On August 24, 2022, Kaiser Health News (KHN) reported that Lori McClintock, the wife of U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock of Northern California, died at the age of 61 late in 2021 "after ingesting a plant that is generally considered safe and is used as an herbal remedy for a variety of...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) is calling the passage of the California bill AB-1341: Dietary supplements for weight loss and over-the-counter diet pills "a slap in the face to public health and consumer choice." As WholeFoods Magazine has reported, AB-1341 restricts access to dietary supplements. In certain situations, NPA reported, it...
The health of the planet is now a top global concern, surpassing human health. That’s according to Innova’s Lifestyle & Attitude Survey. “For the first time ever, more consumers surveyed globally for Innova’s Lifestyle & Attitude Survey say health of the planet is their top global concern, rather than health of...
Natural Grocers called it in their annual Top 10 Trends for 2022: Pet health is huge. Pet ownership skyrocketed during the pandemic. According to the American Pet Products Association (APPA) 2021-2022 National Pet Owners Survey, an estimated 70% of U.S. households now own a pet. When it comes to our...
Here’s a number that shows current U.S. thinking: North American air-passenger traffic in May 2022 surged 203% compared to May 2021. Most of us, it appears, have decided to live with a mutating virus and return to normal life. So how does this shift in thinking impact food shopping? Most...
$119B projected size of the sleep aid market by 2030 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the emerging monkeypox health crisis, rising inflation, climate change, global uncertainty, political unrest…There’s plenty of worrisome issues going on in the world to keep people up at night—and that’s before accounting for all the normal...
Note: This article was originally published by the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service (OMNS). To subscribe to OMNS, visit http://orthomolecular.org/subscribe.html, and access the OMNS archives as http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml. The Harvard-led Vitamin D and Omega 3 trial (VITAL), recently published findings showing a meaningful (22%) and statistically significant (p = 0.05, Hazard ratio...
Amin Talati Wasserman welcomed Lauren Aronson to the firm as a partner in Washington, DC. Aronson will head the firm’s nationally ranked advertising and consumer protection practices and further sharpen its business-driven solutions. The company said there is a growing need for such expertise right now, with a newly resurgent...
In a more typical time, the average person already has plenty of reasons to stress out and lose sleep about what’s happening in their lives. For the last couple of years, however, there have been even more reasons to feel unsettled on both macro and micro levels. The ongoing pandemic,...
All around the world, people are worried. What used to be a fringe concern is now a top global issue, with fears over climate change escalating. According to the 2022 Mintel Consulting Sustainability Barometer, the number of global consumers who now cite climate change as a top three environmental concern...
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