VR 2019
The Goodness of Your Heart
Retailers must stay current on the array of natural heart health products being offered. Heart health is imperative to life. Unfortunately, heart disease (which includes coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke) is prevalent in this country, accounting for one out of every seven deaths, while cardiovascular disease is listed as an underlying cause of death ...
Herbs Found to Help Vanquish Lyme Bacterium
According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year, approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed. A spirochete bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi causes the disease, and blacklegged ticks are responsible for the majority of North American cases of the illness. Oils from garlic and several other common herbs and medicinal plants show strong activity ...
Herb Outlook 2019
Herbs are hot, no question. Here’s what topics are driving innovation and consumer demand. The plant kingdom is having a shining moment. Plants are being used for exotic new foods and beverages. Spices from remote corners of the globe are on supermarket shelves and featured in cooking media. And mainstream consumers are embracing herbal supplements. ...
Bergamot Polyphenol Extract: Natural Support for Lowering Cholesterol, Triglycerides and Glucose Levels, While Promoting Weight Loss
You may not have heard about cardiometabolic syndrome (CMS), but you have certainly heard about the various metabolic dysfunctions that characterize CMS. These include insulin resistance (poor ability to use the hormone insulin), impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia (e.g. high cholesterol and triglycerides), hypertension and central adiposity. Now recognized as a disease by the World Health ...
Encouraging Shoppers to Linger
As you’ve established your business, you probably know that it isn’t just a shopping destination, it’s a social destination. And that’s absolutely as it should be. If your store is busy, and it seems like people simply want to browse awhile, that’s good news. Encourage it and welcome it. Because the more popular your store ...
News Flash on Hot Flashes: They are Lasting Longer
Menopause symptoms are not just for midlife anymore, according to a new Mayo Clinic study recently published in the Journal of the North American Menopause Society. The study, conducted by researchers at Mayo Clinic gathered data from nearly 5,000 women. When asked whether they experienced any symptoms commonly associated with menopause, such as hot flashes ...
Essential for Women
Wanting to stay vital and active from youth to advanced age brings women to the supplement aisle. Although women share many of same health concerns as men, women have unique issues that include everything from fertility to hormonal imbalances to menstrual cycles and PMS, to osteoporosis and fibroids. When it comes to keeping fit and ...
Industry Update 1994-2019
Vitamin Retailer’s 25 Years & 25 Top News Stories The dietary supplement industry has gone through a number of changes since Vitamin Retailer’s (VR) debut in 1994. In honor of the magazine’s 25th anniversary, we looked back at 25 of the industry’s major milestones, and reflect on the impact, challenges and evolution of the dietary ...
Probiotics Can Protect the Skeletons of Older Women
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have demonstrated that probiotics, dietary supplements with health-promoting bacteria, can be used to affect the human skeleton. Among older women who received probiotics, bone loss was halved compared to women who received only a placebo. The research opens the door to a new way to prevent fractures among ...
Keeping it Moving
The bone, muscle and joint supplement segment presents plenty of demand, and manufacturers are working on developing improved solutions. There is no doubt that one’s bones, muscles and joints are important parts of the human body. On the surface, these parts in tandem define movement, and unfortunately, if there is a break in one of ...
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