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Creatine’s Mass Appeal
Most athletes have heard of creatine and its profound health benefits. Creatine has become one of the most popular performance supplements for athletes and avid weightlifters. It helps introduce more creatine to your body—a substance that plays a role in cellular health and aids in muscle growth. Of all creatine supplements, creatine monohydrate is the ...
Black Ginger Extract for Abdominal Fat, Physical Fitness & Sexual Health
Black ginger (Kaempferia parviflora), a plant in the Zingiberaceae ginger family, is a traditional herbal medicine of Thailand. Black ginger should not be confused with common ginger (Zingiber officinale), which is in the same family but is a completely different genus and species. In any case the pharmacological properties of black ginger include anti-obesity, anti-inflammatory, ...
Marge Roberts BSN, Mshp, DAHom, President & CEO, Newton Laboratories Inc.
Marge Roberts earned a BS in nursing from the University of Wisconsin (1974) and an MS in Health Professions with an education and administration focus from Southwest Texas State University (1981). She studied classical homeopathy and acupuncture in the U.S. and Sri Lanka, becoming a registered NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association) trainer. Roberts co-founded and ...
From Goals to Growth: Creating Your Annual Marketing Blueprint
Running an independent health food store is no small feat. Between managing inventory, assisting customers, and staying competitive with big-box retailers and online giants, marketing often falls to the bottom of the to-do list. Yet, marketing is essential for growth and success. It forms the foundation of your business, not just in how you attract ...
Finding New Cancer Answers
When I worked in mainstream oncology, I sat with many patients who had received some of the worst news of their lives. They had cancer and they were overwhelmed. Suddenly, their existence revolved around statistics (percent alive at five years post-treatment, percent response rate, percent failure rate, percent surgery success, to name a few) and ...
Are You Suffering From Insomnia Caused by Stress & Anxiety?
Struggling with insomnia is tough enough. When it’s caused by stress & anxiety, things just got twice as bad! At least 10 percent of us—and probably a lot more—struggle with insomnia. Insomnia is not only frustrating and exhausting, but it can also destroy your quality of life. It can contribute to illness, pain, obesity, insulin ...
Nutraceutical Compensation for the Adverse Effects of GLP-1 Agonist Drugs
The use of GLP-1 agonist drugs—particularly for weight loss—are trending in a huge way. According to a new report,1 GLP-1s were the best-selling drug class in 2024, with approximately $50 billion in annual sales, and forecasted to surpass $100 billion by 2029 with an astounding compound annual growth rate of 19.2 percent. Certainly, anyone who ...
Your Store’s Mission and How to Practice It
Most businesses have a mission statement that, with varying degrees of earnestness, they try to live out in their daily transactions. The degree to which a business sincerely accomplishes that is one test of its true success. A health food store’s mission statement—and living out that mission—gets to the core of why we are involved ...
Katie Reneker, Founder, Carmel Berry Company
Katie Reneker is the founder of Carmel Berry Company, a certified woman-owned business, based in Carmel Valley, CA, making fresh pressed elderberry goods from 100 percent American-grown elderberry and elderflowers. Reneker has emerged as an advocate and mentor for elderberry farming in California, with grants and education for new elderberry growers’ part of the company’s ...
Polyamines for Cognitive Performance, Healthy Hair and More
Polyamines, including spermidine, spermine and putrescine, are synthesized in every living cell and are contained in many foods. They have many physiological activities, such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, cell and gene protection, and autophagy activation. They also have multiple demonstrated applications for health and wellness, including healthy aging,1-4 cognitive health,5-7 hair health8,9 and hormonal ...
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