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Show Dl financial Markets ...C2 EDITOR: NANCY BLISS THE DAILY HERALD 2 St'NDAY, Natural remedy popular for the health conscious does i that Wesfn,-medicin- e changed the family diet." The change it made in hef have its plce, and they say the fumily convinced Jacobs that strategy is a new natural was the way to go, and concept for people. she started her own business "Western medicine has its out of her home. Within a year, role, but it tends to turn control her business was so big that of a person's body over to the she had to move into a retail doctor, and people just do what space. they say," Jacobs said. "Our role That much of an interest in is to educate the people on natural products and dietary what is out there and show supplements is not new, Jacobs them how to take care of themsaid. selves." "The industry has been Personal commitment growing steadily for the past 20 said Part of taking care of themWendy years," selves involves personal comSimmerman, supplement manGood mitment. Unlike Western mediager for the Earth Foods. "Every year the cine, where you get immediate results from the symptoms, industry exceeds (its) expectations." herbs are more of a dietary change to prevent sickness. "It is not like there is some One of the reasons for the secret herbal formula out industry's success may be the there," Jacobs said. "It is still availability of the public to the basic rules of eating right, determine its own health exercising and taking suppleneeds. ments." "We don't diagnose or preBut, like all human activities scribe herbs for people's proband dietary needs, a little dab lems," Simmerman said. "We will do ya. Some people go into medication full force help to educate people on how their body works so they can and end up hurting their bodies make the decisions about their more then helping them. health." Proceed with caution There is always a consultant on the floor at any Good Earth Although herbs are natural, store to answer any questions nature, too, can be dangerous. and help people sort through Even before Food and Drug their extensive literature col- Administration regulation, lection on herbs, supplements, many herb supplement companies put warning labels on the body and other health questheir bottles to warn consumers tions. medicine and See HERBS, C8 supplement specialists agree "By BEKKI JANSON X The Daily Herald r- - 3 ;ridicule. They have been know to :raany Western medicine fanat ics as witchery and hippy non- jrense, but in the 1990s, those y me herbs are turning more h &an just a few nonbelievers' p Provo-base- ) Pleads. ' "There has been a huge national movement by people to take better care of themselves," said Laura Jacobs, owner of Herbs for Health in Pleasant Grove. "Most Western medicines don't treat the problem. They only treat the symptoms." All natural Jacobs herself was enlightened by the movement when she was unhappy with the results of Western diet methods and medicines. She and her family just didn't feel healthy. Her son also had chronic ear , infections and had tubes put in his ears to help, but even that failed- ...it -- 1 t d , i f J' self-herb- al - started to learn how to take care of him naturally," Tl Jacobs said. "I read up and figured out dietary drugs and i a, All-natur- al nrt Nature's Herbs: Capsul inspector Keingkham Phothirath, right, sorts through a batch of ginger root pills at the Nature's Herbs U ji'iaaii r"- building in Pleasant Grove. The two Nature's Herbs' warehouses, left, can hold 2,500 pallets each. Sak Soumphomphakdy, a certified line operafcr, below, fills bottles as he works on the production " 4, s - line,. , A- MATTHEW R. SMITHThc " 1 T, Vti It ll'l! yjOKBiilMLitll Mil ,2 4 Herald i 0 1 1 ' "It is not like there is some secret herbal formula out there. It is still the basic rules of eating right, exercising and taking supplements." Laura Jacobs, owner of Herbs for Health r Daily Uipf 1 i IW self-analys- is It is .PLEASANT GROVE aHi2 the new wave in medical Jtr&itment, but this 5,000-yeafclsLL practice is not so new to snft&y.. Utah businesses, its a SbiSioa-dolla- r industry, and Utah is the leader. .- Herbs are coming back into style after thousands of years of - JULY 20. i ... |