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Creating a Mentally Healthy Workplace

October 4, 2024

Watch the Naturally Informed educational session on demand for key insights and actionable advice for creating a mentally healthy workplace.

Research Updates: Sleep Support, Active Nutrition, Cognitive Health, and More

Get the latest science overviews from companies in the natural products industry, including Gencor, Maypro, and Bioiberica.

April 12, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Natural products industry companies share overviews on the latest science on their branded ingredients to support wellbeing.

KSM-66 is the highest-concentration, full-spectrum, and highly bio-available root extract of ashwagandha—an adaptogenic botanical.

KavaKalm

November 28, 2023

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

KavaKalm is a unique extract that derives from the Noble Kava Root.

12 Key Takeaways on the Sleep & Stress Market

...plus all-star ingredients to know!

November 27, 2023

Marissa Fox

Nutrition experts share the natural strategies that can support mental wellness and improve sleep quality.

GOED Report on Brain Health Published

The report aims to offer valuable insights into the current state of science on brain health, as well as identify research gaps and propose potential directions for future projects or product innovations.

June 20, 2023

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

A new report from GOED, the Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s, provides a comprehensive overview of the latest studies on EPA and DHA omega-3s and their effects on specific brain health outcomes.

Good Health Reads—Niacin: The Real Story

January 23, 2023

Robert G. Smith, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Niacin: The Real Story, 2nd Edition, by Abram Hoffer, Andrew W. Saul, and Harry D. Foster (Turner Publishing, 2023) Niacin (vitamin B3) is a biomolecule required by all forms of life. It functions as a precursor to NAD, an enzymatic co-factor in hundreds of metabolic pathways. Niacin is called a...

Survey: 66% of Physicians Believe Psilocybin Therapy has Potential for Treatment-Resistant Depression

January 19, 2022

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

London and New York—Two thirds (66%) of doctors in a recent survey say they believe psilocybin therapy has potential therapeutic benefit for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). That's according to a survey sponsored by Compass Pathways plc, a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation...

St. John's Wort

March 18, 2021

Jeffrey Burke, ND, MH, CNC, CHS

Hypericum perforatum, or St. John’s Wort, is a flowering plant native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It is named after St. John the Baptist, because its signature yellow flower appears at the time of the summer solstice near the day of the feast. Today, St. John’s Wort is...

Study Links Fiber Intake with Lower Rates of Depression

January 7, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

High daily fiber intake may be linked to lower rates of depression in premenopausal women, according to a new study published in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS). This study used data from the Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey for 2014, 2016, and 2018.

Study: Pre/Probiotics May Benefit Mood Regulation

July 7, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

A new research review suggest the benefits of psycobiotics—pre- and probiotics that affect the gut-brain axis (i.e., those products that can aid in mood regulation). Published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, Food & mood: a review of supplementary prebiotic and probiotic interventions in the treatment of anxiety and depression...