inflammation
Vitamin Retailer’s 2025 Best New Products
For the 18th consecutive year, Vitamin Retailer, with the guidance of a retailer panel, assembled the year’s best new products. Eighteen years ago, Vitamin Retailer (VR) magazine decided to honor the year’s top’s products by asking for opinions from independent natural products, vitamin and supplement retailers. The objective was for stores to offer feedback and ...
Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract Shown to Improve Periodontal Health
According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly half of all Americans over the age of 30 has some form of periodontal disease. This can cause tooth loss and studies have linked periodontal diseases to conditions such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, COPD and other respiratory issues. Traditionally, treating periodontal disease centered around improve ...
Dan Chapman Releases New Book Titled “The Gout Lie”
Dan Chapman, owner of Sunrise Health Foods and founder and CEO of Redd Remedies (Bradley, IL), announced the release of his new book, The Gout Lie: The Surprising Truth About Uric Acid and Simple Strategies to End the Pain. The Gout Lie focuses one of the most overlooked factors in chronic joint pain: uric acid. ...
Peer-Reviewed Studies Highlight Unique Health Benefits of Almased
Two recent, peer-reviewed clinical studies have found Florida-based Almased, a high-protein, low-glycemic meal replacement, delivers significant, unique health benefits, such as weight loss, improved metabolic health, anti-aging effects and enhanced quality of life. The reviews synthesize 30 peer-reviewed clinical studies across three decades of scientific research. The 2025 review, published in the American Journal of ...
The Cortisol Lowering Effects of Standardized Black Seed Oil
In June and December of 2023, I wrote two articles for Vitamin Retailer on black seed oil, “Evidence Based Uses of Standardized Black Seed Oil” and “Synergism Among Nutraceuticals: Black Seed Oil, Omega-3, Astaxanthin & More,” respectively. In those articles, I discussed research on black seed oil (BSO), including a study demonstrating that a specific ...
[Extra! Extra!] The Science of Terry Naturally Curcumin Products
Over the years, Wisconsin-based EuroPharma, maker of the Terry Naturally supplement brand, found that many consumers choose from either the CuraMed or Curamin product lines to address pain and inflammation. According to Cheryl Myers, chief of scientific affairs and education at EuroPharma, the aptly named CuraMed Acute Pain Relief is a must for anyone who ...
Inflamed and Pained
Natural pain relief alternatives for all ages. Inflammation is the response of the human body to irritation, injury, discomfort and infection. Dietary supplements can offer anti-inflammatory properties and support overall health and wellness. According to Allied Market Research, dietary supplements for pain and inflammation relief were valued at $19,046.1 million in 2022 and are estimated ...
Curcumin: Relieving Depression and Pain
Inflammation may be behind your pain—physical and psychological. Curcumin may be the answer to both. That the lurking behind that pain you’re experiencing is uncontrolled inflammation is no surprise. That that same inflammation is behind your psychological pain comes as a big surprise. Emerging evidence is pointing to inflammation as an important factor in depression. ...
[Extra! Extra!] Inflammation and its Impact on Bone Density
Inflammation has long been known to cause a variety of health problems. But now, emerging research is linking inflammatory proteins with changes in bone mineral density. A 2025 study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine at USC examined the associations between 650 proteins and annual measures of bone mineral density in 304 overweight ...
Evaluating Different Forms of Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Fish, Krill & Algae Oils
Omega fatty acids (eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA] and docosahexaenoic acid [DHA]) are universally recognized for their importance to human health. This includes their value for cardiovascular health,1-5 joint health and mitigating inflammation,6-8 reducing UV-induced skin aging9-13 and a range of other issues. Now consider that, although guidelines recommend a combined DHA and EPA intake of between ...
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