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Dedicated to Gluten Free
The booming gluten-free category offers opportunities for retailers and solutions for customers. The mainstream media has been reporting on the benefits of a gluten-free diet for sometime now. Hundreds of new gluten-free products were launched in 2014. Fortunately, for those who have celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) and must follow a gluten-free diet, ...
Raw Food Diet Debates
One could conclude that raw food predates cooking and, therefore, was the diet of necessity for our earliest ancestors. There is evidence that control of fire by humans may have occurred 400,000 years ago, and some experts would push that date to one million years. Cooking foods expanded the utilization of starchy, hard-to-digest foods and ...
Men’s Sexual Health: The Testosterone Connection
As men age, there is often a decline in levels of testosterone. Research1 indicates that testosterone levels in men fall progressively with age and that a significant percentage of men over the age of 60 years have serum T levels that are below the lower limits of young adult men (age 20-30 years). Some studies2 ...
Supplementing Medication: Retailers Must Tread Carefully
Any conventional pharmaceutical medication can have side effects. These side effects are described and reported after drug trials and research studies have been conducted. Side effects are further detailed in the marketing of the medication. In fact, it is comical to watch a 30-second television spot on a particular medication. More than half of the ...
Ubiquinone (CoQ10) & Ubiquinol Research Update
Previously, I wrote an article called “Coenzyme Q10 as Ubiquinone & Ubiquinol: For Cardiovascular Health & More” for the February 2014 issue of Vitamin Retailer. That article reviewed some of the vital cellular functions and health/wellness applications for coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). This article will focus strictly on new human research that has been published in ...
Women’s Sexual Health
Sexual dysfunction in men and women are relatively common, with research indicating that 40-45 percent of adult women and 20-30 percent of adult men have at least one sexual dysfunction (e.g. erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism/low T, low estradiol and sexual dissatisfaction), the prevalence of which increases with age.1 Other research2 shows that sexual dysfunction is also ...
Ancient Ayurveda, Modern Medicine
While the Egyptians can claim the oldest surviving medical text in the world, the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus from 1800 BCE (making it almost 4,000 years old), most historians agree that the oldest surviving system of medicine is ayurveda, originating in India. The word “ayurveda” contains the Sanskrit words ayur (life) and veda (science or knowledge). ...
Cellular Health: Nutraceutical Support
Our bodies are made up of tens of trillions of cells.1 They are the fundamental building blocks of our tissues, organs and virtually everything that makes us a living organism. Naturally, it is vital that our cells stay healthy so they can function optimally, including the ability to replicate and make new cells as needed.Despite ...
Serving Vegetarian and Vegan Customers
Whether we are talking about veganism or vegetarianism, both of these lifestyles are, and have been on the rise for quite some time now. There are some compelling reasons why people make the switch to these lifestyles. Some want to live longer, healthier lives. Others have made the switch because they want to preserve Earth’s ...
Konjac Root/Glucomannan for Weight Control, Blood Lipids & Constipation
The konjac plant (Amorphophallus konjac), native to warm subtropical to tropical eastern Asia, has been used in China, Japan and South East Asia as a food source (to make noodles, tofu and snacks) and as a traditional medicine (for treating asthma, cough, hernia, breast pain, burns as well as hematological and skin disorders) for more ...
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