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Buckle up folks. If you need stress relief from social media madness, don’t forget to visit our CBD or Anxiety Support pages. I’m a pharmacist and own a pharmacy in Woodstock, NY. It’s home to our supplement brand Woodstock Vitamins (the artist formerly known as Village Vitality). I restate this because many of our email …
A new clinical trial studying a prescription strength specialty fish oil has concluded. The product is Vascepa by Amarin, and it is a unique product. Most fish oil products are a combination of the two essential fatty acids (Omega-3s) EPA and DHA. Vascepa, however, is 100% EPA. The dose studied in the trial was 4000 mg, which …
Village Vitality Will Soon Be Known As Woodstock Vitamins. Five years ago, this pharmacist created a new supplement experience: Village Vitality. Our mission was to provide “Wellness with Integrity.” From our small pharmacy in the most famous small town in America, we have succeeded. We have big dreams. We are expanding soon to a national …
We are proud to finally and officially announce the arrival of Calcium Care, our 100% whole food calcium supplement. Some of you may remember “Calcium Food”, our version 1.0 of whole food calcium supplements. Calcium Care is a radically more sophisticated formula offering nutrients proven to support bone health without using synthetic, gross chemicals, but instead, …
Introducing Calcium Care – A Whole-Food Calcium Supplement Read More »
On the heels of our rant on Mega-Corporations like Nestle owning almost all of the major supplement brands, we were motivated to take a deeper dive into our Vitality Approved brands. Unfortunately, we found something. In particular, we found that some of the Vitality Approved brands were being sold and promoted by unscrupulous characters. This is …
We’re making some changes here at Woodstock Vitamins. Two Vitality Approved brands are being discontinued. Unlike many retailers who make their inventory decisions based on profit, we are constantly adding and removing brands based on a set of “Vitality Approved” standards. These two brands are not being removed due to violations of our quality …
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I’m not a fan of resolutions. I ranted about it 1 year ago. Wellness resolutions never stick for people because it just becomes too much at once. Supplement regimens become a complicated hodgepodge of this or that miracle fix. Whatever new “thing” is blasted over the blogosphere and social media has to be read, processed, and …
Toss Out Your Resolutions! 3 Simple Rules for the New Year (or any time, really) Read More »
I write this rant today, 4 weeks late, for many reasons. It’s about resolutions. I’ve made many myself as I’m sure you at home have. I made a bit of a resolution too. I’ve resolved to not let up on my vision for Woodstock Vitamins. I’m doubling down on pointing out the “fake news” of our industry …
The FTC has taken action against homeopathic remedies and the claims they make. Homeopathy is different from most natural products. Homeopathy is the belief that one can treat illness by using extremely small doses of compounds that are like the disease you are trying to treat. If you want to treat poison ivy, use small doses of poison …
First off, I’m sorry. No rants in months. I’ve neglected the one business I’m so very passionate about – Woodstock Vitamins. Today we begin again. The primary reason behind our silence is the subject matter of today’s rant. It’s pharmacy. Our core business at 3 of our 4 locations. Our profession. Our motivation for opening our biggest, nicest location yet. And the …
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