VR 2022 07
Brain Boosters!
The Best Brain Booster of Them All The best brain booster of them all is the herb Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo helps healthy people keep their cognitive powers, and it helps people with Alzheimer’s to fight for them. Several double-blind studies show that ginkgo helps cognition in seniors (Human Psychopharmacol Clin Exp 2002;17:267- 77), including significantly ...
Natural Answers for Digestive Distress
You are what you eat. I know you have heard that expression, but I would adjust it to: You are what you digest. I have a lot of friends who are naturopathic physicians, and they often repeat the mantra “all health begins in the gut.” The more we learn about physiology, the more we learn ...
Memory Enhancement With Garden Sage Leaf Extract and Spanish Sage
Sage (Salvia spp.) has a longstanding reputation in British herbal tradition1 as a natural agent that enhances memory—even though there had not previously been much evidence of its efficacy from modern research. In recent years, however, that changed. This article will discuss the evidence of memory enhancement and cognitive function for extracts of garden sage ...
Linda Boardman, CEO, Bragg Live Food Products
As chief executive officer of Bragg Live Food Products, LLC, Linda Boardman guides strategic growth and expansion for this legendary brand founded more than a century ago. Following in the footsteps of Founder Paul Bragg and Patricia Bragg, Boardman is guiding Bragg into the modern era with a fresh take on this time-tested product ingredient. ...
Mindful Breathing May Help Reduce Pain, Says Study
Meditative mindful breathing has long been known to provide many well-being benefits, including helping people to better manage pain. Recently, researchers at the University of Michigan compared two types of meditative breathing —traditional mindful breathing and virtual reality, 3D-guided mindful breathing—to reduce pain in volunteers. They found that each lessened pain by modulating the somatosensory ...
Relief for Pain
Discomfort and the inflammation that often accompanies it can be addressed through natural products—and summertime tends to bring its share of ouches. Pain can ruin a moment. Chronic or acute, aching or sharp, pulsing or in waves, physical discomfort is the common experience all humans share. During the summer, most people are more active, increasing ...
Talking Regulatory Issues With Mark LeDoux
Vitamin Retailer magazine asked Mark LeDoux, Chairman & CEO of Natural Alternatives International based in Carlsbad, CA (nai-online.com), for his take on three regulatory-related questions. Here are his comments: VR: What is the single biggest regulatory or enforcement problem that the natural products industry currently faces? To some degree, the largest challenge in the regulatory ...
Washington and the Natural Products Industry
The Panel: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, https://betsyhealth.com Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Jonathan Emord, President & Principal, Emord & Associates, Clifton, VA, https://emord.com Karen Howard, CEO, Executive Director, Organic & Natural Health Association, Washington, D.C., https://organicandnatural.org Mark LeDoux, Chairman & CEO, Natural Alternatives International, Carlsbad, CA, ...
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