[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When it comes to health and beauty aids, of course we all care about what a product will do for us. Thicker hair, radiant skin, a brighter smile...most people would say “yes please” to all three. A few decades ago, many would go after those benefits without thinking about what...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Toxic chemicals in sippy cups, heavy metals in baby food, potentially harmful preservatives in baby shampoos…in recent years, alarming reports about the safety of the products our little ones are exposed to daily have led parents to rethink their purchases. Melinda Olson, CEO and founder of Earth Mama Organics,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A gluten-free (GF) diet is simple in theory: no gluten allowed; everything else is fine. It exists as the only treatment for celiac disease, an autoimmune disease in which a person’s immune system attacks gluten particles, flattening cells in the small intestine and preventing the absorption of nutrients and calories...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There’s no doubt about it: Keto is wildly popular. In terms of Google searches, it reigns supreme over other popular plans including Paleo, plant-based, Whole30, gluten-free and vegetarianism. Only veganism rises to meet it from time to time. Of course, those searches suggest an important point: Keto can be confusing...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One look at the abundance of sugar, artificial chemicals and toxins in the Standard American diet and the following statistic probably won’t come as much of a surprise: 60 to 70 million people in the United States are affected by digestive diseases (1)—and there’s plenty of science focusing on how...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Most discussion about cognitive health revolves, understandably, around how it affects us in old age: dementia, Alzheimer’s, memory loss and so on. That said, we should start thinking about our brains way before that. First, prevention is better than a cure, and prevention has to start at a young age.
It’s time to go back to the beginning, all the way to the raw materials. First, there’s the all-consuming issue of tariffs, of what happened, how the industry fought back, and what to do now that the tariffs have passed. From there, we move on to how manufacturers offer all-important...
Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting input on the use of dairy-related names in plant-based product labels. While the FDA recognizes that customers might prefer plant-based products for any number of reasons, the request states that labeling plant-based products with names that are associated...
The results of the long-anticipated REDUCE-IT study looking at prescription-level values of omega-3 and their effect on trigylcerides have been released by Amarin Corp. and will be presented at the 2018 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association. Dr. William Harris, an omega-3 expert and creator of the test that...
German grocer Aldi is expanding its U.S. presence with a remodeling scheme, a new advertising campaign, and a national rollout of its delivery partnership with Instacart. The grocer plans to spend $5 billion to go from 1,800 to 2,500 stores, reports MediaPost, while remodeling existing stores and expanding fresh food...
