Articles by Shari Barbanel
Healthy Nation Coalition Details Persistent Failures of DGA
In an open letter to government officials, the Healthy Nation Coalition described the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) as a failed policy. The letter from concerned scientists, nutrition professionals and consumers is addressed to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. The letter asserts that these recommendations contribute to ...
VRM Media Acquires “Fitness Trainer” Magazine
VRM Media (East Brunswick, NJ, www.vrmmedia.com), a leading provider of business magazines, websites and e-newsletters for the health and natural products industry, has announced its acquisition of Fitness Trainer magazine from the Mallarina Sales Corporation. Fitness Trainer (fitnesstrainermag.uberflip.com/t/47105), founded in 2012 by Robert B. Rose, is a digital business magazine for personal trainers and other ...
Cell Science Systems Launches Affordable Telomere Testing
Cell Science Systems, Corp. (Deerfield Beach, FL), one of the very few labs to offer telomere length testing, has launched its new version of this test at an affordable price. Knowing your telomere length is important because it directly relates to health and longevity. Telomere length testing has recently become of wider interest following a study ...
Vitamin D Council Introduces In-home Vitamin D Test Kit
It is estimated that 40 to 75 percent of all Americans are deficient in vitamin D, which has been linked to an increased risk to Alzheimer’s, cancer, cardiovascular, autoimmune, and other diseases. To help bring awareness and to test individual vitamin D levels, the Vitamin D Council has announced the release of vitamin D test ...
CRN and Skipta to Host Free Dietary Supplements Webinar
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced the next in its series of free webinars for pharmacists and nurse practitioners (NPs), presented in partnership with Skipta, the premier closed-loop social networking platform for health care professionals. These webinars, available to members of the Pharmacist Society and Generation NP communities, are part of CRN’s ongoing ...
President Obama Signs Sunscreen Innovation Act
On November 26, President Obama sign the Sunscreen Innovation Act (SIA) into law after is was passed in the House of Representatives on November 14. The bill is designed to address a regulatory backlog that is preventing U.S. consumers from having access to advanced, effective sunscreens that are widely available in the rest of the ...
Battling Blood Sugar
As metabolic syndrome becomes a larger problem in the U.S., practitioners are urging patients to make lifestyle changes. Blood sugar issues have become a major issue in the U.S. According to the American Diabetes Association, 29.1 million (9. 3 percent) of Americans had diabetes 2012. That number jumped from 25.8 million (8.3 percent) just two ...
An Encompassing Approach To Neuroinflammation
With a potential link between increasing rates of obesity, diabetes and neuroinflammatory conditions, practitioners provide an integrative health view.Research has shown that inflammation is at least a part of the root cause of chronic diseases, which have become a 21st century epidemic. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , ...
Private Label Priorities
Practitioners looking to develop a private label line must weigh the factors and challenges before deciding to make an investment.There has been a major shift in recent years to preventative care, and dietary supplements have become a huge part of it. In fact, according to the 2013 Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) Consumer Survey on ...
Immune Defenders
As the number of immune health issues in the U.S. rises, natural practitioners stress the importance of patient education.Cold and flu season can wreak havoc on the immune system. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Americans get approximately one billion colds each year, while influenza affects approximately 60 million Americans ...
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