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Digestive Health Dramatically Impacts Athletic Performance
When it comes to health and wellness, digestive health is vitally important. Those who are proactive and take control of their digestive health will realize significant improvement in overall health and quality of life. For athletes, a healthy gut can have a dramatic impact on athletic performance. Gut health influences not only digestion, but also ...
Gut Punch
Today’s ingredients pack a wallop for digestion and gut health. The Panel: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Jennifer Brix, ND, Health Educator, Natural Factors, Monroe, WA, https://naturalfactors.com Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG), Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, NutraScience Labs (Twinlab Consolidated Corporation), Farmingdale, NY, www.nutrasciencelabs.com and www.twinlab.com Andrea ...
Study Finds Supplement to Help Women Eat Less Sugar
In a study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers from the University of Surrey in Guildford, England looked at a group of about 50 young women between the ages of 18 and 25 over a period of four weeks, half of whom were given daily GOS supplements. Those who had the supplements got 4.1 percent less ...
Prebiotics, Probiotics and COVID-19
The prebiotic and probiotic market experiences significant growth during the pandemic. Digestive issues remain one of the top problems plaguing U.S. consumers. Digestive diseases affect 60 to 70 million people each year, according to the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Another survey found heartburn/reflux, abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea and constipation to be the top issues ...
Digestive Health Grows Up
The digestive-health supplement market is becoming a mega category. Panelists: Claire Barnes, Technical Advisor, ADM Protexin, Doral, FL, www.bio-kult.com Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Houston, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Kurt Cameron, CMO, Diem, Ann Arbor, MI, www.diemdirectllc.com Mark Drucker, MD, Advisor, Sun Chlorella, Torrance, CA, www.sunchlorellausa.com Amanda Edwards, Store Manager, Mount of Olives Health Food, ...
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 ...
Pre- and Probiotics Move to Wellness
Pre- and probiotics are shifting their positioning beyond gastro. You’ve heard the words prebiotics and probiotics before, but are you clear on the difference? Typically found in some fruits and vegetables, prebiotics are made of complex carbohydrates that the body cannot digest. This energy instead acts as fuel for bacteria in the body. When you ...
Prebiotics and Probiotics: Delivering What Consumers Want
Prebiotics and probiotics have hit the mainstream consumer market. Today’s consumers are more educated than ever before on the gut microbiome’s influence on overall health. Digestive care supplements and food product sales continue to skyrocket. According to Michele McRae, certified nutritionist at supplement manufacturer Rainbow Light in California, “Even mainstream grocery and big box stores ...
Mushroom Science on the Rise for Immune Support
According to Gina Rivers Contla, national science educator, Host Defense Organic Mushrooms in Washington, market data demonstrates that immune support is a top consumer category. On a daily basis, people come into contact with over 2,000 compounds, including benzenes, formaldehyde, nitrosamines, hydrocarbons, petro-chemicals and xeno-estrogens, to name a few, that compromise and distress our natural ...
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