VR 2020
Inflammatory Lung Diseases: Breathing Easier
There is not much worse in the world than the sensation of not getting enough air. I almost drowned once at a lake in southern Michigan and was going down for the third time when a friend pulled me to shallow water and helped me to shore. Even though that was years ago, I can ...
The Quest for Immune Support
Caring for one’s immune system now is more critical than ever. Manufacturers are doing their part to provide support. At present, society has been living in a pandemic due to COVID-19 for more than six months, and still, many questions remain unanswered about the virus. Amid the speculation, retailers and manufacturers alike are unable to ...
Thinking of the Children
Children’s health and well-being take center stage as back-to-school season is fraught with unprecedented disruption. Here’s how to do your part to help keep the community of kids healthy. Raising children is never easy for any generation, but arguably, parents today have a challenge their parents didn’t. And this challenge, of course, is COVID-19. While ...
Pets Take Center Stage
Pet health product sales soar during COVID-19. “Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.” This quote, made famous by George Eliot, a Victorian novelist, aptly describes the relationship many Americans have with their pets. Be it a hamster, rabbit, cat, dog or any other four-legged friend, Americans love their companion ...
Overcoming Obstacles in a Time of Change
Normally, when we talk about “overcoming obstacles” we think about educating customers about the benefits of certain nutrients, while reassuring them that, although the supplements in our stores might cost more initially, the results are well worth the difference. Or, overcoming obstacles might just have to do with generating more store traffic in an already ...
Video: 2020 Retail Heroes
Honoring essential workers of the coronavirus in the natural products industry. Images from natural product retailers across the country. Feature
Catherine Kwik-Uribe, PhD, Global R&D-Scientific & Regulatory
Catherine Kwik-Uribe, PhD, is global R&D-scientific & regulatory affairs director, Mars Symbioscience, a business within the Mars Edge segment of New Jersey-based Mars, Incorporated. Mars Edge is dedicated to human health and wellness through targeted nutrition, including scientific research on the health and biomedical potential of cocoa flavanols. Kwik-Uribe received her doctorate degree in human ...
CBD & Sports Nutrition: Partners in Performance and Recovery
According to Grand View Research, the global sports nutrition market is expected to reach $31 billion by 2027. Add to this a global dietary supplement market worth $115 billion, a huge increase in consumer awareness, and ongoing research into the importance of nutrition and its effects on performance, and it’s extremely realistic to see how ...
Fig Fruit Extract for Natural Control of Blood Sugar
For me, diabetes is personal. I have family members who are diabetic, and two uncles as well as one of my cousins died from diabetic-related complications. I wrote a book about complementary treatments for diabetes,1 and I am always looking for new strategies to treat diabetes. This article is about such a strategy that I ...
Zinc in Modern Times
Zinc is a chemical element that’s been identified since the 18th century—it has made quite an impact over the years, including in the natural products industry for its plethora of benefits. “Zinc is functionally involved in hundreds of enzymatic functions in the body and considered an essential mineral that is second only to iron in ...
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