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David Foreman, The Herbal Pharmacist
334 E. Lake Rd., Box 120 Palm Harbor, FL 34685 [email protected] https://herbalpharmacist.com David Foreman is a pharmacist, author, speaker and media personality known internationally as “The Herbal Pharmacist.” A graduate of the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Foreman currently consults with leading ingredient suppliers, helping them turn their clinical studies into digestible content ...
Building a Public Relations Strategy for Your Store
Public relations (PR) plays a critical role in shaping your store’s reputation, increasing visibility and building trust with your community. While PR is often depicted in media as an industry of celebrity endorsements and press stunts, its core function is much simpler: creating and maintaining a positive image through earned media. In this article, we’ll ...
Curcumin: Relieving Depression and Pain
Inflammation may be behind your pain—physical and psychological. Curcumin may be the answer to both. That the lurking behind that pain you’re experiencing is uncontrolled inflammation is no surprise. That that same inflammation is behind your psychological pain comes as a big surprise. Emerging evidence is pointing to inflammation as an important factor in depression. ...
Akkermansia muciniphila: A GLP-1 Promoting Postbiotic for Weight Loss
Biotics are a significant category of interest in the dietary supplement industry, with postbiotics being the most recent inductee to join the ranks of pre- and probiotics. Although their introduction to the industry was only about a decade or so ago, the postbiotic supplements market was valued at $1.6 billion in 2021,1 and estimated to ...
Welcoming New Customers When a Competitor Closes
Depending on the size of your community, your nearest competitors may be a few blocks away, or a few miles away. But in either case, when one of them closes their doors, it’s time to welcome their customers wholeheartedly into your store. While it might be tempting to feel a sense of relief as a ...
Breathing Is Not Optional!
Unless you are a professional singer or play the bassoon, you may not think very often about the strength of your lungs. And yet these powerful organs bring oxygen into our body and empty out waste materials every time we breathe. I think we have all been in a situation where our ability to take ...
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[Extra! Extra!] Inflammation and its Impact on Bone Density
Inflammation has long been known to cause a variety of health problems. But now, emerging research is linking inflammatory proteins with changes in bone mineral density. A 2025 study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine at USC examined the associations between 650 proteins and annual measures of bone mineral density in 304 overweight ...
A Bone to Pick
The bone & joint health market is looking younger as it expands beyond older consumers. Bone and joint health finished products are seeing an uptick in demand among older and younger consumers alike. Consumers are increasingly aware of bone and joint health, and are interested in nature-derived supplements that can preserve bone density and joint ...
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[Extra! Extra!] Intermitting Fasting + Exercise = More Fat Loss
A new study finds that when healthy adults combine an eight-hour eating window with regular exercise, they lose more fat—without sacrificing lean muscle—compared to exercise alone. “We saw that this did lead to more fat loss and reduced body fat percentage over time when healthy adults were following both exercise with time-restricting eating compared to ...
New Strategies for Weight Management
The weight-loss category has received a refresh thanks to big pharma. Here’s how to make the most of this sector to help your customers slim down while “healthing” up. Acustomer walks into your store—“Hey, what do you have that’s like Ozempic so I can get my body summer ready?” If their BMI (body mass index) ...
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