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5 Supplements for Cellular Renewal and Recovery The use of supplements in recent years for recovery has become more common than ever before. The body is inundated with daily stresses that include environmental toxins, electromagnetic pollution, and even excess exercise, among others, which increases the body’s antioxidant and nutrient requirements that promote recovery. Consuming an ...
Heather Lux
With a bachelor’s degree in organizational communication, Heather Lux, founder of True North Beauty, spent 20 years working for progressive Fortune 100 consumer good manufacturing and sales companies. But after years of working “crazy hours,” Lux said she had completely lost all direction. “I made an effort to reconnect with myself and define my life ...
Take Care of Your Brain
Sometimes we forget that our brain is a physical organ. Because it is our seat of consciousness, we often fall victim to the mistaken belief that our thinking and awareness completely control our brain’s activity. We believe that if try really hard, we can dictate our mood and memory. Snap out of it. Calm down. ...
Indian Gooseberry: An Effective Cardiometabolic Nutraceutical
Distributed throughout tropical and subtropical India, wild or planted, Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica L. syn. Emblica officinalis), is a deciduous tree, commonly known as amla in India. It yields a fleshy fruit more than 1.5 cm in diameter, light greenish-yellow, and quite smooth.1 It has played an important medicinal role for centuries in ayurveda, with ...
Adding Sales Channels and Expanding Your Store’s Reach
Expanding the reach of your store can be incredibly exciting. When you’ve hit a point where your store’s popularity has grown and you’re ready to branch out, it is an amazing thing. But it also requires some careful thought and planning. Adding more sales channels to your business operation is a big risk, but it ...
Impact of Coronavirus on the Natural Products Industry
The new strain of coronavirus grabbing headlines and generating health concerns around the world was given an official name by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Feb. 11, 2020: COVID-19. Back in December 2019, the virus was first reported in Wuhan, China, and was traced to a novel strain. The COVID-19 virus, in some instances, ...
Marc Grossman, OD, LAc
Marc Grossman, OD, LAc, is a leading holistic optometrist in practice since 1980. Internationally respected, he has taught many hundreds of practitioners and physicians in his methods. An influential pioneer, practitioner and teacher in natural and integrative eye care, Grossman is in the forefront of the holistic vision care movement and the mind-body connection. His ...
Understanding Fats and Their Impact on Overall Health
Over the years, different trends have confused people about fats. While fats are rich in energy and an important component of any healthy diet, not all fats are the same. It’s important to distinguish between the different fats to make sure you’re consuming healthy fats. Fats can be categorized as follows: Monounsaturated Fats: Heart-healthy fats ...
Xylooligosaccharides: The Low-dose Prebiotic
Dietary prebiotics are typically fiber compounds that human beings cannot digest. However, prebiotics can be digested by the friendly probiotic bacteria that reside in our gut, nourishing them, stimulating their growth or activity and helping them to colonize the large intestine1. In the world of dietary supplements, there are several prebiotics from which to choose—perhaps ...
Country Life Natural Food Store and Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurant
Volunteering for Health Country Life Natural Food Store and Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurant (Columbus, GA) In October 2019, Country Life Natural Food Store and Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurant celebrated a major milestone—50 years of serving the people of Columbus, GA. In the mid-1960s, Drs. Calvin and Agatha Thrash were dissatisfied with the results they were seeing in their practice, ...
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