Gut
Bursting With Biotics!
The category of “biotics” continues to grow and generate excitement for the sustained health benefits they provide. It isn’t a “syn” to beef up your biotics department even if you need to reduce the size of a category lolling in the doldrums. Biotics are hot, especially because they no longer need to be refrigerated and ...
SNEDS: The Ultimate Delivery System for Nutraceuticals
Nutraceuticals, including compounds such as resveratrol, berberine, curcumin and ellagic acid, etc., have gained popularity over the past several decades for their potential health benefits. However, despite their promise, poor nutrient bioavailability has remained a major challenge in effectively harnessing their therapeutic potential. This article will examine the issues surrounding poor nutraceutical bioavailability, including the ...
The Brain is Connected to the …What? Yes. The Intestines!
Have you ever been so stressed that you got a stomachache? Have you ever noticed a mood change (a little anxious, or a little down) after a course of strong antibiotics? Has your fear ever made you lose your appetite? As much as we know about the brain, we are barely scratching the surface of ...
[Extra! Extra!] Talking Gut-Brain Axis Nutrition With NOW’s Neil Levin
Vitamin Retailer (VR) reached out to Neil E. Levin, CCN, DANLA, senior nutrition education manager for Bloomingdale, IL-based NOW, www.nowfoods.com. VR: We now know that there is a bi-directional relationship between the brain and the gut, critically involving the vagus nerve, in this way connecting the 100 billion neurons in the brain with the 500 ...
Gut Health & Acne: Supporting Your Gut Microbiome for Healthier Skin
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, acne is the most common skin condition in the United States, affecting up to 50 million Americans annually and can occur at any stage of life, even continuing into one’s 30s and 40s.1 While acne vulgaris is a common skin disease, almost twice as many women seek help ...
Go Pro!
Prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics dominate the digestive health market—here’s how to keep up. You may be hard-pressed to find a customer in your store who has not heard about probiotics. What an auspicious opportunity to expand their knowledge about the beneficial bacteria! The gut microbiome and its relationship to health, as well as prebiotics that ...
Pain Reaction
Natural Ways to Address Pain and Inflammation Throbbing. Aching. Stabbing. Sharp. Dull. Intermittent. Shooting. Gnawing. Burning. No matter how one experiences or describes it, no one likes to be in pain. Pain is an inflammatory response that sends a signal to your nervous system that something is not right. And while some inflammation in the ...
The Bugs in Your Gut Could Make You Weak in the Knees
Bacteria in the gut, known as the gut microbiome, could be the culprit behind arthritis and joint pain that plagues people who are obese, according to a new study published in JCI Insight. Osteoarthritis, a common side effect of obesity, is the greatest cause of disability in the U.S., affecting 31 million people. Sometimes called ...
The 101 on Postbiotics
What Are Postbiotics? Similar to pre- and probiotics, postbiotics are related to the bacteria within the digestive tract. As you may have been able to guess, postbiotics are the byproducts of probiotic bacteria. With little research on the subject, it was believed that the waste from probiotics was not useful. More recent research has begun ...
New Strides in Digestive Health
Participants: • Hannah Braye, DipCNM, BANT, CNHC, Registered Nutritionist, Senior Technical Advisor, ADM Protexin, Doral, FL, www.bio-kult.com • Hank Cheatham, Vice, President of Marketing and Sales, Daiwa Health Development, Gardena, CA, www.dhdusa.net • Don Edwards, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Health Plus, Chino, CA, www.healthplusinc.com • Dan Lifton, CEO, Quality of Life Labs, Purchase, ...
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