59[Sponsored Video] Bergamonte®: Italian SuperCitrus. Cardioprotective Science, History, Sustainability. From HP Ingredients.
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[Sponsored Video] Bergamonte®: Italian SuperCitrus. Cardioprotective Science, History, Sustainability. From HP Ingredients.
Bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso), grown in Italy’s Calabrian coast, is our GRAS Bergamonte®, antioxidant, supporting healthy weight management and cholesterol profiles, and cardiovascular function. For more information, visit https://hpingredients.com/products/premier-ingredients/bergamonte. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent ...
NPA Responds to Report of Increased, Unintentional Pediatric Melatonin Ingestion
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Richard A. Passwater, PhD, Pioneer in Natural Products Industry, Dies at 84
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Sleep Like a Victorian: How the Pandemic Caused a Shift in Sleep Patterns
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Study Reveals Link Between Diet and Aggressive Prostate Cancer
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Doug Williams, National Sales Director, Green Earth Medicinals
(404) 428-8017 doug@greenearthmedicinals.com greenearthmedicinals.com Doug Williams is a 25-year veteran of the natural products industry, having been general manager of a regional retail chain in Georgia (Peachtree Natural Foods, founder of a still-running independent brokerage, Kudzu Natural Resources). He is a consultant to retailers and producers, and since 2018 has been national sales director for ...
Your Brain on Anxiety
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Immune Health: An Athlete’s Complex Strategic Fighting System
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A Lactobacillus plantarum Postbiotic for Immunity
Most people in the natural products industry are familiar with probiotics and prebiotics, but not everyone is familiar with postbiotics. This focus of this article is on one particular postbiotic derived from Lactobacillus plantarum. Before getting into it, however, let’s first answer the following question. What Is a Postbiotic? Probiotics are friendly bacteria that confer ...
2022 Vity Awards
Vitamin Retailer (VR) magazine once again polled its retailer readers on their top-selling products and best sales and merchandising support to compile its 2022 Vity Awards. After all, who is better qualified to determine the industry’s bestselling products than the people who sell them? What started in the 1990s has evolved into one of the ...
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