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Dr. Matthew Budoff, Professor of Medicine, UCLA
Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology Co-chair, International Garlic Symposium https://kyolic.com/about-us/science/ https://kyolic.com/is-aged-garlic-extract-safe/ Matthew Jay Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA, is a professor of medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and the endowed chair of preventive cardiology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Budoff is a graduate of University of California at ...
Building Customer Value in Natural Products Retail
Historically, businesses drove growth by creating better products. Through a product-centric approach, huge companies were created—think of Henry Ford and the Model T. Today, the path to growth can take several different approaches. Thanks to digital technologies, it is possible to focus on individual interactions with your customers both in and out of retail. This ...
Vitamin K1 & K2 as MK-7 & MK-4: Differences & Applications
Vitamin K, particularly vitamin K2, represents a significant segment of the vitamin market. In fact, the global vitamin K2 market size was estimated at $421.1 million in 2023 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.8 percent from 2024 to 2030.1 Certainly, vitamin K2 as menaquinone-7 (MK-7) has been recognized for its role ...
The Top 10 Natural Supplements for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is becoming an epidemic in our culture. So many people have it, and there is little that conventional medicine can do to help control it. Of all the disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, IBS is the most common, affecting at least 11 percent of all people. That’s a lot of people ...
Want to Live a Long Time? Polyphenols Will Help Get You There
There is a huge amount of marketing around anti-aging interventions: creams, potions, diets, medications, devices, surgeries, fasting, exercise programs—all with a claim to turn back the hands of time. There is no perfect and easy answer, but there are some things you can do to slow down the damage that is done as we age, ...
Keeping Current in the Marketplace
Between stocking shelves, scheduling staff, hosting events and all the daily tasks of running a store, it may seem like every day is an exercise in keeping in tune with the very real needs of your store. And of course, that’s true. However, there is also the big picture, and that is keeping current with ...
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[Extra! Extra!] It’s Not Just Us! Science Shows That Animals Get COVID, Too
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to Virginia Tech research published in Nature Communications. The virus was detected in six common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior exposure to the virus were found in five species, with rates of exposure ranging from 40 to 60 percent depending on the ...
Engaging the Prevent Defense
Much like in football (the NFL season kicks off this month), humans should look at their immunity as a prevent defense. In the game, this alignment is used to prevent the offense from long gains and imminent score. With the immune system, supplements aim to ensure an offensive microscopic bug doesn’t score a figurative touchdown, ...
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[Extra! Extra!] Talking Children’s Health With Ramona Billingslea
VR: Where does homeopathy fit into the children’s health mix? Billingslea: Homeopathy plays an important role when we are working with parents to support their children’s best healthy-living needs. We carry a strong collection of homeopathies created specifically for kids as part of our kids’ health category. Our homeopathy selections allow us to serve those ...
Nutrition for Children: Definitely Not “Kids’ Stuff”
Parents today are very sophisticated with regard to quality, taste and efficacy for dietary supplements geared to children. The market for children’s health has been faring much better than the adult market if we are to compare a 20 percent boost in kids’ health vs. growth of only about 8 percent for adult health, according ...
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