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The editorial team at WholeFoods Magazine has decades of experiences reporting on natural products and dietary supplement industry news, trends, and more. This national business-to-business magazine has been published continuously for more than 40 years (the magazine was founded in 1977, and has been owned by Wainer Finest Communications since 1984). It is the longest-tenured media outlet of its kind in the natural products industry. The editorial focus at WholeFoods Magazine is, and always has been, on informing and educating members of the natural products industry.

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Supplier Briefs (December 2010)

November 23, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Helios CORP and Sunbio announced that they received new dietary ingredient (NDI) approval for EstroG-100. The firm says that its menopause-support ingredient underwent a Phase-2 trial this year in which there were “significant improvements in eight out of 10 categories utilizing the Kupperman Index during clinical review.” Milan, Italy-based...

Homeopathy: A Natural System of Medicine

November 23, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Developed by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann over 200 years ago in Germany, homeopathy is a medicinal system inspired by the body’s propensity toward healing, preventative care and natural therapeutics. Homeopathic medicine works with the body in order to treat the causes of symptoms instead of just eliminating symptoms. In 2007, an...

Know What You Can—and Can’t— Say When It Comes To Dietary Supplements

November 23, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Dietary supplements have long been considered an important component of a well-balanced health routine. People turn to these products for general reasons, such as filling nutrition gaps and maintaining overall health and wellness—and to support specific systems within the body such as heart, bone and digestive health. Many consumers are...

Grocery Briefs: January 2011

November 19, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Eden Foods, Clinton, MI, had its Organic 100% Whole Grain Udon Pasta recognized in Women’s Health magazine as one of the “125 Best Packaged Foods for Women,” an annual feature in the magazine’s November 2010 issue. The product was the top choice in the “Pasta & Rice” category. All...

Report Cites Organic Dairy Farming Benefits

November 19, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Boulder, CO—The practice of grass-based, environmentally friendly organic dairy farming is better for cows’ health, and leads to better quality milk, too, according to a recent report. The research, conducted by The Organic Center and published under the title, “A Dairy Farm’s Footprint,” presents the conclusions that organic dairy...

Food Retail Prices Set to Rise Significantly

November 19, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Reports indicate that food retail prices in nearly every category are in for higher-than-average inflation in 2011. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said that for all food, prices are expected to rise 2–3%, nearly double the 2010 increase. Meat prices are predicted to approach a 3.5% hike,...

Update: Food Safety Bill

November 19, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—After a delay in voting prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Senate finally passed the Food Safety Modernization Act on November 30 (Yea-Nay Vote: 73-25). Although the bill has moved to the House for debate, there is a constitutional stipulation threatening the bill’s ratification. Section 107 of the...

Supplier Briefs January 2011

November 19, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Blue California of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA announced that its L-TeaActive L-theanine ingredient has achieved GRAS status. A new published study indicates that a lower dose of Superba krill oil from Aker BioMarine than fish oil is needed to boost individuals’ blood serum levels of EPA/DHA. It also helped...

Branded Ingredient May Improve Memory Recall

November 19, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Migdal HaEmeq, Israel—Clinical Interventions in Aging has published data indicating that elderly individuals with memory recall problems may benefit from taking a omega 3–phosphatidylserine (PS) product. Researchers based in Israel gave the PS–omega 3 (300 mg PS, 37.5 EPA/DHA, as SharpThought from Country Life, which contains Sharp-PS Gold from...

NIST Says the Time Is Ripe for Berry Standards

November 19, 2010

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Gaithersburg, MD—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has put out reference materials for supplements that include Vaccinium berries. New to its library are a suite of quality assurance tools for the following dietary supplement ingredients: cranberry, blueberry, bilberry and mixed berry. This initiative is part of a...

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