09/04/2026
The natural products industry has lost a true angel, a revolutionary, and a man who gave us so much to be grateful for.
Rest in peace, Terry Lemerond. 🌿
For more than 55 years, Terry helped shape the natural products industry as we know it today. He wasn't simply part of this industry—he was one of its trailblazers.
Long before many of today's most recognized natural ingredients became mainstream, Terry was pioneering them. He helped introduce glucosamine sulfate to the U.S. market and was an early champion of standardized Ginkgo biloba, IP-6, DGL, turmeric and other natural compounds that would eventually become staples on health food store shelves.
His entrepreneurial legacy was just as remarkable. Over the course of his career, Terry helped build several influential supplement companies, including Enzymatic Therapy and PhytoPharmica, before founding EuroPharma and Terry Naturally Vitamins.
But perhaps one of Terry's greatest gifts was education.
Through his books, including Seven Keys to Vibrant Health, his weekly radio program, Terry Talks Nutrition, countless lectures and educational materials, he made complicated nutritional science understandable and accessible to everyday people—and to those of us working in health food stores.
He believed knowledge should be shared.
For retailers like us, Terry wasn't just the name behind products on our shelves. His work helped educate generations of natural products retailers so that we, in turn, could better educate the people who walked through our doors.
Few people can say they helped shape an entire industry.
Terry could.
We are deeply grateful for his curiosity, his courage to champion natural approaches before they were popular, and his lifelong commitment to helping people live healthier lives.
What an extraordinary life. What an extraordinary legacy.
Rest well, Terry Lemerond.
The natural products industry is forever better because you were here. 💚