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Natural Product Retailers Adjust to COVID-19 Realities
With restaurants, grocery stores and other retailers scrambling to adapt their businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak, natural product retailers in the U.S. are also adjusting practices to meet the needs of their communities. World of Nutrition (WON) in Nampa, ID said it is remaining open during the pandemic, and is considering special hours for senior ...
Vegetarian and Vegan Lifestyles Trending Upward
What do Pam Anderson, Al Gore, Gandhi, Deepak Chopra, Bill Clinton and Demi Lovato have in common? They are all either vegetarians or vegans. There is no denying the health benefits that vegetarian and vegan diets afford. In fact, there are dozens of studies that espouse the remarkable health benefits of vegetarian and vegan diets. ...
Zinc Carnosine for Ulcers & Gastrointestinal Discomfort
The stomach and intestines have a mucous membrane lining that provides protection against hydrochloric acid and other digestive juices normally used to break down food in our digestive system. If there is even a small loss of that mucous membrane, there is likely to be significant discomfort. Unfortunately, one in 10 Americans will develop this ...
Specific Antioxidants for Specific Benefits
The term antioxidant has become a mainstay in the lexicon of the natural products industry. Furthermore, as I pointed out in an article last year from this same issue of Vitamin Retailer magazine, over the past few decades the choices for nutraceutical antioxidants have increased exponentially, as have the number of articles written about those ...
Study: Zinc Deficiency Linked To Immune System Response, Particularly In Older Adults
Zinc, an important mineral in human health, appears to affect how the immune system responds to stimulation, especially inflammation, new research from Oregon State University shows. Zinc deficiency could play a role in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes that involve inflammation. Such diseases often show up in older adults, who are ...
Dietary Supplements Can Support Winter Immune Health
According to the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), 25 percent of all adults consume a dietary supplement to support immune health. And that’s especially important during the winter months, when the immune system can weaken. Duffy MacKay, ND, senior vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs, CRN, explains that the immune system is the body’s defense ...
Can the body detect the origin of a nutrient in a supplement?
Ask Dr. Mike Question: We would like to ask your doctor if he has an opinion whether the body can tell the origin of a nutrient in a supplement? For instance, consumers have myriad preferences when it comes to what form of magnesium, calcium, B-12, zinc, ascorbates…etc. Can the body detect a plant based or ...
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