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The Best of Neal 2019: Rants, Ravings & Really Good Advice Is it that time already? It is! In the blink of an eye, 2019 comes to a close. This year I gave the industry both barrels. You, my loyal followers, got a mountain of content and information. We pumped out over 50 articles, wrote …
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You may have read the headline on social media article about the FDA’s recent action against numerous CBD companies. If you did, good. If not, let’s dish. I’ve got some more inside baseball around CBD that is juicy (especially for a gossip such as myself), yet troubling. On November 25th, 2019, just when CBD manufacturers thought it was …
Cranberry is a very popular dietary supplement used by millions to support a healthy urinary tract. That’s what everyone’s supposed to say, legally, but the truth is that people want to use cranberry to treat or prevent urinary tract infections (UTI). Before we get started, I must interject as a responsible holistic pharmacist: antibiotics treat infections. …
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We know listicles are kind of cliché. We don’t like all the clickbait-y stuff that floods our Facebook feeds. We also know that the points that are on this list will make people go, “Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard it before.” But this information is important. In fact, it’s so important that it can’t be ignored. …
With cough and cold season in full swing, it’s time we take a deep dive into an age-old winter-time companion, elderberry. In a break from the norm, we’ll attack this in a fun, modern listicle format. Just like all those really popular blogs that we always said we wouldn’t emulate. The kids want it, so …
This article is part of a series that discuss, in depth, quality-related issues around a specific ingredient. Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) is a berry grown predominantly in the southeastern United States, mostly in Florida. No, saw palmetto isn’t what makes a Florida man meme-worthy – that’s usually bath salts. The extracts of saw palmetto have solid …
This is the first in a series of articles that specifically address trends in the supplement industry. A trend may eventually produce awareness of a beneficial supplement, like with collagen and CBD but often the negatives far outweigh the benefits. Poor quality products flood the market. Claims are made not backed by science. People get ripped off. Because of …
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I’m an analogy guy, and I’ve got a bunch! The campfire or jenga analogy for nutrition are two of the more popular ones around here. My favorite is the steak analogy in our 3 Types of Dietary Supplements article, where I teach people our supplements aren’t what they seem and I relate them to steaks, fast-food cheeseburgers, and moldy-disease ridden cheeseburgers. …
One dozen links forwarded – AH AH AHH. Two dozen links forwarded – AH AH AHH. Three!!! That’s me cosplaying as Count from Sesame Street as everyone and their dogs forward me a link to the recent New York Times piece about red meat being OK now. Or not. I don’t know which way is …
In 2016, the FDA made changes to the regulations for the labels on foods and supplements. The goal was to simplify and standardize some of the more ambiguous labelling going on. This impacts consumers because we’re changing how a some ingredients are represented and as a result, their labels will look different. Trying to make …
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