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[Extra Extra] The Right Gut Enzymes Can Stop Proliferation of C. difficile
Researchers found that certain enzymes within a class known as bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) can restrict Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) colonization by both altering existing bile acids and by creating a new class of bile acids within the gut’s microbial environment. The work could lead to ‘designer’ probiotics that protect against disease by introducing specific ...
Of Bugs & Butterflies: Healthy Gut Support
The panel: Jay Levy, Director of Sales, Wakunaga of America Co., Ltd., Mission Viejo, CA, www.kyolic.com Matthew Hudson, Technical Advisor, ADM Protexin, Somerset, U.K., www.protexin.com Julia Craven, Vice President of Education, Enzymedica, Venice, FL, www.enzymedica.com Mark Walin, Senior Vice President Business Development & Marketing, BIO-CAT, Troy, VA, www.bio-cat.com Michael DeLorenzo, Director of Private Label Business ...
Carolina Lopez, BEJOU Latina Skin Care, Founder/CEO
When Carolina Lopez was 10, she and her sister fled Colombia on the floor of a taxi with their mother in the trunk to escape guerrilla warfare and violence. Her mother stayed behind for five years, risking her life to provide for her daughters who moved to the U.S. in search of a better future. ...
Boosting Foot Traffic: A Guide to Advertising for Independent Health Food Stores
As a small business owner, one of your primary duties is to develop strategies to get more people into your store. In fact, the two most important metrics that every retailer in America should track are store traffic and basket size. If you have enough people coming through the door and they are buying things, ...
The Many Things Ginger Can Do
Ginger is an incredibly valuable and versatile herb. New research is starting to show why. Killing Pain Ginger is useful for killing pain. It is a powerful anti-inflammatory herb that safely improves period pain. A systematic review and meta-analysis of six controlled studies of ginger and painful periods found that, in all six of them, ...
Collaboration is Key for Store Success
We often hear that we live in an incredibly disconnected world. But it is vitally important that we make those connections, first and foremost, in our own communities. Collaborations with other experts and businesses help you cultivate lasting relationships that will ultimately bear fruit for your own store’s well-being—and for the good health of the ...
Solubilized Keratin for Healthy Hair
From a consumer perspective, how important is having good hair? According to a survey1 of women, 29 percent of women reported feeling empowered by having good hair. Also, one in six women indicated that they would be embarrassed to go out in public if there’s something wrong with their hair, one in 10 said a ...
![[Extra! Extra!] Menopausal Hormone Therapies: Each Presents Unique Challenges](https://vitaminretailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/WomensHealth-300x295-1740073306.jpg)
[Extra! Extra!] Menopausal Hormone Therapies: Each Presents Unique Challenges
In a new study, researchers analyzed the effects of seven different hormone treatments for menopausal symptoms on the risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack. The study, which involved around one million women aged between 50 and 58, is the largest and most comprehensive study of currently prescribed hormonal substances in the world. The ...
Healthy Liver, Longer Life
I think the liver is the overlooked workhorse of the body. Most people know that the liver is the major organ of detoxification. Without the liver, that shot of tequila would be around for a very long time indeed, circulating and causing trouble. We would not be able to live much more than a day ...
The XX Factor
What’s going on in the women’s supplement market? Turns out, quite a bit. The famous question, “What do women want?” can largely be answered as “good health, love and happiness.” While retailers can’t help their women customers with the last two, they sure could help fulfill the first desire. And the good news is that ...
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