The ketogenic diet originated as medical therapy in the 1920s as standard of care for epilepsy. With the advent of anti-seizure drugs in the 1940s, the diet fell out of favor with clinicians and its use became relegated to a small number of children’s hospitals for use in pediatric epilepsy...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although high blood sugar is never good, it’s especially harmful during pregnancy. When glucose intolerance appears for the first time in pregnancy, it is called gestational diabetes mellitus. Public health officials are worried. Parallel to obesity, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) rates are rising across the globe, affecting as many as...
The Hot Products section at the recent Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore was one of the buzziest spots to be in the naturals industry from September 11-14, 2019. “Every fall the exhibit halls at the Natural Products Expo East are bursting with products that are increasing consumer awareness about...
Thanks to Slow Food and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Syrian small-scale women farmers have been offered a unique opportunity to partner with organic artisan food producers in northwest Italy. For Syria, a land of rich cultural heritage devastated by almost a decade of war,...
The anti-aging market is determined to reach $271.0 billion within the next 5 years, with products ranging from anti-wrinkle topicals to hair color, and services including hair restoration and cosmetic procedures. 1,2 These products and services focus primarily on external aspects of age and addressing the “signs of aging” rather...
Stepping into Natural Products Expo East as a newbie to the industry was thrilling. With just 9 months in the industry as a writer for WholeFoods Magazine, I’ve learned so much about trends, goals, and the future of the natural and organic products. Attending Expo met my expectations. It’s more...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I’m one of countless women walking through a residential neighborhood in Michigan, with a dawn-of-the-dead singular focus, toward a giant tent. It’s the one day of the year where every piece of secondhand or vintage clothing at Zany Consignment Boutique is only...
What are QR Codes? If you’ve seen these little boxes with dots inside of them that look like a barcode dropped acid and thought, ‘What is that for?!’...you’re not alone! Those aren’t new-age design elements, they are QR codes. For simplicity’s sake, QR stands for Quick Response and you point...
When discussing potential health benefits, it is important to make the distinction between hemp and cannabidiol (CBD). CBD is just one cannabinoid of the dozens produced by the cannabis plant and those are just one molecule type amidst the hundreds of other compounds in a typical plant. We are learning...
If you can’t spend as much time as you would like outside, at least get the gear. The Outdoor Retailer Summer Show, held in Denver, CO in June, showcased all the goods consumers need to spend more time in nature. And mark your calendars for the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, November...
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