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Optimum Nutrition Steps up Support for Community During Pandemic
Illinois-based Optimum Nutrition is investing in a broad effort to promote fitness and support those who keep America well. As COVID-19 puts extraordinary demands on health care workers, forces temporary gym closures and limits access to fitness resources, the brand is stepping up to fill resulting needs. Susan Tiso of the School of Nursing at ...
California Retailer Banks on Herbal Expertise
Green’s Nutrition (Stockton, CA) Green’s Nutrition in California has been open for 25 years—Eunice Green, NHD, the store’s sole proprietor—noted that up until 2010, its location was in a 1,000-square-foot space on Waterloo Road in Stockton, CA. At that point, she made the shift to Pacific Avenue in Stockton’s historic Miracle Mile shopping district, a ...
Eudene Harry, MD
Eudene Harry, MD, is the medical director for Oasis Wellness and Rejuvenation Center in Orlando, FL, a wellness practice devoted to integrative holistic care. She is a veteran physician with more than 20 years of experience. Harry earned her medical degree and performed her residency at Thomas Jefferson University. She is the author of three ...
2020 Industry Forecast
Experts discuss a range of issues affecting the natural products industry. Panelists: Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Foods, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Jonathan Emord, President, Emord & Associates, Clifton, Virginia, www.emord.com Daniel Fabricant, PhD, President and CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director, Organic and Natural Health Association, Washington, DC, ...
CV Sciences Announces Distribution Partnership With Southeastern Grocers
California-based CV Sciences announced a new distribution partnership with Southeastern Grocers, Inc. (SEG) with an initial launch at 115 Winn-Dixie stores in Florida and 37 BI-LO stores in South Carolina. PlusCBD Oil products are available at these stores as of Nov. 3, 2019. CV Sciences’ new distribution partnership with SEG’s Winn-Dixie and BI-LO banners increases distribution and ...
Don’t You Forget About Me
The value of minerals is not to be overlooked, as new-and-improved supplements help consumers fill any voids in their diet. You often hear minerals being mentioned in the same conversation as their vitamin counterpart, but even on their own, their importance is not to go unnoticed. There are 16 essential minerals, each offering up a ...
Video: Expo East 2019: Terry Brett & Kimberton Whole Foods
Terry Brett, Co-owner of Kimberton Whole Foods (Pennsylvania) and Vitamin Retailer’s 2019 Retailer of the Year, shares the store’s history, offers his tips for success & his take on what’s trending at the show. For more information, visit www.kimbertonwholefoods.com and vitaminretailer.com/2019-retailer-of-the-year-kimberton-whole-foods/. For more videos of our Expo East 2019 coverage, check out Vitamin Retailer’s full video library!
CVS Launches “Tested to Be Trusted” Program for Supplements
CVS Pharmacy (Rhode Island), the retail division of CVS Health, announced the launch of “Tested to Be Trusted,” a program requiring third-party testing of all vitamins and supplements sold in-store and online to confirm the accuracy of the dietary ingredients listed on the supplement facts panel and to confirm products are free from certain additives ...
FDA to Convene Meeting on CBD
On Feb. 27, FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD announced the agency’s intention to convene a public meeting in April 2019 on the development of a regulatory pathway for the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in dietary supplement and food products. The announcement came during the Commissioner’s testimony at a hearing of ...
Nutritional Supplements Access Preserved in Arizona
A proposal that would have drastically limited access to safe, legal and popular products for Arizonans was changed recently with the help of the Natural Products Association (NPA) and the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), who worked with the Arizona Board of Pharmacy and other state policymakers on the issue. The proposal under consideration would have ...
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