Even well into this year, the COVID-19 pandemic has created and keeps creating scheduling and rescheduling challenges for the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The first cancellations were made earlier in 2020 for two meetings in China: the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) and the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR),...
It’s cliche at this point: “2020, what a year to start a business!” This year, I’ve heard from a lot of entrepreneurs who’ve had to delay plans, pivot, or flat-out scrap the launch of their great idea because of, well, 2020. I empathize with these folks, and I applaud their...
About a decade ago, cardiologist Steven Sinatra, M.D., and I came together to write a book to expose what we believed were two of the biggest—and most destructive—medical myths in the world: One, that heart disease is caused by eating too much fat and cholesterol, and two, that statin drugs...
Here, the WholeFoods team looks at two groundbreaking books that have been updated in 2020—plus a can't-miss documentary The Great Cholesterol Myth, Revised and Expanded: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease—and the Statin-Free Plan that Will by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS and Stephen T. Sinatra M.D., F.A.C.C, C.N.S. When this first...
The demand for and surge in CBD products that promote wellness, combined with an all-time high use of dietary supplements in the U.S., have underscored the importance of national leaders providing greater clarity and certainty around the usage of hemp-derived CBD in dietary supplements for both consumers and those working...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why start this article in WholeFoods Magazine with a shout out to the recent Independent Bookstore Day, August 29th? There are several initiatives and ideas that independent bookstores have benefited from in the past, as well as new emerging trends from the booksellers, that deserve attention by independent health store...
60 years. That's about how long we have until the world's remain topsoil is gone. “What we’re looking at is man-made desertification,” said Josh Tickell in his recent keynote speech at Driving Value Through Sustainability Across the Supply Chain. There's hope, though. Kiss the Ground, the documentary directed and produced...
Forty years ago, a few men with a passion for aloe and a vision for aloe’s future formed the National Aloe Science Council. The idea, the wisdom, and the word spread, and shortly later the name was changed to the International Aloe Science Council (IASC). Some of those founders have...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As an industry, of course we’re keenly focused on COVID-19. As people are prioritizing their wellbeing, we’re spending our time and energy helping them maintain their health. But with COVID consuming the nation’s collective attention, other concerns have fallen lower on our priority lists. Consider this news from the University...
How hard is it to get your marketing message out—and into someone’s head? Very hard, and very expensive, as you know. Because normally, minds are closed—guarded, that is—as people focus single-mindedly on pursuing personal, private purposes, blocking out all interruptions and distractions. Under normal circumstances, for you to have any...
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