Of all the systems that compose the human body, the immune system is the most awesome, hands down. Its complexity—the wide array of cells that have specific jobs to do, working in harmony with one another—is simply amazing. The human body is quite alluring to a legion of microbial...
Broad vegetarian supplements offerings give you a leg up on competitors. You’ve stocked your supplements aisles with thousands of items to meet the diverse needs of your client base: young, old, active, weight-loss focused, stricken a specific health condition, in good general health and beyond. Clearly, these offerings represent hours...
Nutrition is a crystal clear option for combating age-related vision loss. Part five in a five-part series on anti-aging. Too often, we don’t fully appreciate what we’ve got until it’s gone. In retrospect, we’d consider trading our most prized possessions to recapture a lost friendship, a great job, a fond...
Successful sales in the women's health category will spill over into other segments All stages of a woman’s life are distinct, yet they blend seamlessly. During puberty, the menarche gives rise to fertility and the monthly hormonal cascade, followed by childbearing years and potential pregnancies, which in turn are followed...
Using herbs for common conditions. Herbalism has often seen the scorn of the American people, its stigma raising images of superstition, witch doctors, hippies, smoke and mirrors. This overall sense of unreliability and guesswork with botanical medicine probably arose in response to increased pharmaceutical use and advertising. However, many people...
The body isn’t one for subtleties. Eat greasy food late at night and chances are your stomach will have informed you of your bad decision by morning. Internal batteries running low? Your eyes (and under-eye circles) will tell the story of late nights and lack of sleep. As for...
Citizens throughout our nation are slowly realizing that our choices, and those that we make for our children, have serious consequences. A wave of media attention surrounding the children’s health sector seems to have marked the natural products industry as the key to promoting health for younger generations. And...
Bigger and better is the American way. Many of us have super-sized our homes, our cars, our stereos and our televisions to keep up with the Jones family next door. A little competition can be healthy, but it can have serious consequences when it becomes extreme. This is especially...
How supplements can provide gentle, natural mood support. A honking horn in traffic. A tapping foot in a long line. Another beer. A closed door. Everywhere we look, there are signs of an epidemic of bad moods and bad behavior—we are a nation suffering a 32% incidence of anxiety, depression...
How mushrooms may change the landscape of disease management. Our bodies are put through battle everyday—we are exposed to toxins, bacteria, viruses, environmental substances and, especially, our everyday stresses. Among the battalions of foreign body invaders, the goal of our immune system is to restore and maintain homeostasis (balance) in...
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