What’s Selling is a monthly review of the best-selling products determined from unit sales at six natural products stores rotated from a base of selected stores. The intention is to provide indications of sales trends.
As the WholeFoods team closes out this month’s issue, we are already setting up for our November coverage. In preparation, I’ve been researching a lot about my next feature—blood sugar support—and I’ve come to a conclusion. I really dislike the term “lifestyle disease.” Here’s why. The Choice To Be Diabetic?...
Amino acids are biologically important organic compounds that are needed for energy, to digest food and to maintain optimal health. When joined in a chain, these substances form proteins, which make up 20% of the human body. They are involved in building and repairing tissue, muscle recovery, serving as the...
Perhaps the question I am asked most often during question-and-answer sessions after lectures—and even from my lay-friends—is about safe and effective natural help for menopause symptoms. I used to find this surprising because it has little to do with my specialties, antioxidants or selenium. Oh yes, as I published in...
Waffle recipe courtesy of Monica Amsterdam, CHC, AADP, FDN-P, director of nutrition at the Medical and Wellness Center of NJ. Ingredients: 1 egg (if allergic or sensitive to chicken eggs you can substitute with duck, turkey, quail eggs, Ener-G egg replacer or flax egg) 1 cup millet or quinoa* (soaked...
Peanut Paws Dog Treat recipe courtesy of Carrington Farms Ingredients: 3 cups old fashioned oats, or more, as needed 2 ripe bananas, mashed 1/4 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup Carrington Farms Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set...
Hot Diggity Dog Treat recipe courtesy of Carrington Farms Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat flour ½ Tablespoon baking powder ½ cup unsalted natural peanut butter ½ cup skim milk 1 tablespoon of Carrington Farms Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil Directions: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets. In...
Someone on my staff keeps sugar in the freezer because that’s what her mother told her to do. She does it, her mother does it, her mother’s mother does it... Whatever the reason (I’m not exactly sure, and I don’t think she knows either), the habit has been honored and...
Recent class action lawsuits for aloe vera products may have retailers rethinking the importance of third-party certification for the products that they sell—just ask CVS or Target. In June of this year, an Illinois plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit against CVS Health Corporation in U.S. District Court for the...
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