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HELPS Teas, known for their adult and children’s line of innovative herbal teas in the US marketplace for overall good health and well-being was a big hit with attendees and other exhibitors at the 2012 Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA. New York, NY (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 HELPS Teas, known for their adult and children’s line of innovative herbal teas in the US marketplace for overall good health and well-being was a big hit with attendees and other exhibitors at the 2012...

Two leaves and a bud tea co.™ will donate a portion of sales to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation to help fight world poverty. Basalt, Colorado (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 Now through March 31, two leaves and a bud tea company™ will dedicate a portion of sales at select Whole Foods Market locations to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation to fund poverty alleviation efforts worldwide. The company’s contribution will support the foundation’s mission to provide the working poor in developing...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – If you think you can’t change your DNA, think again. Researchers have discovered when healthy but inactive men and women exercise for a matter of minutes, it produces a rather immediate change to their DNA. Perhaps even more tantalizing, the study by Swedish researchers suggests the caffeine in your morning coffee might also influence muscle in essentially the same way. "Our muscles are really plastic," Juleen Zierath of the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, was...

That caffeine in your tea, energy drink or other beverage — is it really natural? Scientists are reporting successful use for the first time of a simpler and faster method for answering that question. Their report appears in the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal Analytical Chemistry. Maik A. Jochmann, Ph.D., and colleagues point to the growing consumer preference for foods and beverages that contain only natural ingredients. Coffee, tea, colas, energy drinks and other...

DALLAS, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- USPlabs products Jack3d(TM) and OxyElite Pro® are among the most studied finished dietary supplements ever sold. The dietary supplements have been the subject of five peer-reviewed, published clinical trials supporting their safe use when used as directed. Two additional studies were conducted on DMAA. In total, 102 subjects participated in the peer-reviewed clinical studies. Additionally, an estimated one billion plus servings of...

Bad news for those who use their genetic makeup as an excuse not to hit the gym: Researchers have found that our DNA can be altered with just a few minutes of strenuous exercise. Writing in the March issue of Cell Press publication Cell Metabolism, researchers have posted results of a study which prove that strenuous exercise, even as brief as a minute, can immediately change our DNA. By studying healthy yet inactive men and women, these researchers found that we are more in control of...

The makers of Aeroshot, Breathable Foods Inc has come under fire from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The company labeled the product as both breathable and ingestible, a contradictory combination. The FDA said, “Caffeine is not normally inhaled into the lungs and the safety of doing so has not been well studied.” The problem comes about because of inconsistency in the labeling of the product. According to the company each shot delivers caffeine and B vitamins in a...

Drinking a cup of black tea three times a day may reduce blood pressure, according to new research ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A six month study by scientists at the University of Western Australia (UWA), Unilever and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia suggests that people who drink black tea throughout the day may get the benefit of a slight reduction in their blood pressure. Funding for the study was provided...

Protica has announced that their newly released protein drink, Profect® can be used as a healthy alternative to popular energy shots. Whitehall, PA (PRWEB) February 21, 2012 Protica has announced that their newly released protein drink, Profect® can be used as a healthy alternative to popular energy shots. Each serving of Profect can provide natural energy without caffeine or other stimulants. Profect provides energy in the morning when taken at breakfast, in the middle of the...

Caffeinated drinks such as coffee and soda are the pick-me-ups of choice for many people, but too much caffeine can cause nervousness and sleep problems. Caffeine Zone software app developed by Penn State researchers, can help people determine when caffeine may give them a mental boost and when it could hurt their sleep patterns. The software takes information on caffeine use and integrates it with information on the effects of caffeine to produce a graph of how the caffeine will affect...