02/08/2010
We beer drinkers are always happy to have a healthy reason to justify our pastime. There is the antioxidant flavonoid xanthohumol from beer, and then Karlsberg (the German brewer, not the Dutch Carlsberg) even tried to make a healthier beer to draw in more women drinkers. Its functional brew, named Karla Well-Be, was fortified with soy lecithin, folic acid and other vitamins, and it was lower in ...
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02/03/2010
Natural Products Marketplace
announced some very exciting news this week. We will host a Virtual Event for retail stores on Sept. 14 and 15 ...
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01/27/2010
The Natural Products Industry has stepped up to support Haiti. Find out how your store can become more involved in relief efforts.
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01/20/2010
It was announced this week that three northern California Walmart stores are officially charging extra for plastic bags at checkout. Sounds like it’s time to think green and bring your own bag! ...
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01/13/2010
A veteran product of natural foods stores, soy is recent an embattled nutrient, taking hits over its role in breast cancer and infant formula.
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) created a fourteen-member committee to evaluate the risk of soy infant formula. In its most recent gathering on the subject, the panel voted to issue ...
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01/05/2010
Chances are you know someone who is pledging to lose weight as their 2010 New Year's resolution. Good news, 2010 maybe the easiest year to hold those resolutions. Now, you can get paid to lose weight.
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12/22/2009
For many of us, the holidays are for enjoying family, friends and good food. The omnivores among us are really in heaven, able to at least indulge in free-range meats and organic dairy-based baked goods (maybe some omega-3 eggs?); but vegetarians and vegans are bit more limited in their holiday choices. One product I recently sampled may help these herbivores enjoy an adequately special feast.
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