Industry members will never forget the day they learned Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994. For most, it brought a huge sigh of relief. This piece of legislation, of course, defined “dietary supplement,” grandfathered in supplement ingredients sold before 1994...
An Interview with Richard J. Bloomer, Ph.D. We have discussed the importance of the “advanced” carnitine called GPLC (GlycoCarn, from Sigma-tau HealthScience, Inc.) in previous columns with both cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, M.D., and exercise physiologist, Richard J. Bloomer, Ph.D. Dr. Sinatra discussed why GPLC is so important to the heart...
“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Only a few short weeks after introducing his so-called “Dietary Supplement Safety Act,” Republican Senator John McCain was already feeling the heat—so much so that, like Custer at the Little Big Horn, he felt compelled to...
For years, “Table for two, non-smoking” has been part of the regular vernacular for restaurant goers. Many choose to separate themselves from secondary cigarette smoke, since it (and primary smoke) is widely proven to cause lung cancer and other health problems. The dangers are so great...
An Interview with Jose Antonio, Ph.D. Baseball has long been our nation’s pastime, yet we read comparatively little about the importance that nutrition plays in the sport. Many thousands of Americans actively participate professionally or recreationally in baseball, while millions more enjoy the relaxation and wholesome entertainment that the sport...
There’s a little voice inside us that edits what we say before we say it—sometimes softer than we’d like. How many of us, seconds after we’ve put our foot in our mouths, would have loved to hire an “editor of pre-speech” to take care of our...
An Interview with Sheldon Zerden, Part 2 Last month, we chatted with Sheldon Zerden about his new book, The Cholesterol Paradigm: The Greatest Health Scam of the Century. We discussed many of the fallacies of the Cholesterol Diet–Heart Hypothesis including four lines of evidence; any one of which is sufficient...
January seems a particularly good time to resolve to improve your business. On the heels of the Great Recession and at the start of a new decade, you may be more ready for change than ever. Here’s what I’ve learned from successful independent natural products retailers around the country.
If you’ve memorized the location of every crack and crevice on your bedroom ceiling, you may be one of the millions of Americans who has a sleeping problem. Be it minor or severe, the consequences of sleep deprivation are more than just a nuisance. Adults who don’t get eight...
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