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Vitamin D and Your Mind
Once thought of almost exclusively for bones, the past several years has revealed that vitamin D does almost everything for your body, including benefitting diabetes and dental health, heart disease and cancer, back pain, multiple sclerosis, long life and COVID-19. The new news in vitamin D research is that there are vitamin D receptors in ...
Want to Live a Long Time? Polyphenols Will Help Get You There
There is a huge amount of marketing around anti-aging interventions. Creams, potions, diets, medications, devices, surgeries, fasting, exercise programs—all with a claim to turn back the hands of time. There is no perfect and easy answer, but there are some things you can do to slow down the damage that is done as we age, ...
Collagen & Resveratrol: The Advantage for Skin Care
There are so many different nutraceuticals available to help promote healthy, attractive skin. But two of them that deserve special mention are collagen and resveratrol. Of course, there are few people who will be surprised to hear that collagen offers skin related benefits, but many of those same people may be interested to learn that ...
Keep Your Store Website and Social Media Fresh and Relevant
I absolutely love seeing customers in my store and helping them achieve their best health. It is one of the most rewarding aspects of my life working in natural health, and I’m sure most of you feel the same way. So, putting an emphasis on the digital marketplace might not always feel like it comes ...
Jonathan Mitchell, Founder, Lyberate Nutrition
The seeds for Lyberate Nutrition (Salt Lake City, UT) were planted years ago with the founder, Jonathan Mitchell, being raised by a mother who was passionate about herbs and using natural supplements to assist the body in healing. After his sister was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and went through chemotherapy, Mitchell wanted to find ...
Will Consumers Buy In to Legitimate Weight Management Solutions?
Are Americans more obsessed with weight loss than other cultures? Well, maybe we should be. The obesity statistics are scary. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the United States obesity prevalence was 41.9 percent in 2017—March 2020. From 1999—2000 through 2017—March 2020, the U.S. obesity prevalence increased from 30.5 percent to ...
Polyphenols
What Are Polyphenols? You would have to be living under a health rock to miss the notion that fruits and vegetables are advantageous for your health, but have you ever stopped to think about why? Sure, we know that they provide vitamins and minerals, they are not processed, and they are a great source of ...
Quercetin Phytosome for Inflammation, Athletic Performance and More
Although a mainstay in the dietary supplement industry, quercetin is one of those nutraceuticals that many people seem to struggle with when asked the question, “What does it do?” This article attempts to provide elucidation with a specific focus on quercetin phytosome. Introduction Categorically, quercetin is a flavonol—one of six subclasses of flavonoid compounds1—that naturally ...
Janick Boudazin, President & CEO, Boiron USA
Janick Boudazin holds a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Nantes in France and completed the executive program in finance and accounting, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career with Boiron, a world leader in homeopathic medicines, in 1995, and became president and CEO of the U.S. subsidiary in 2012. ...
Good Sexual Health for Women
There are certainly a lot of cultural issues to navigate when discussing women’s sexual health, desire, arousal and gratification. I was going to title this “Putting the Ooh Back Into the Ooh La La,” but then thought: why are we always making jokes when we talk about sex? Maybe we are a little uncomfortable on ...
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