Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced vinpocetine did not meet the definition of a dietary ingredient and would be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. According to the FDA, vinpocetine is synthetically produced...
Recent class action lawsuits for aloe vera products may have retailers rethinking the importance of third-party certification for the products that they sell—just ask CVS or Target. In June of this year, an Illinois plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit against CVS Health Corporation in U.S. District Court for the...
Click to hear podcast It seems everyone is excited by probiotics and the microbiome. The role of probiotics in human health is driving research and this new and emerging research is revealing astounding and far-reaching benefit beyond the digestive tract. The average consumer is usually years behind current research.
Morristown, NJ—Several new studies offer even more evidence that a branded eye health ingredient (lutein and zeaxanthin) is quickly bioavailable in the body and elicits an important response in the retina. Researchers worked with Lutemax 2020 from OmniActive Health Technologies, based here, which contains three carotenoids—lutein, RR-zeaxanthin and RS-zeaxanthin—in a...
New Brunswick, NJ—Shilajit has long been thought to support muscle growth, and new research published in the Journal of Medicinal Food helps explain why. During the trial, 16 obese/overweight but otherwise healthy individuals started by using oral supplementation of a branded shilajit ingredient (250 mg PrimaVie from Natreon, twice daily)...
Pozzilli, Italy—Data from the Moli-sani study were presented at ESC Congress 2016 suggesting that a Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of death in those with a history of cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed Institute, located here, look at data collected in the Moli-sani epidemiological study, which involved 25,000...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on August 24th that extends and clarifies the compliance dates for certain provisions in four of the seven foundational rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The changes, which will include “providing more time for manufacturers to meet...
Walking the NY NOW show in August is like shopping the world for the very best gifts that you want all for yourself. It gives you access to what's new in home décor and lifestyle design as well. My favorite new section of the show offered rows of personal...
Late Night Chocolate Decadence recipe courtesy of ProYo Ingredients: Makes 1 Serving 1 Dutch Chocolate ProYo Protein Powered Frozen Yogurt 2 oz low fat milk 2 oz of ice Toppings: Chocolate covered raisins Instructions: Combine Dutch Chocolate ProYo tube, milk and ice into blender and hit the...
Word on the street is that gluten isn’t bad; that glyphosate and only modern wheat and how we process it is the true evil. An intelligent review of time line will clear things up, followed by solutions. Celiac Disease (CD) and The Human Body’s Rejection of Gluten: 1st Century AD:...
