Healthy INSIDER Podcast

The natural products industry is less diverse than the general population in terms of the consumers we serve and the individuals that lead our companies. Yet, this market is full of people who want to improve the justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (J.E.D.I.) makeup of our cultures, customers and consumers. The first step in education, especially for those who are just becoming aware of the privilege they hold in society and the ways they operate within an unjust system. This podcast with Laura Dickinson and Sheryl O’Loughlin, cofounders of the J.E.D.I. Collaborative discusses the resources available and actions brands can take to further J.E.D.I. in the natural products industry.

Contemporary notions of health and wellness are changing for consumers, who are seeking involvement in managing or preventing health conditions that affect their lives. How do supplements fit in?

Jon catches up with Brent Tignor, Vice President Human Resources at Balchem Corporation. Learn more at: https://www.https://balchem.com

There is no cure for the novel coronavirus. Still, consumers are searching for natural supplements that optimize immune function. Is there anything new under the sun?

Jon catches up with David Thibodeau, Managing Director at Wellvest Capital. Learn more at: https://www.https://wellvestcapital.com

Once upon a time in probiotic history, the probiotic genus lactobacillus had 261 species, but as of mid-April 2020, it was reclassified into 23 novel genera as well as the previously known lactobacillus, paralactobacillus and pediococcus (Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2020 Apr 15. DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004107). This reclassification has a huge impact on products made with probiotics that fall into this family, since this change can cause confusion among regulators, consumers and formulators.

In this podcast, Ivan Wasserman, managing partner, Amin Talati Wasserman, discusses what probiotic brands need to consider given this change, as well as other pressing legal concerns.

Elan Sudberg of Garden Grove, California-based Alkemist Labs, talks with Jon Benninger, VP of the Health & Nutrition Network of for Informa Markets about how smaller-scale labs prepared for the impact of COVID-19.

Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., is author of many books that reveal the shortcomings of the allopathic medical model. Many of these issues can be addressed by targeted, sometimes high-dose, nutritional supplementation. In this Healthy Insider Podcast, senior editor Todd Runestad talks with Teitelbaum about compelling supplement solutions that any supplement formulator or retailer in store aisles would do well to tune in on:

- 10% of the people who get covid-19, even a mild form, may come down with post-viral fibromyalgia and fatigue.

- Why don’t conventional American doctors give much thought to fibromyalgia and fatigue?

- Key supplement categories to focus on—and the ingredients that power them—beyond immune health here in the world full of pandemonium.

Wilson Lau talks about how his toddler is teaching him how to approach life again "with a renewed curiosity.” He said Nuherbs has adopted all the measures, but at the same time cut back on OT to keep employee mental health a priority. He also explains his three reasons his company was fortunate with the outbreak - number one, being organic and lab-tested means you contract out with farmers and wild collectors well in advance. Lots more too about supply chains and adulteration concerns.

Paul Schulick is co-founder of the legacy New Chapter supplements company, and has just launched For the Biome—at the start, a skin-care company with formulations that “speak your skin’s language” and “awaken your skin, microbiome, and consciousness.” Get ready to expand your consciousness in this scintillating conversation with an industry pioneer and innovator who is bringing new thinking to preventive health care. In this Healthy Insider Podcast, senior editor Todd Runestad and Schulick go deep on topics such as:

• The root of why we are not healthy is America’s disease-treatment system and not a true health-care system. Is today’s health crisis an opportunity to shift that paradigm?

• The challenge of using best-in-class ingredients, and how the most expensive product is the one that does not work.

• Schulick’s basic message for people who want to survive the coronavirus and also for those who want to live a healthy, sustainable, sentient, compassionate life in the 21st Century and beyond.