No matter how dense the crowds may get at the local department store’s makeup counters, one thing never fails to stop me in my tracks: the scent of Shalimar by Guerlain. It’s my mother’s favorite perfume and I would know it anywhere, partly for its sophisticated and elegant fragrance and...
6:30 a.m.: Your day starts when your trusty radio alarm clock jars you out of Dreamland by blaring a traffic report about a pileup on the freeway. 6:40 a.m.: Half bleary-eyed, you brush your teeth while scrolling through the e-mails that came into your Gmail account between 11:00...
About one in three U.S. adults is obese and about 18% of children (ages six through 19) also fall into this category (1, 2). This doesn’t even count those who are overweight. Hardly anyone will disagree that obesity is a serious problem in the United States. But, is the...
Ms. Brown decided to work late one night in the lab. She walked quickly through the dark, empty halls on her way back from the ladies room. She unlocked the door to her empty corner of the lab, fumbling an oversized handbag in one hand and an electronic keycard in...
How many times have you felt like standing on a mountaintop and shouting, “Natural supplements are not snake oil and they are regulated!!!” Well, for all those times of frustration, fate may now be giving you a bit of vindication in an unlikely place: DMAA. Sporting It Sports nutrition is...
Welcome to the 2013 WholeFoods Magazine Source Directory, the largest and most comprehensive directory of information in the health and natural products industry. The Source Directory—with 2,000+ listings of industry companies and organizations—is an invaluable reference tool that will be helpful to keep close at hand during the next 12...
They say it takes all kinds to make the world go round. This goes especially for the natural and organic industry, which is filled with diverse characters, each with a unique niche. Whether they’re wearing crazy hats, lab coats, hemp shoes or business suits, together, they form a community. Make...
December and January aren’t just times for celebrating and making resolutions; these months are prime time for predicting the happenings of the coming year. Many times, projections are positive and kind of fun. I heard from one company (Sensient Flavors) that 2013 flavor trends could include the sweet and smoky...
Eureka!, we thought. We had a great idea on our hands: a brand new way for the industry to access key information at its fingertips. We brainstormed, interviewed vendors (and more vendors), hammered out the fine details and away we went into the brave new world of product development. Now,...
How did you feel after you learned California’s Proposition 37 (which would have been the first state requirement to label genetically modified organisms, or GMOs) failed? While the anti-Prop 37 crowd breathed a sigh of relief and did a happy dance, its supporters went through the five stages of mourning.
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