Why Most Supermarkets Suck
One of the greatest unstated assets Whole Foods has had forever has been evident to anyone who cared to look. Its the dirty little secret about conventional grocers. The simply the fact the most large chain supermarkets suck. The dirty little secret about the supermarket business is that it’s not about the consumer at all. […]
Poor Research Concludes Antioxidants Are Dangerous, Maybe Deadly
JAMA Antioxidant Study Kills Us Or Why We Still LOVE Our Antioxidants The recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is bad science and worse public relations for the supplement industry. If you haven’t heard about it don’t think you missed something. Because taking a selective group of studies that […]
Biodynamic Keeps Getting Bigger In Europe
Word from folks who attended BIOFAC last month, the European Organic Trade show held annually in Nurnberg, Germany told NBN that more and more products were certified biodynamic this year. While Biodynamic certification is virtually unheard of among large manufacturers, NBN expects more U.S. to follow suit, especially as they seek to distinguish their products […]
Tesco’s U.S. Launch Has Whole Foods Worried
American grocers are nervously awaiting Tesco’s opening of their “Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets” in the U.S. Tesco’s plans include opening locations in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and possibly Colorado. While initially billed by the retailer as a new type of convenience store, the format more closely resembles a hybrid that combines the best of […]
FDA Drafts Guidelines to Regulate Supplements, Herbs as Drugs
Once again the FDA has issued guidelines that would allow it to regulate non-toxic, supplements and herbal products. This Monday the FDA announced via a document posted on its website a new “guidance” document, plans to reclassify virtually all vitamins, supplements, herbs and even vegetable juices as FDA-regulated drugs. Massage oils and massage rocks will […]
Time Magazine Organic Food Story Gets Lost in The Field
Organic Versus Local Story Confuses the Facts Lately it seems that green issues have become as popular as stories over who’s the daddy of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby. Last year the ever-trendy devoted a whole issue to it. More recently Martha Stewart devoted a week of shows to green lifestyles, so did style magazine Domino and […]
This Just In From Pork Magazine—Hormel Offers Natural Line Of Meats
Well the world really is changing when the folks who make SPAM and a whole world of processed pork, beef and poultry ‘partakings’ have announced a new line of all-natural sandwich meats and ham products. As reported in the above mentioned magazine, PORK (ah don’t you love trade publication)Hormel’s Natural Choice line is low fat, […]
Tom Collins: Plumbing Talk
Admit it. You claim to hate those people who talk incessantly about their bowel movements but secretly you’re curious. You and your friends all say, “what is it about Kathy, why is she such a freak about this?”, while secretly wondering, am I missing something? If you don’t know a Kathy prototype, imagine one of […]
Finally A TV Commercial For A Supplement Product
While we don’t believe that Big Pharma will worry too much about this, we were thrilled to see some well-done TV advertisements for a nutritional supplement company. While watching the boob tube (don’t tell my mom I was eating a pint of ice cream at the time) NBN looked up from his pint of chocolate […]
Poison Pet Food—Its Like Alar On Apples
Why Its Time To Start Educating Consumers Well I love my cats almost more than myself. And yes I feed them the good natural stuff too, without preservatives and probably better for humans than most of the crackers at my local supermarket. Turns out that the unfortunate pet-poisoning incident has been a boom for natural […]
