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Villeroy, Quebec — Fruit d’Or Nutraceuticals has received approval from Health Canada that could take its conventional and organic cranberry oil beyond urinary tract infections into cosmetic, functional food and dietary supplementation. The company has received Natural Product Number (NPN #80079040) from Health Canada’s Natural and Non-prescription Health Pr […]

August Digital Edition Do the Right Thing Growing a Healthy Children’s Market Editorial Series on Immune Health: Sleep, Stress and Adrenals Building a Foundation for Bone Strength Finding Sweet in All the Right Places Product Profile: Bluebonnet Nutrition Product Profile: Soft Gel Technologies Supplement Highlight: Plant Protein HABA Counter: Essential Oils […]

Recently, plant-based protein powders have gained popularity, competing more effectively with their dairy-based counterparts. As the name suggests, plant-based protein powders are derived from plants and made from ingredients such as rice, peas, leucine, chia seeds and hemp that are a powerhouse of good nutrition with remarkable health benefits. These ingred […]

For thousands of years essential oils have been used as an ingredient in perfume, cosmetics and drugs as well as for hygienic, therapeutic, spiritual and ritualistic purposes — even cooking (1). What exactly are essential oils? They are concentrated, fragrant extracts from plants and move quickly through the air, which makes them ideal for aromatherapy […] T […]

With the excess amounts of information available to us now via the internet and a variety of other sources, there is a deluge of news regarding supplements. Any given day a new story can be published regarding supplements that leads to questions. These questions may be about whether supplements are beneficial or harmful, which ones […] The post Interpreting […]

I got an inside window to the state of school lunch earlier this year while spending time with Kindergarten and first grade students in an economically and culturally diverse community just outside New York City. Wearing my anthropologist researcher’s hat, I studied what came in and what went out. School lunch came in three varieties: […] The post Do the Rig […]

Q: What is adrenal fatigue and what are the symptoms? A: Adrenal fatigue is caused by poorly working adrenal glands in people who are under mental, emotional, or physical stress. Your adrenal glands make hormones. One of these is cortisol, which helps your body deal with stress. There are two separate categories of adrenal fatigue […] The post Product Profil […]

What Is Hyaluronic Acid ? To understand why Injuv® (an exclusive nutricosmetic from Soft Gel Technologies, Inc.) is integral to skin health, it is important to understand the function and benefits of  hyaluronic acid (HA). HA is present in every tissue in the body. It is an essential structural element of the extracellular matrix (ECM) […] The post Product P […]

The active ingredient,  he explains futher (Lutemax 2020 by Omniactive Health Technologies) is a non-GMO marigold extract, backed by research. Over 300 individuals in a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial showed that it has a statistically significant impact on reducing the short-term issues of prolonged exposure to blue light, such as eye strain […]

Your customers have one thing in common; they want to feel good. As we’ve learned throughout our editorial series on immune health, there are a variety of approaches when it comes to supporting one’s immune health, but perhaps the most obvious and least explored impacts are lack of sleep and chronic stress. Vicious Cycle of […] The post Sleep, Stress and the […]