VR 2020
Competing With Online Sales at Your Brick-and-Mortar Store
This past year has certainly been challenging for brick-and-mortar locations, to say the least. However, as things open up here and there around the country, customers are still looking to retailers that they know and trust. Online retail—unless it is part of your own store’s strategy—can be difficult to compete against, unless you’ve already established ...
CBD News
There is a lot happening with CBD products. Here is a roundup of recent news that collectively illustrate the liveliness and vigor of the space. Kadenwood, LLC, a California-based consumer seed-to-shelf CBD company, announced the acquisition of EcoGen Laboratories, the leading global manufacturer and supplier of hemp-derived CBD materials and formulations. The deal effectively establishes ...
Endocannabinoid Support: Outlook 2021
The endocannabinoid system, still new in health sciences, has been the muse for CBD and other products. This area is only going to grow. Still somewhat dewy fresh in the spotlight of human biological systems, the endocannabinoid system (ECS) has been the focus of dramatic product development. After all, its existence was discovered only 30 ...
Zinc Could Help as Non-antibiotic Treatment for UTIs
New details about the role of zinc in our immune system could help the development of new non-antibiotic treatment strategies for bacterial diseases, such as urinary tract infections (UTIs). UTIs are one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide with about 150 million cases each year and can lead to serious conditions, such as kidney ...
A Healthy Mix of Minerals
Zinc, selenium and other essential minerals offer multiple benefits during a pandemic and beyond. As noted in this month’s Association News (page 20), this past September, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released the results of its 2020 CRN Survey, which noted that 98 percent of supplement users reported using the combination of vitamins and ...
Too Much Salt Weakens the Immune System
A high-salt diet is not only bad for one’s blood pressure, but also for the immune system. This is the conclusion of a current study under the leadership of the University Hospital Bonn in Germany. Mice fed a high-salt diet were found to suffer from much more severe bacterial infections. Human volunteers who consumed an ...
Do Children Spread COVID-19?
Two recent studies have different conclusions about children spreading COVID-19. First, a commentary published in the journal Pediatrics, concludes that children infrequently transmit COVID-19 to each other or to adults and that many schools, provided they follow appropriate social distancing guidelines and take into account rates of transmission in their community, can and should reopen ...
Interest in Natural Health Products for Humans Spills Into Pet Retail
A study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) conducted two decades ago which indicated that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use was on the rise. Since then, interest and participation in CAM therapies, such as prayer, deep breathing, meditation, yoga, and more have become increasingly prevalent in many American’s lives. As more documentaries ...
Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, NOW Foods
Jim Emme, CEO NOW Health Group NOW Foods Bloomingdale, IL [email protected] www.nowfoods.com Jim Emme has been a member of the NOW management team since 1995, initially as chief of operations and then as president of NOW Foods. He was promoted to chief executive officer of NOW Health Group (NHG) in 2014. Emme has been a ...
Research Update on the Many Uses of Astaxanthin
In May of 2012, I wrote an article for Vitamin Retailer called “Astaxanthin: An Extraordinary Antioxidant.” Since that time, there have been quite a few new studies published on astaxanthin, so it is time for a research update. Let’s start with a brief background overview about astaxanthin. Background Overview Astaxanthin is a pinkish-reddish carotenoid commercially ...
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