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Your Stomach is Talking to Your Brain (And it’s Making You Happy!)

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | March 1, 2024

One of the most significant recent advances in health sciences is the exciting discovery that the microbiota in your gut communicate with the cognitive and emotional centers of your brain. This discovery is leading some researchers to identify what they are now calling the microbiota-gut-brain axis. The existence of a microbiota-gut-brain axis suggests the very […]

How Alcohol Impacts Your Brain

by Brianna Diorio | November 1, 2023

It is no secret that alcohol consumption has gotten mixed reviews over the years from the health community. Doesn’t wine have antioxidants and resveratrol? Are a few after-work drinks really going to derail my health goals? How else am I supposed to catch up and celebrate with my friends? All plausible propositions to build a […]

Vitamin D and Your Mind

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | May 1, 2023

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 […]

Minding the Store—The Brain-Health Category Reigns Supreme

by James Gormley | December 1, 2022

Panelists: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Sébastien Bornet, Vice President Global Sales & Marketing, Horphag Research, Geneva, Switzerland, www.pycnogenol.com Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG), Vice President of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, NutraScience Labs, Farmingdale, NY, www.nutrasciencelabs.com Katie Emerson, MS, RD, LDN, Manager of Scientific Affairs, Nutrition21, Saddle Brook, NJ, www.nutrition21.com […]

Why Global Healing Iodine is essential NOW and into 2023

One of the most critical nutrients everyone should keep on hand is the mineral Iodine. While there are numerous functions of Iodine within the body, it is best known for protecting and supporting the thyroid, normal metabolism, normal growth and development and brain health. According to the Current Health Science Journal article “Iodine Deficiency, Still […]

Your Brain on Anxiety

by Brianna Diorio | June 3, 2022

Understanding Different Neural Pathways If you have ever experienced feelings of anxiety, then you know how difficult it can be to just “calm down” even when you realize that you might be overreacting. You might also have quite literally felt anxious (racing heart, sweaty palms, adrenaline rush, etc.) out of the blue after hearing a […]

Brainstorming the Cognitive Support Market

by Lisa Schofield | December 1, 2021

Opportunities for retailers to help customers feel in mental control have never been better. Here’s a data nugget from Nutrition Business Journal’s 2021 Condition Specific Report: In 2020, vitamin D experienced a significant sales spike not for immunity but for mental health, notching a 162.1 percent sales gain in this sector. In the brain/cognitive/mental support […]

Phospholipid Choline: A Natural Brain and Body Beneficial Choline Source for All Stages of Life

Choline is the newest vitamin recognized as an essential nutrient and assigned a daily value of 550 mg/day—and deservedly so.1 Choline plays vital roles in human health and wellness and is needed in all stages of life. Furthermore, the phospholipid form of choline, known as α-Glyceryl Phosphoryl Choline (α-GPC), is the demonstrably preferred form of […]

Brain Teaser: Study Seeks Adulterated Products

by Lisa Schofield | November 30, 2020

The stated objective of a study published recently in the journal Neurology is “To identify the presence of unapproved pharmaceutical drugs in over-the-counter dietary supplements marketed to improve memory and cognitive function.” And its findings were supportive of that objective. It also caused a kerfuffle and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) responded. In the […]

Take Care of Your Brain

by Cheryl Myers | February 27, 2020

Sometimes we forget that our brain is a physical organ. Because it is our seat of consciousness, we often fall victim to the mistaken belief that our thinking and awareness completely control our brain’s activity. We believe that if try really hard, we can dictate our mood and memory. Snap out of it. Calm down. […]

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