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Immune Health: An Athlete’s Complex Strategic Fighting System
Athletes are always seeking ways to improve performance. Since the onset of the pandemic, many athletes have begun to reconsider a major contributor to performance that is often overlooked: the immune system. The immune system is the body’s version of the military: it is tasked with defending against all who threaten it. It has some ...
Vitamin C Lipid Metabolites
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a water-soluble micronutrient. Unlike some other vitamins, human beings cannot manufacture their own vitamin C and must rely on outside sources (food and supplements) to obtain it. Considering this nutrient’s extremely important role in relation to human health, we would all do well to make sure we obtain adequate amounts. ...
Natural Ingredients for Immune Health
In the last 16 months, the state of health for the people of our nation and the world has been an evolving roller coaster. As this article is being written, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reversed the decision to allow vaccinated individuals to not wear masks indoors in certain parts of ...
FDA Urged to Crack Down on Vizzy Hard Seltzer Claims
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should bring enforcement proceedings against Molson Coors for illegally misleading consumers with its Vizzy Hard Seltzer advertising campaign, which highlights the alcoholic beverage’s vitamin C and antioxidant content, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest and Consumer Federation of America. The two consumer organizations say that, ...
Naturally Glowing Skin
Heightened awareness of skin care ingredients, coupled with skin issues erupting from pandemic stress, attracts cosmetic consumers to the natural segment. Wow, your skin is glowing! is something we all want to hear. With awareness regarding nutritional requirements for beauty from the inside out, along with increasing consumer willingness to spend on health and beauty ...
2020 CRN Survey Reveals Focus on Vitamins and Minerals
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued results of the 2020 CRN Consumer Survey revealing that for the fourth year in a row, nearly three-quarters of Americans report taking dietary supplements. Though this year’s percentage, 73 percent, does indicate a decrease in usage by four percentage points from the high-point in 2019, it is still ...
Infinity Superfoods Voluntarily Discontinues Social Media and Blog Post for Infinity-C
Following an inquiry by the National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs, California-based Infinity Superfoods discontinued a social media post and related blog posts for its Infinity-C dietary supplement. Through its routine monitoring program, NAD challenged Infinity Superfoods’ social media post for Infinity-C including an image with the text: • “The Link Between Vitamin C and the Coronavirus” and associated ...
Dietary Supplement Usage Up Dramatically During Pandemic, New Ipsos-CRN Survey Shows
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has issued results of a COVID-19-focused consumer survey that discovered more than two in five (43 percent) of dietary supplement users have changed their supplement routines since the start of the pandemic. Among those who altered their regimens due to COVID-19, 91 percent report increasing their supplement intake which ...
Profiling Probiotics
Perhaps the most quickly rising category of all supplements, probiotics continue to be innovated, expanded and desired. Here’s a look at what’s impacting this market. The word “bacteria” may still carry a poor health stigma, especially in the age of COVID-19— although that is a virus. However, more people know that there is such a ...
Debra Stark, Debra’s Natural Gourmet
Debra Stark, Founder and Co-owner Debra’s Natural Gourmet 98 Commonwealth Ave., Concord, MA 01742 [email protected] The day Debra Stark opened Debra’s Natural Gourmet, the store was shut down because she didn’t have a license to sell dairy. On day two, the town of Concord, MA shut her shop down again because there was no Common ...
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