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George Paraskevakos, International Probiotics Association
George Paraskevakos Executive Director International Probiotics Association Website: http://internationalprobiotics.org/ Facebook: http://internationalprobiotics.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IP_Association and https://twitter.com/probiotic_man Instagram: www.instagram.com/probiotic_man LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/george-paraskevakos-a1035a7 George Paraskevakos, MBA, is executive director of the International Probiotics Association (IPA) whose mission is to promote the safe and efficacious use of probiotics throughout the world while being “The Global Voice of Probiotics.” As a ...
Natural Answers for Pain
I do not have to tell you that pain is an incredibly unpleasant experience. Scientists call it a “noxious stimuli,” and that it is, indeed. I am not a big fan of enduring pain. Not only is it, well, painful, it is exhausting and depressing. It wears you out and uses up your body’s resources. ...
Ashwagandha Extract for Enhanced Cognition
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), a small, woody shrub found growing in Africa, the Mediterranean and India, has been used in ayurvedic medicine1 for more than 3,000 years. It was described by Dioscorides (78 AD) in his book Kitab-ul-Hashaish, as a “Rasayana”—a rejuvenator “that promotes a youthful state of physical and mental health and expands happiness.”2 Ashwagandha ...
Matching Customers With the Best Products
Your customers rely on your expertise to guide them in ways that big box mainstream retailers and impersonal online transactions can’t. With that in mind, it’s as important as always to continue to provide products from quality brands, and continue to educate customers on each one to help enhance their lives. No doubt you’ve already ...
Bob Barrows Jr., Bluebonnet Nutrition Corp.
Bob Barrows Jr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing Bluebonnet Nutrition Corp. 12915 Dairy Ashford Sugar Land, TX, 77478 (281) 240-3332 https://bluebonnetnutrition.com With a 40-year successful track record in sales, sales management and marketing within the publishing and supplement industries, Bob Barrows, Jr. has spent the past three decades as co-owner and head of sales ...
Establishing Healthy Habits in 2021 for Long-term Vitality
All too often, when February approaches, many of us have already quit the New Year’s resolutions we set with such determination less than a month ago. Perhaps it’s the winter weather that begins to take a toll. Maybe it’s the self-deprivation or the uphill battle we didn’t foresee. Perhaps it’s the ease and pleasure of ...
Chitosan Oligosaccharide: A Blood Sugar Management Nutraceutical
Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by high glucose (blood sugar) levels resulting from an inability to make or use sufficient insulin.1 When high blood glucose levels remain high and largely uncontrolled for a long period of time, the result can be a variety of serious complications. These complications include, but are not limited to, ...
Deborah Kesten, MPH
Holistic Nutrition Researcher Founder Whole Person Integrative Eating Phone: (415) 324-4158 Email: [email protected] 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 ...
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