Abraham Lincoln was famous for saying "Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” This suggests that when it comes to being happy we have a choice. Most of us would agree that happiness, positivity and a good sense of humor (finding something to...
Why Curcumin is a great adjunct for sports performance. Over the past several decades, sports nutrition has become a specialized category to reflect the fact that building stronger muscles is more than just protein powders and weight gainers. When creatine monohydrate was marketed as an agent to support anabolism and...
Coming soon to a food production, retail, storage, packaging and distribution center near you: Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Code 8.0 requires new steps in an effort to ensure food safety and new requirements for food safety certifications – all by January 2, 2018. With today’s consumer emphasis on farm to...
Who would have thought that a generous serving of your favorite fruits and vegetables would actually increase your sense of psychological well-being? Researchers are now revealing that a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables will not only help to reduce your waistline but increasing your consumption of fruit and...
Black Seed Oil Recently oil of black seed has sparked the attention of many natural supplement users. What has caused the oil of black seed phenomenon? Oddly enough word has spread organically. Unlike other product category spikes endorsed by a celebrity that have quickly risen and declined, oil of black...
Perhaps you were a subscriber to Jack Challem’s informative Nutrition Reporter ™. And, maybe you attended some of his lectures. Or read some of his books and more than a thousand articles over the decades. Hopefully, you read our six interviews with Jack in Vitamin Connection. Jack’s writing and teachings...
The dietary supplement industry has grown exponentially over the past few decades; what used to be a few retail shelves displaying a limited number of well-known supplements like vitamin C, calcium, or multivitamin formulations has now grown to protein powders, herbal extracts, and various other preparations with claims to improve...
According to the Organic Trade Association organic food sales have now reached $40 billion annually, accounting for approximately 5% of the total U.S. food sales. An unprecedented Nielsen's study (2015 – 2016) surveying 100,000 households in the 48 contiguous states reported that the national average for organic sales jumped from...
This is the first post in a series uncovering Palm Oil – what it is, where it comes from, how and where it’s used, the health benefits and the often confusing controversy around the topic. Natural Habitat’s managing director is the company spokesperson for Palm Done Right, an international campaign...
In recent years, the World Health Organization classified glyphosate (the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup) as a probable carcinogenic. This statement was backed by a number of research studies linking glyphosate to a variety of cancers including non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, renal cancers, skin cancers and pancreatic cancer. In subsequent meetings...
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