There’s no one reading this who doesn’t have a good idea of what the phrase “emotional eating” means, but just in case you’re not sure, here’s a clear and simple definition: Emotional eating is basically eating to make yourself feel better. Food can do everything from relieving stress to relieving...
Those on specialty diets avoid certain foods because they were reacting negatively to them. In the process of figuring that out, which can be decades in the making, there’s usually gut damage involved. Unhappy gut = Unhappy brain. Gluten is the worst offender and has been linked to depression and...
Prenatal care helps keep the mother and her future baby healthy during pregnancy. Doctors, nurses, or midwives monitor the development of the baby and do routine testing in order to find and prevent possible problems. It is important for women to seek prenatal care as soon as they learn they...
When asked what keeps him up at night, the CEO of a nutritional supplement company told me it’s the fear someone will die after consuming something they bought on Amazon.com. With the volume of selling that occurs on the platform and the relative lack of scrutiny, it’s a conceivable scenario.
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.
We began our series on Vitamin C in Part 1 with a brief overview of the history of vitamin C. Now we can move on to important new findings and what they mean to health. How does vitamin C affect the immune system? What about vitamin C and cancer? The...
The hottest story in anti-aging these days is the story of NAD. Now let’s be clear — none of us like to use the term anti-aging anymore. It’s passé and silly. We can’t turn back the clock, which is what “anti” aging implies. Most of us who work in...
Witches, wizards, and sugar! It’s all good. Life isn’t about extremism or denying oneself time after time. But why not do a little something to balance things out? Every writer and blogger in the food space is sharing their favorite treat recipes at this spooky time of year. Even those...
In older men, two pressing concerns supplements may help to address are low testosterone and prostate health. Along with living a healthy lifestyle, taking supplements may help reduce the risk of disease and undesirable symptoms that arise with age. Prostate Health With over 3 million cases per year, prostate cancer...
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