plays a vital part in keeping consumers healthy. Ideally, all of these micronutrient needs would be met through diet alone; however, the modern American ...
Using Your Own Skills to Boost Mood
Results of a new study shed light on an easy way to boost mood—using either cognitive or mindfulness skills, whichever one is stronger. In the study, the researchers found that people who were in a sad mood improved more quickly when they used a mood-improving method that they were told was their strongest skill. These ...
The Bright Side
Mood waxes and wanes—help your customers stay positive. We feel it every day and often it can dictate what we do, how much we do, and what we don’t do. Mood. “Mood is something that is internally felt, and its vibration can affect us to our core, dictating our behaviors and physical actions and, of ...
Research Update: Tongkat Ali for Aging Males, Aging Females & Young Athletes
In June of 2018 Vitamin Retailer published my article, “Tongkat Ali: Herbal Medicine for Sexual Dysfunction, Increased Testosterone and Male Fertility.” This particular article focused the effects of the herbal medicine tongkat ali on sexual health related issues in men—especially aging men. In this article, I’ll present new research on tongkat ali for aging males, ...
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