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COVID-19 and the Natural Industry
Industry leaders discuss repercussions of the pandemic. Panelists: Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Jonathan Emord, President, Emord & Associates, Clifton, VA, www.emord.com Dan Fabricant, PhD, President and CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights, Brattleboro, VT, www.retailinsights.com Mark LeDoux, CEO and Chairman, Natural ...
Grown Up Immune Support
Remember when we were kids playing hide and seek? Or tag? If you got to the lamppost or picnic table or whatever else was designated safe, you were “free.” You had immunity. You couldn’t be tagged. Wouldn’t it be nice if that our actual physiological immunity worked that way! We could all call “Olly olly ...
Barnyard Animals Help Keep Babies Healthy
According to researchers at Ohio State University, being around farm animals helps boost immunity, especially for babies and children. The researchers found that bacteria and other microbes from rural Amish babies was far more diverse—in a beneficial way—than what was found in the guts of urban babies. And, in a first-of-its-kind experiment, they found evidence ...
How Skin Ages, Loses Fat and Immunity
In a study published in Immunity on December 26, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers and colleagues show how fibroblasts develop into fat cells and identify the pathway that causes this process to cease as people age. “We have discovered how the skin loses the ability to form fat during aging,” said ...
What are the benefits of amino acids?
Ask Dr. Mike Question: We sell several individual Amino Acids and although it is easy to know what some are beneficial for (such as L-lysine for immunity, L-arginine for circulation, etc.), but it would be nice to have a list of the known functions and/or benefits of each available in supplement form. – Carmela at Down ...
In The Market For Mushrooms
As research supporting the medicinal benefits of mushrooms expands, retailers will find success in passing information to interested shoppers.When it comes to supplements, the beauty of attaining time-tested status is often found in the awareness of retailers and shoppers alike. Logically, if a product has broken into the market and enjoyed long-term success, even shaky ...
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