Kissimmee, FL— SOHO Expo, the largest independent tradeshow, is celebrating its 45th anniversary at Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center from December 1-4, 2016 by hosting 20 education programs for retail attendees. “We are very excited about the speaker line up for this year’s SOHO Expo,” said Frances Drennen, President...
Kearny, NJ—Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc., based here, has announced that it is moving away from measuring colony forming units (CFUs) in its probiotic formulas, instead utilizing flow cytometry which the firm says more accurately and quickly measures the viable cells in probiotics. This is a process that according to Alexis Collins,...
Reducing physical pain should be a national priority, provided we have an all-natural, non-invasive way to achieve this goal — and because the price of inaction is too great to tolerate and too substantial to ignore. We cannot have tens of millions of Americans unable to work, or too weak...
Every year, Fran Drescher’s Cancer Schmancer Movement holds an informative summit that is a "must" attend for you, your family and friends, as well as people who mysteriously ask you for information that you learned there! I went twice and I can tell you it's life changing, and for many,...
Americans have become more health-conscious in recent years: opting for nutritious meals over artificial foods, scrutinizing ingredient labels, and gravitating toward organic produce. But there’s only so much consumers can do for themselves. Food brands must deliver safe, high-quality goods, because lives really do hang in the balance. Food contamination...
Austin, TX — Whole Foods Market, based here, is changing its leadership structure. The upscale grocer has named John Mackey, its founder, as sole CEO, ending a six-year arrangement where he shared the helm with longtime Whole Foods Market executive Walter Robb. This news comes after the company reported a...
Salt Lake City, UT—The Senate’s most senior Republican—Utah’s Orrin Hatch—and one of the principle authors of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), may run for his eighth term in the Senate in 2018. According to Politico, unnamed Republican Party operatives are saying that Hatch is seriously considering running,...
A new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology suggest consumers with concerns of a food allergy are often confused with labels that say “may contain” or “manufactured on shared equipment.” The online study, which 6,684 consumers from the U.S and Canada participated in, was conducted by...
There are two basic ways to talk about omega-3s. The first is dry and scientific and tells you the structure and name of different fatty acids, and is boring as hell. The second way is to cut out all the science stuff and talk about what’s relevant to you. Which...
Every time I set foot on the expo floor at the Nutrition & Dietetics annual Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE), I have an experience that completely changes the way I think about my health. FNCE 2016 in Boston, October 15-18, had even more surprises and some much anticipated trends.
