VR 2021 01
Natural Doesn’t Always Mean Harmless
Vitamin Retailer spoke with Vancouver-Washington-based physician Zora De Grandpre, ND, who serves as an expert for Leafreport, which is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, www.leafreport.com. She offers some general cautionaries for retailers and the natural products industry, at large: While most natural products have mild to moderate adverse effects, it is obviously incorrect to think […]
Deborah Kesten, MPH
Holistic Nutrition Researcher Founder Whole Person Integrative Eating Phone: (415) 324-4158 Email: dkesten@me.com Website: www.integrativeeating.com Deborah Kesten, MPH, is an international nutrition researcher, award-winning author, and medical/health writer, with a specialty in preventing and reversing obesity and heart disease. Kesten is the founder of the Whole Person Integrative Eating, a science-backed program for halting—even reversing—overeating, […]
Building a Bulletproof Immune System
OK, maybe not 100 percent bulletproof, but able to deflect and dodge projectiles galore! In the midst of a serious viral outbreak, people can feel overwhelmed and vulnerable, but there are so many ways we can help protect ourselves and the ones we love through nutrient interventions. Whether it’s the basics like vitamin D, or […]
Pepper Oil Extract/ Beta-Caryophyllene: A Non-cannabis Phytocannabinoid for Pain and Inflammation
If you are alive in the United States today, there is a good chance that you’ve heard of phytocannabinoids—at least THC and CBD. If you are part of the dietary supplement/natural products industry, it would be near impossible for you not to have heard of phytocannabinoids. Likewise, you almost certainly have heard the myriad claims […]
Does Having Children Age Women?
In a new study, researchers examined several different measures that represent how a woman’s body is aging and found that people who had few births—or many—seemed to have aged quicker than those women who had given birth three or four times. However, these effects were found only after a woman had gone through menopause. “Our […]
Women’s Prerogatives
Empowering women of all ages and types is a continually strengthening message: their health is at the core. There was a time just a few decades ago when women were referred to as “the weaker sex.” But indeed, women have come a long way, baby—to recycle a legendary ad slogan to support the women’s movement […]
Store Success in Difficult Times: Merging Brick and Mortar With Online Retail
One of the biggest challenges to retail business has been the development of online sales— especially in the midst of COVID-19. With restrictions on store capacity and your local shopper’s own uncertainty, you may have wondered about whether—and how—to incorporate online sales as an adjunct to your own brick-and-mortar business. It may not seem obvious […]
The Cannabinoid Revolution
In honor of National CBD Month, VR looks at addressing the endocannabinoid system. Panelists: Rich Barnes, COO and Founder, Slumber CBN, Denver, CO, www.slumbercbn.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Houston, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Zora DeGrandpre, ND, Leafreport, Tel Aviv, Israel, www.leafreport.com Yasamine Farshad, ND, CH, Practitioner Education Manager, Wise Woman Herbals, Creswell, OR, www.wisewomanherbals.com […]
New Study “Stuns” Arthritis Sufferers
For the millions of people affected by arthritis and other joint pain in the United States, pain management is an ongoing battle. A recent study by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), revealed encouraging results for managing moderate to severe osteoarthritis: it literally stunned participant studies. According to the Science Daily article, “Novel Technique […]
Keeping Joints Mobile, Healthy and Strong
Will the joint health segment continue to grow? Picture this: the alarm goes off but you have to get out of bed in increments. First, you swing your legs over the side of the mattress. Next, you put your hands on your thighs and give yourself a push upward. Then, you stand in place for […]
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