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Minding the Store—The Brain-Health Category Reigns Supreme
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
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
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
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
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. ...
Overweight in One’s 60s May Affect the Brain Later
Sporting a girthier waistline and higher body mass index during one’s 60s may be associated with greater signs of brain aging years later, according to a study published this past summer in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study suggests that these factors may accelerate brain aging by at least ...
Pondering Cognitive Health
Life is equally more demanding and more enriching than ever, and more people of all ages are seeking brain/cognitive bolstering supplements. There’s a quaint old expression: You’ve got another think coming. Being that everyone has approximately 86 billion neurons, that’s a lot of thinks. And this means that the cognition support category is quite an ...
Helping the Brain Gain
The need to keep the brain sharp—however you want to define that—is no longer an “old person’s problem.” The need for memory and cognition supplements has gone well beyond “where do I know this person?” Consumers interested in these products want to “maintain an active lifestyle, and they want to stay confident in their abilities,” ...
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