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Overcoming Obstacles in a Time of Change
Normally, when we talk about “overcoming obstacles” we think about educating customers about the benefits of certain nutrients, while reassuring them that, although the supplements in our stores might cost more initially, the results are well worth the difference. Or, overcoming obstacles might just have to do with generating more store traffic in an already ...
Catherine Kwik-Uribe, PhD, Global R&D-Scientific & Regulatory
Catherine Kwik-Uribe, PhD, is global R&D-scientific & regulatory affairs director, Mars Symbioscience, a business within the Mars Edge segment of New Jersey-based Mars, Incorporated. Mars Edge is dedicated to human health and wellness through targeted nutrition, including scientific research on the health and biomedical potential of cocoa flavanols. Kwik-Uribe received her doctorate degree in human ...
CBD & Sports Nutrition: Partners in Performance and Recovery
According to Grand View Research, the global sports nutrition market is expected to reach $31 billion by 2027. Add to this a global dietary supplement market worth $115 billion, a huge increase in consumer awareness, and ongoing research into the importance of nutrition and its effects on performance, and it’s extremely realistic to see how ...
Fig Fruit Extract for Natural Control of Blood Sugar
For me, diabetes is personal. I have family members who are diabetic, and two uncles as well as one of my cousins died from diabetic-related complications. I wrote a book about complementary treatments for diabetes,1 and I am always looking for new strategies to treat diabetes. This article is about such a strategy that I ...
Zinc in Modern Times
Zinc is a chemical element that’s been identified since the 18th century—it has made quite an impact over the years, including in the natural products industry for its plethora of benefits. “Zinc is functionally involved in hundreds of enzymatic functions in the body and considered an essential mineral that is second only to iron in ...
Mindy Barrows, Pecan Grove Acupuncture and Wellness Clinic
Mindy Barrows, Owner Pecan Grove Acupuncture and Wellness Clinic Richmond, TX [email protected] Mindy Barrows, BSc in biology, MAOM, DACM, has more than 30 years of experience in the health and nutrition field and both a master’s degree and doctorate in acupuncture and Chinese medicine. In her clinical practice, she specializes in neuro-acupuncture. Barrows’ passion for ...
Flexible Over 40
I heard a “mature” comedian talk about the problems of bending down. She said that if she actually has to pick something up off the floor, she waits until something else drops so she can pick them both up at the same time. “You think I’m bending all the way over to pick up a ...
Water-soluble Eggshell Membrane: Research Update
Previously, I’ve written articles for Vitamin Retailer about both the topical skin benefits and the ingestible joint health benefits of water-soluble eggshell membrane (WSEM). In this current article, I’m going to provide an update on human clinical research recently conducted on this fascinating material for joint health. I’ve chosen to do this because, after reviewing ...
Operating a Health Food Retail Establishment in the Age of the Coronavirus
In the space of a few short weeks, what we thought of as our comfortable reality was changed; probably forever. In February, the most important thing was finding a potential pathway to market for CBD. By mid-March, everyone’s primary concern seemed to be a search for an adequate supply of toilet paper and perhaps washing ...
Debra Stark, Debra’s Natural Gourmet
Debra Stark, Founder and Co-owner Debra’s Natural Gourmet 98 Commonwealth Ave., Concord, MA 01742 [email protected] The day Debra Stark opened Debra’s Natural Gourmet, the store was shut down because she didn’t have a license to sell dairy. On day two, the town of Concord, MA shut her shop down again because there was no Common ...
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