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Checking the Numbers
According to Nutrition Business Journal, consumer sales of supplements for diabetes reached $1 billion in 2010—a six percent growth over 2009 sales. The American Diabetes Association has published data showing that in the U.S. alone, in 2010, $218 billion was spent on medical expenditures on diabetes-related illnesses. An estimated 366 million people worldwide now suffer ...
Brain Boosters
As the brain health category continues to expand past Baby Boomers, manufacturers see to it that more effective, scientifically backed products are entering the market. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2007, Alzheimer’s disease was ranked as the seventh leading cause of death among American adults aged 18 and older.Since ...
Benefits Off the Vine
The nutritional and medicinal value of grapes has been touted for hundreds of years. While the general composition of the grape consists of two-six percent stem, five-12 percent skin, 80-90 percent juice and zerofive percent seeds, the grape’s major component is a class of compounds known as polyphenols—the most important phytochemicals found in the fruit. ...
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