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Health Foods Stores Must Stay Open Under New CA COVID-19 Lockdowns, Says NPA
The Natural Products Association (NPA) in a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom said it is imperative for essential businesses including health food stores to remain open as California mandates new COVID-19 restrictions. Health food stores provide a wide range of essential products including water, electrolytes, nutritional supplements, healthy food options and other health-related products such as ...
Gadot Biochemical Industries Enhances Zinc Gluconate Supply
In anticipation of continued increased demand for zinc lozenges worldwide, Ohad Cohen, chief executive officer of Israel-based Gadot Biochemical Industries, has announced that the company is ready to fulfill requirements for zinc gluconate, the preferred winter form of zinc and the form best utilized in lozenges to treat the common cold, he said. Zinc is ...
Think About It
Zinc, selenium and other essential minerals offer multiple benefits during a pandemic and beyond. Some fogs are evocative—billowing in a valley on a hot summer morning or a pre-Halloween night, for example. But brain fog is not a fog that inspires anyone. Enhanced cognitive abilities is a growing desire among supplement users of all ages—it’s ...
Zinc Could Help as Non-antibiotic Treatment for UTIs
New details about the role of zinc in our immune system could help the development of new non-antibiotic treatment strategies for bacterial diseases, such as urinary tract infections (UTIs). UTIs are one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide with about 150 million cases each year and can lead to serious conditions, such as kidney ...
A Healthy Mix of Minerals
Zinc, selenium and other essential minerals offer multiple benefits during a pandemic and beyond. As noted in this month’s Association News (page 20), this past September, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released the results of its 2020 CRN Survey, which noted that 98 percent of supplement users reported using the combination of vitamins and ...
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 ...
Zinc in Modern Times
Zinc is a chemical element that’s been identified since the 18th century—it has made quite an impact over the years, including in the natural products industry for its plethora of benefits. “Zinc is functionally involved in hundreds of enzymatic functions in the body and considered an essential mineral that is second only to iron in ...
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 ...
COVID-19 and the Natural Industry … Continued
For July’s COVID-19 and the Natural Products Industry feature article, Vitamin Retailer spoke with Len Monheit, CEO, Trust Transparency Center, Spring TX, and asked him the following question: VR: Looking at product on shelf, what percent of the supply chain for dietary supplements was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how are both the supply ...
Rethink Recommending Vitamin C for Colds
We’re all aware of the age old belief, that orange juice—and particularly the vitamin C it contains—is one of the best remedies for a cold. While it’s still important to get the recommended amount of vitamin C because it does have various benefits, experts argue the belief that vitamin C fights colds is mostly an ...
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