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Herbal Allies for Gut Health
If you’ve been paying attention to the functional medicine field, you already know that gut health is pretty much (directly and or indirectly) tied to everything these days. From digestion and nutrient absorption to immune function, mood support, detoxification and even hormone balance. Simply put, gut health is the foundation of overall wellness. While diet ...
Evaluating Different Forms of Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Fish, Krill & Algae Oils
Omega fatty acids (eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA] and docosahexaenoic acid [DHA]) are universally recognized for their importance to human health. This includes their value for cardiovascular health,1-5 joint health and mitigating inflammation,6-8 reducing UV-induced skin aging9-13 and a range of other issues. Now consider that, although guidelines recommend a combined DHA and EPA intake of between ...
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 ...
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 ...
Daniella Dayoub Forrest, Author, Personal Trainer and Health Coach
Daniella Dayoub Forrest, author of Own Your Wellness: Giving You the Tools to Break Through Your Health Plateaus, is a personal trainer and health coach who has worked in health and wellness for more than two decades, including many years in Silicon Valley. She helps clients navigate ever-changing health and wellness advice and distill it ...
Stay Ahead of the Game: How Change Can Propel Your Store’s Success
Change isn’t optional—it’s essential. As the natural products market evolves, so too must the way you do business. Standing still in the face of shifting consumer habits and growing competition isn’t a strategy—it’s a liability. If the idea of change feels daunting, you’re not alone. Behavioral economists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky call this “loss ...
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