I set my bags down and plopped into the chair with the folks from iHeart at SupplySide West (SSW) to check off an item on my punchlist — getting familiar with my internal age. The iHeart device clips on the finger and measures stiffness of the arteries through the velocity...
Vitamin C research continues to be exciting as it verifies many previously known health benefits and uncovers more. What about vitamin C and cancer? The common cold? The immune system? Brain development? What should the RDA be? What is the optimal intake? What else can it do? To help keep...
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.
Editor's Note: We welcome William Hood, a well-known banker to the nutrition and health and wellness industries, as a resident expert on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the natural products industry. This is his first column to set the stage for what will be a monthly look at what's happening...
Well, that didn’t take long. “Day One,” of the Amazon acquisition of Whole Foods Market on Aug. 28, 2017, saw significant—and reportedly permanent—price cuts in Whole Foods’ stores on everyday market basket items like milk, eggs and bananas. Plus, the chain cut prices on key fresh proteins, fresh produce, and...
What gluten enzyme pills are not: a get-out-of-jail free card. Given that most Celiac patients show no gastro symptoms or immediate reaction, they wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. The false confidence these pills create makes people with Celiac Disease, Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity, or Wheat Allergies: Take risks they...
To the Editor: A recent article by Jonny Bowden (Why I Am Breaking Up With Whole Foods), contained numerous false statements about me. I would like to set the record straight. Mr. Bowden claims that I am “a rabid vegan,” and states that I believe eating “food that comes from...
Like most relationships, my love affair with Whole Foods started off great. I loved the narrative: three hippies get together in the mid-1980’s to start a store that’s an alternative to “Big Food” — a store devoted to selling foods that actually make a difference to your health. Beautiful, organic...
The call came in from “someone with a story idea” within minutes after our weekly email newsletter went out carrying a lead item about Day One price cuts at the new Whole Foods + Amazon. As the first editor this independent health store owner tried to reach, I got the...
We have been discussing the importance of niacin with Dr. Andrew Saul. So far we have discussed niacin’s role in overcoming schizophrenia, arthritis, high blood cholesterol, as well as learning and behavior disorders. Now let’s look at skin cancer and birth defect news and a general overview of Dr. Abram...
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