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Video: Expo East 2018: Renee Southard & Organic Marketplace, SENPA
Renee Southard, Owner/CEO, Organic Marketplace (Gastonia, NC) & Education Chair, Source for Education in the Natural Products Industry and Advocacy issues (SENPA) discusses the non-profit trade association’s Road Show and all it has to offer. For more information, visit www.organicmarketplacenc.com and www.senpa.org. For more videos of our Expo East 2018 coverage, check out Vitamin Retailer’s full video library!
10 Health Benefits of CoQ10
What is CoQ10? CoQ10, or ubiquinone, is a vitamin-like substance found in nearly all cells in the human body. Sometimes called vitamin P, CoQ10 is a vital component of cellular energy metabolism and for proper functioning of the mitochondria. Discovered in 1957, it is involved in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (ATP, or energy production), scavenging antioxidants, ...
Sponsored Video: The Story of PlusCBD Oil™: From Seed to Shelf™
It is imperative that the food and supplements we put into our bodies can be trusted and are made in the best interests of all. With all the buzz around hemp CBD, how do we know which brand we can trust? At PlusCBD Oil™, we ensure our hemp products are made with the utmost ...
Iron Supplements Have Long-Term Benefits for Low Birth-weight Babies
Babies classified as low birth weight (under 2.500 grams) are at risk of iron deficiency, which is linked to impaired neurological development. A long-term randomized study now shows that providing such babies with iron supplements can prevent behavioral problems at school age. The study, led by Staffan Berglund of Umeå University in Sweden, is published ...
It’s OK to Exercise Hard: New Study Says It Won’t Harm the Immune System
So many of us are used to worrying about “over exercising,” which may lead to being bedridden by a flu or cold. In fact, this myth has persisted for nearly 40 years, according to researchers of a new study. They busted that old misconception that competing in endurance activities (including competition) will suppress one’s immunity, ...
For Healthy Aging, Don’t Rule Out Basic Supplements
As the market and industry for natural products and supplements to combat, or better yet, prevent, the symptoms of aging expand to keep up with the demand of a growing customer base, new products with new claims find their ways to the shelves of retailers all the time. Although new development is not only great, ...
Video: Retailer of the Year: Nutrition World
Retailer of the Year: Nutrition World, Chattanooga, TN. Feature
Mythbusting Probiotics
As perhaps the most dynamic, swiftly burgeoning dietary supplement categories, probiotics continues to fascinate everyone from researchers to bloggers. And such a phenomenon brings myths and misconceptions. As retailers, you likely experience quite a few misguided consumers seeking straight, fact-based responses. Steven Williams, science liaison for Texas-based LifeSeasons, pointed to two widely held misconceptions. The ...
GOED’s Research
Along with conducting consumer studies, GOED tested the top 50 fish-oil products in the U.S. market and found very low oxidation levels. According to Ellen Schutt, executive director, Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED), in Salt Lake City, UT, the organization has done consumer research in 20-plus countries and fishy burp still emerges ...
12 Benefits of B12
What is Vitamin B12? B12 is one of the eight B vitamins and is known as the energy vitamin; it is actually the largest of all the vitamins, and also the most chemically complex. It is the only essential vitamin that contains the trace mineral cobalt at its center (hence the name cobalamin). It is ...
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