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...
Should 2009 be forgot and never brought to mind, like the days of Auld Lang Syne? Sure, some hard-hit segments of the retail industry would love to bid an emphatic farewell to 2009 and never look back. In fact, the same tenuous economic climate, combined with other factors, may...
An Interview with Sheldon Zerden, Part 1Many people are still being taught by those with vested interests that eating cholesterol will cause heart disease. Some people may be shocked to learn that there are more than a dozen better indicators of artery and heart disease risk than blood cholesterol levels.
Recent research on the benefits of green tea. Civilizations from around the world have been enjoying tea for the past 5,000 years or more. Teas aren’t just soothing beverages, though. Several varieties also boast a therapeutic side to them. Green tea, for example, has been known to have several health...
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