‘Grocery Store Health & Beauty’ Archives
New! Special K with fiber–a better bet for »
Special K with fiber--a better bet for breakfast! For 50 years, the Special K® brand has been committed to assisting consumers meet their weight-management goals, helping them look and feel their best. Now, the Special K® brand has reformulated many of its cereals to include fiber, offering more positive nutrition without sacrificing the [...]
Heart Smart Soy Getting More Popular »
Heart smart soy getting more popular. Americans increasingly recognize soyfoods' ability to reduce the risk of heart disease and appear primed to embrace emerging biotech soybean oils with even more heart health benefits. The United Soybean Board's (USB) 17th annual Consumer Attitudes about Nutrition survey reports that 34 percent of [...]
New! Activia Desserts–yummy for your tummy »
New! Activia Desserts--yummy for your tummy. Dannon Company Inc. released its new line of Activia Desserts, which is expected to reach grocers by the end of the month. Activia Dessert is a rich yogurt with flavors such as Strawberry Cheesecake, Blueberry Cheesecake, Peach Cobbler and Vanilla Bean. The flavored yogurts are sold in 4-oz. cup [...]
Kroger Beauty Brand Gets Bigger »
Grocery chain Kroger Co. is making a big push into the beauty business, this summer more than doubling its number of store-brand cosmetics, shampoos and other items while preparing to launch more products this fall and next year.
Stock up on citrus and other “healthy »
Foods to Choose for Healthy, White Teeth. Here's a terrific list from WebMD that made me rush right out and stock up on these 'healthy smile' groceries! Water: The best thirst quencher is also the smartest choice for your teeth. Water helps wash acid-producing foods from the mouth. Sugar-free drinks: If you like your water sweetened, choose [...]
Food fight! »
In the fight between vitamin supplements and vitamin-rich food the winner is..... Consumer interest in food and beverages that offer health benefits is greater than, or similar to, interest in vitamins and supplements that provide the same health-and-wellness benefits, according to a new global study conducted by New York-based Ipsos [...]
Safer Eggs »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that as many as 79,000 illnesses and 30 deaths due to consumption of eggs contaminated with the bacterium Salmonella Enteritidis may be avoided each year with new food safety requirements for large-scale egg producers. The new food safety requirements will become effective on July 9, 2010, through a [...]
Lose the salt warns CDC »
Less than 10 percent of U.S. adults limit their daily sodium intake to recommended levels, according to a new report, "Sodium Intake in Adults – United States, 2005-2006," published today in the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report also finds that most sodium in the American diet comes from [...]
Grocery Store Soft Skin »
Grocery Store Soft Skin. A few weeks ago I sent out for a free sample of Aveeno. My pick was Aveeno Stress Relief Moisturizing Lotion which says it 'calms and relaxes with lavender, chamomile, and ylang-ylang." Well I don't know about you, but I sure could use some stress relief and if I got smoother softer skin that was a bonus! I knew what [...]
L’Oreal ‘Must Buy’ This! »
This L'Oreal Revitalift Cleanser is a MUST BUY! Why? Because I bought it and wrote about using it on December 28. Now it's three and half months later and I just finished the tube. Not only is my skin soft, and beautifully cleansed (even eye makeup was washed away) with none of that slimy, sticky, gooey residue you get from some creamy [...]
