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Study: Those with Higher Omega-3 Index More Protected from Severe COVID

The research was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

April 6, 2023

Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) explored whether omega-3 fatty acids might be protective against contracting and/or suffering adverse outcomes of COVID-19 infection.

Genexa Works to Offer Clean Medicine to Families Amid Shortages

December 16, 2022

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Atlanta, GA—Cases of respiratory syncytial (RSV) and the flu have increased in recent weeks, triggering shortages of infants’ and kids’ pain relievers and fever reducers. The Washington Post reports that supplies of pediatric formulations such as liquid acetaminophen and ibuprofen have become scarce as the flu, coronavirus and RSV have swept...

Study: Climate Change Could Spark Next Pandemic

May 2, 2022

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.— Researchers who led a comprehensive study published in Nature determined that animal migration and rising temperatures may cause virus spread to new areas, potentially to humans. The study suggests that the climate crisis had an impact on human health, and the greatest risk factor for another pandemic is climate...

The Success, Stresses, & Struggles: Retailers Sound Off

February 28, 2022

Maggie Jaqua

Our industry is united in a noble goal: to help people feel their best and live a happy, healthy life. There’s plenty we don’t agree on, of course, and the feedback we got from independent natural products retailers responding to WholeFoods 44th Annual Retailer Survey shows the range of viewpoints...

Immune Market in 2022: What you need to know now

January 20, 2022

Maggie Jaqua

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Omicron, flurona, IHU…as I write this, these are the COVID concerns dominating news headlines. By the time you read this? Who knows. What we do know is that the impact of the pandemic has changed the way consumers purchase health foods and nutritional supplements, and as we begin to live...

Vitamin K Status Correlates with COVID-19 Inflammation, Research Finds

January 18, 2022

Julia Peterman

Oslo, Norway—Vitamin K status is heavily associated with COVID-19-related inflammation—more strongly, in fact, than vitamin D deficiency, according to a new article published in Frontiers in Nutrition. The article was written by a research group from the Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital in the Netherlands, in collaboration with the vitamin K2 manufacturer Kappa...

Study Suggests Certain Hemp Compounds May Help Prevent, Mitigate COVID

January 14, 2022

Julia Peterman

Corvallis, OR—Certain hemp compounds show the ability to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells, according to a new study out of Oregon State University (OSU). Richard Van Breemen, researcher with OSU’s Global Hemp Innovation Center, College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute, collaborated with scientists at Oregon Health & Science...

Study Examines Effects of Zinc Supplementation on COVID-19

January 14, 2022

Julia Peterman

Zinc supplementation may help prevent and mitigate COVID-19, a new study suggests. The ambulatory, interventional, prospective, single-blind study randomized 104 participants in Clinic A to receive 10mg, 25mg, or 50mg of zinc picolinate daily, and paired the three groups with 96 control participants from Clinic B according to demographics and...

Researchers Find Increased Oxidative Stress in COVID Patients

December 27, 2021

Julia Peterman

Houston, TX—COVID-19 patients have high levels of oxidative stress and damage, and markedly reduced levels of glutathione, according to a new study from researchers at Baylor College of Medicine. The results, published in Antioxidants, were found by comparing 60 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 to healthy age-matched individuals whose samples were...

Marine Algae Tested Against COVID

December 8, 2021

Julia Peterman

A marine algae extract may help fight COVID-19, according to a test tube study published in PeerJ. The marine algae known as ulva—or “sea lettuce”—is a dietary staple in places like Japan, New Zealand, and Hawaii, according to a report from Medscape. Now, the extract—known as ulvan—has been tested in...