HFN Headlines
 Mary’s Gone Crackers™, makers of gourmet gluten-free foods, today unveiled Mary’s Gone Crackers “love™ Cookies,” a unique line of cookies available in deliciously traditional flavors, reinvented with revolutionary ingredients. 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 the MDs of tomorrow with things such as acupuncture, herbs, dietary supplements and massage. more..
 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..
Got tea? In the last few years, tea has become a healthy alternative to many beverage drinks. But now a new study, being reported by the British Medical Journal, has linked drinking very hot to a risk of oesophageal cancer that involves the cancer of the esophageal. more..
 Our 2010 Health Food News editorial calendar shows the major editorial features planned for forthcoming issues from which reporters and editors from newspaper, magazine, radio/TV and other news media refer to regarding natural products. Also called editorial planning calendars because PR or public relations professionals often use them in an attempt to increase their chances of coverage. For example, if one of our affiliated publications is going to do a green story on hybrid cars, publicists would want to have us distribute their press release about their related product or news announcement several weeks to months in advance of the story's planned publication.
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 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. more..
 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...
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The new MyPyramid for Preschoolers is intended to help parents make better food choices for preschool children, aged 2 to 5 years - a critical time when food habits and taste preferences are established. Keeping tabs on calories is a bigger reality today than ever before, considering that nearly 15 percent of preschoolers in this country are overweight. more..
Cultivating healthy eating habits early on, when research shows lifelong habits are forming, is a goal shared by all parents. Getting more of the "good" stuff and less of the "bad" into toddlers' diets is tough and demanding work. Now there's a juice that offers real help. more..
Zevia LLC (www.zevia.com) announced that its carbonated Zevia product containing the natural herb stevia (http://www.zevia.com/products_stevia.html) has reached nationwide distribution. With four flavors in stores now, Zevia beat the major beverage brands to grocery store shelves across the nation, offering the first all-natural zero-calorie alternative to artificially sweetened diet sodas.
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HFN Features
Maggie's Organics is the first apparel company to be certified Fair Labor. They are launching a new six - piece apparel line with this certification on March 12th -14th 2010, in Booth 3178, Hall D. Press Conference on March 13th, 3PM PST in the booth. more..
 Irwin D. Simon, president and CEO of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., and parent company of Earth's Best, rang the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell, symbolically opening the market.Earth's Best®, the first complete line of organic infant foods also commenced the celebration of its 25th birthday. This event kicked off a year-long celebration of the brand's heritage of nurturing babies the purest way.
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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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Did you know that healthy food has subtle nutrients, general nutrients, electrical energies, phytonutrients, enzymes, in addition to vitamins, and minerals? The electrical potential for our tissues and cells is a direct result of the liveliness of our cells. Live foods enhance the electrical potential in our cells, between the cells, at the interface of the cell membranes, and at the interface of the cells with the microcapulary electrical charges. more..
 Substances found in green tea work their way into the tissues of the eye and could protect against common eye diseases like glaucoma, researchers say. 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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 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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Product Reviews
 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. more..
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Interviews
Other celebrities might buy a fancy house and big cars,
but Ed Begley Jr. spends his time and money on
environmentally friendly products and projects.
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All Press Wire
 Doctor Recommended Non-Dairy Beverage Brings the Benefits of the B.R.A.T. Diet to a Delicious and Convenient Drink more..
JOINT HEALTH PRODUCT REVIEW & ARTICLES
We are looking at a March to April 2010 time frame for an article about joint stiffness as it is related to the normal changes of aging that is not necessarily a symptom of arthritis. We were interested in reviewing products that may help improve joint mobility or relieve stiffness.
If you any content or input regarding how various herbs, vitamins, minerals or other products support or protect the ligaments and tendons, we like to know more, how theoretically they work and their benefits. We are looking for products to review that may help joint function especially those that become overstretched from years of use, leaving the joints less stable and more prone to wear and tear. In relationship to aging - products that may help lubricating membranes that normally allow each joint to slide and glide through its motion so that they do not become dried and contracted, constricting the joint's movement would be desirable. Any thoughts or ideas on that? Send them to us.
Also what products reduces stiffness - addressing audience concerns, for instance when a reader might first gets out of bed in the morning? This article is not really about athletes or when folks have swelling along with stiffness, especially when the stiffness results from an injury. That will be for a future article. If you have any ideas or experts we can talk with please let me know and if you would like to have your products reviewed - please send to my attention at the address below. Thank you, Mike
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2010 Health Food News
Moving the Planet Towards a Sustainable Future Health Food News and our media partner Green Press Wire are committed to delivering news relevant to our industry while at the same time playing a critical role in the future of our planet's sustainability. What news stories do you have related to green and sustainability? If you have any ideas or comments that can enhance our coverage, we encourage you to email them to us, so that we can address them in a future report or HealthyLife Radio podcast. Contact us at Editor@GreenPressWire.com | more..
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..
Nutrition Business Journal (NBJ) has released its Natural & Organic Personal Care and Household Products Report. This 237-page report features more than 10 years of NBJ's market research data for the natural & organic personal care (N&OPC) and household products market, including market size and growth estimates and company profiles for more than 50 of the top N&OPC and household product companies in the United States. more..
The news of Green Tea benefts keep cominig in this month. Recently researchers say a combination of capsaicin and green tea could promote the feeling of fullness and sustain satiety, indicating it could be successful for weight management, according to a new study reported by Nutra Ingredients more..
Food Ranger, Mike Adams reports Amazing things are happening in Vilcabamba, Ecuador right now. Vilcabamba is known as the "Valley of Longevity" for its amazing negative ions, incredible air quality, year-round growing season and long-lived... more..
Media Memo Alerts || News Briefs
 Green Press Conference date set for Earth Day, Thursday April 22nd 2010
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 Participate in our 2009 Media Survey that will track industry leaders who attended the recent ShowWest event in Orange County, California. Even if you did not exhibit or attend we are still interested in your opinion. Page one of the survey is for exhibitors but page two asks about your plans to outreach the media in 2009 either by sending press releases to reporters or attending other trade shows and industry functions. Let us know what your thoughts. Click here! You can also email us at Editor@GreenPressWire.com
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