Oslo, Norway, and Edison, NJ—A new paper published in Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology explained the association between K2 and recovery rates in individuals with COVID-19. A press release explains that vitamin K2 menaquinone-7 (MK-7 is necessary for the activation of matrix Gla protein (MGP), a protein that inhibits the calcification...
Washington, D.C.—For the fourth year in a row, nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%) report taking dietary supplements, according to the 2020 CRN Consumer Survey from the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). The latest number do indicate a decrease in usage, at 73% in 2020, down from 77% in 2019, 75% in...
Anaheim, CA—New Hope Network announced that Natural Products Expo West 2021, which had been scheduled for March, is being rescheduled to May 24-27, 2021, due to the uncertainty that continues to be caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the announcement, Group Show Director Lacey Gautier explains, "We hope the additional...
As the COVID-19 pandemic exploded in the U.S. over the spring, weak points in our food supply chain became all too obvious. Bottlenecks and shortages became alarmingly common in the early days of the health crisis, despite the fact that the nation was still awash in food. Many wholesalers who...
Boston, MA—COVID-19 patients with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D—a measure of vitamin D—of at least 30 ng/mL, had a significantly decreased risk for adverse clinical outcomes including becoming unconscious, hypoxia, and death, according to a new study from Boston University School of Medicine. The patients also had lower blood...
Chicago, IL—IRI has announced the launch of the IRI CPG Channel Shift Index and IRI CPG E-Commerce Demand Index as additions to its COVID-19 Insights Dashboard, according to a press release. “The IRI COVID-19 Dashboard has become a trusted, standard resource for understanding the CPG landscape in real time, including...
Even well into this year, the COVID-19 pandemic has created and keeps creating scheduling and rescheduling challenges for the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The first cancellations were made earlier in 2020 for two meetings in China: the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) and the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR),...
It started with a phone call from a doctor—or rather, the expectation of one. “Within a month of the start of the COVID crisis,” said David Williams, EVP of Business Development at Cornerstone Consulting, “we had to go to Costco, and I was waiting for an important phone call from...
Here, the WholeFoods team looks at two groundbreaking books that have been updated in 2020—plus a can't-miss documentary The Great Cholesterol Myth, Revised and Expanded: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease—and the Statin-Free Plan that Will by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS and Stephen T. Sinatra M.D., F.A.C.C, C.N.S. When this first...
There are many industries that continue to be impacted by COVID-19; some will be changed or possibly eliminated for good. B2B trade events, conferences and trade shows, which contributed $101 billion to the nation's gross domestic product in 2019, were the primary source of face-to-face business for many. In March...
