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FDA: What is the meaning of ‘natural’ on the label of food?
From a food science perspective, it is difficult to define a food product that is ‘natural’ because the food has probably been processed and is no longer the product of the earth. That said, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not developed a definition for use of the term natural or its derivatives. However, ...
Altering Gut Bacteria Might Mitigate Lupus, Study Suggests
Lactobacillus species, commonly seen in yogurt cultures, correlate, in the guts of mouse models, with mitigation of lupus symptoms, while Lachnospiraceae, a type of Clostridia, correlate with worsening, according to research recently published ahead of print in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. “Our results suggest that the same investigation shold be performed in human subjects with ...
10 Super Heart Health Tips From Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS
Reduce sugar and processed carbs in the diet. Stop worrying about fat, including saturated fat. Two major meta-analyses in the last few years have established that saturated fat does not cause heart disease. However, the combination of sugar and fat is a very bad one. Do an oil change! Reduce your intake of vegetable oils ...
New Natural Supplement Relieves Canine Arthritis
Arthritis pain in dogs can be relieved, with no side effects, by a new product based on medicinal plants and dietary supplements that was developed at the University of Montreal’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. “While acupuncture and electrical stimulation are two approaches that have been shown to have positive effects on dogs, until now a ...
Thriving in a Big-box World
In the age of the big-box store, independent natural products retailers weigh in on how their stores grow and change to stay in the game. With stores like Whole Foods opening up all over the country and superstores like Walmart and Target focused on the natural health game, independent natural products retailers adapt to not ...
Smartphone Weight Management Apps
According to the FDA, 500 million smartphone users worldwide will download a health care application, and in 2018, 50 percent of more than 3.4 billion smartphone and tablet users with download this application. In the study, Effectiveness of a Smartphone Application for Weight Loss Compared With Usual Care in Overweight Primary Care Patients, published November ...
New Infographic from CRN: The Dietary Supplement Consumer
Infographic from Council for Responsible Nutrition. See www.crnusa.org/CRNconsumersurvey/2014 for more.
Institute of Medicine’s Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research
Acute and chronic pain affects large numbers of Americans, with approximately 100 million U.S. adults burdened by chronic pain alone. The annual national economic cost associated with chronic pain is estimated to be $560-635 billion. Pain is a uniquely individual and subjective experience that depends on a variety of biological, psychological, and social factors, and ...
New Way To Detox? ‘Gold of Pleasure’ Oilseed Boosts Liver Enzymes
University of Illinois (U of I) scientists have found compounds that boost liver detoxification enzymes nearly fivefold, and they’ve found them in a pretty unlikely place—the crushed seeds left after oil extraction from an oilseed crop used in jet fuel. “The bioactive compounds in Camelina sativa seed, also known as Gold of Pleasure, are a ...
Holiday Tips for Retailers
15 Holiday Tips for Retail Employees, according to Retail Doctor! 1. Get your own shopping done early. 2. Know where you are supposed to park. 3. There will be traffic. That means you need to allow twice as much time to arrive on schedule. 4. Know where all the supplies are now – from register ...
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