HFN Features
 Health Food News Editor, Mike Ratner, Talk Show Producer, Dessiraee Eleby amd Healthy Life Radio General Manager, Paul Johnston have announced a press conference to be held this fall to highlight various companies and products that have made thier mark in the natural marketspace. more..
 Green tea consumption may promote cancer-preventive effects in people at risk for cancer in addition to supporting the medical treatment of some kinds of cancer, according to a study in the May/June 2008 issue of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, on newsstands now.
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 Can't eat enough fruit each day? Now you can. Crispy Green, the maker of Crispy Fruit freeze-dried fruit snacks, now makes it easier - and tastier - to get more fruit in your diet. Crispy Green has joined forces with the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) in support of the Fruits & Veggies--More Matters® national health initiative. For more information about Crispy Green's line of Crispy Fruit snacks, go to www.crispygreen.com
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Educating your customers!
 The foods that have an undeserved reputation as virtuous choices—and what you should encourage others to eat instead.
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 Once believed to be important only for bone health, vitamin D is now seen as having a critical function in maintaining the immune system throughout life. The newly recognized disease risks associated with vitamin D deficiency are clearly documented in a new report. more..
 Facing pressure from students and patients, and infused with grant money from the federal government and philanthropic organizations, many conventional medical schools that once dismissed integrative and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are embracing it wholeheartedly, incorporating it into required courses, adding electives, and establishing residencies and fellowships to help familiarize tomorrow’s MDs with things such as acupuncture, herbs, dietary supplements and massage. more..
 “Mushrooms contain a compound called ergosterol that gets converted to vitamin D when exposed to UVB light,” explains Tara McHugh, Ph.D., research leader at the Western Regional Research Center of the Agricultural Research Service. This conversion is similar to the one that creates vitamin D in our skin.
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Here are the six basic elements you hope to include in your strategy. A viral marketing strategy need not contain ALL these elements, but the more elements it embraces, the more powerful the results are likely to be. An effective viral marketing strategy:
- Gives away products of services
- Provides for effortless transfer to others
- Scales easily from small to very large
- Exploits common motivations and behaviors
- Utilizes existing communication networks
- Takes advantage of others' resources
http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt5/viral-principles.htm more..
Medora Snacks, LLC, creators of deliciously wholesome, all-natural baked snack foods that are a healthier snacking option, is announcing the launch of its debut product, Pogos potato cheese sticks. Baked through a unique process with premium real cheese and available in three outstanding flavors - white cheddar, hickory smoked and jalapeo cheddar - Pogos arrive on store shelves just in time for summer snacking, giving families an all-natural, non-GMO ingredients, no-trans-fat snack with an exceptionally intense taste, aroma and crunchy goodness.
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 New Study Shows 7.3 Million Americans are Vegetarians
The just-released "Vegetarianism in America" study, published by Vegetarian Times shows that 3.2 percent of U.S. adults, or 7.3 million people, follow a vegetarian-based diet. Approximately 0.5 percent, or 1 million, of those are vegans, who consume no animal products at all. In addition, 10 percent of U.S., adults, or 22.8 million people, say they largely follow a vegetarian-inclined diet. more..
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University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in today’s Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation’s food supply.
Two New iPhone Apps Help to Make Consumers a Healthier, More Earth-Friendly Shopper... GPS directions to your health food store next?
Chinese health chiefs pledged Tuesday to harshly punish those caught in the production, sale and use of illegal additives in food in a nationwide campaign, which has already led to the arrests of four people.
A nutrition advocacy group sued the Coca-Cola Co., the biggest beverage maker ALSO read our previous post last month when the FDA cautioned the drink maker about "Diet Coke Plus" nutritional claims...
Our 2009 Health Food News editorial calendar shows the major 
Honest Kitchen is a premium pet food company that gives a different meaning to natural, holistic pet food products. Even though every wholesome pet food product that comes off the production line is intended to be consumed by a cat or dog, human beings actually taste each batch of pet food and cookies during the company's pet food QC process.
