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Mandatory Product Listing: Beneficial, or Burdensome?

The FDA has suggested that a mandatory listing requirement for dietary supplements “could provide significant benefits by improving transparency." But is it necessary?

February 19, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Contributor

The FDA has suggested that a mandatory listing requirement for dietary supplements could help ID “bad actors who put the public at risk and undermine consumer confidence in the entire industry." But is it really necessary?

Fertility and Sexual Performance

January 9, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Bluebonnet Nutrition has introduced Intimate Essentials, a comprehensive line of fertility and sexual performance supplements to help enhance and improve reproductive and sexual health, according to the company. The line, which includes Intimate Essentials For Him Testosterone & Libido Boost Capsules, Intimate Essentials For Her Hormonal Balance Capsules, Intimate Essentials...

The Dietary Supplement Consumer Bill of Rights

December 13, 2019

Scott Steinford

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy urged us to seek consumer protection by suggesting a Consumer Bill of Rights, and he was right, but no one could have anticipated the changes in the marketplace (in total and online) some 55 years later. Yet what was conceived in 1962 must also...

UNPA, University of Arkansas Enter Memorandum of Understanding Partnership

October 3, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Salt Lake City, UT—The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Partnership in order to promote the advancement of botanical dietary supplement research, according to a press release. Loren Israelsen, UNPA President, said in the...

CRN Releases 20th Annual Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements

September 30, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—The 20th CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements revealed the highest supplement usage to date: 77% of Americans reported that they consume dietary supplements. A press release regarding the survey noted that adults between the ages of 35 and 54 have the highest usage of dietary supplements, at 81%.

AHPA Analyzes FDA Recall Data

September 10, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—Dietary supplement recalls are relatively infrequent, according to recent FDA data. A statement from the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) notes that out of 803 recorded recalls initiated in 2019, 14 of them, or 1.7%, involved dietary supplements, and only three were Class I recalls, the most serious recall...

New Research Suggests Supplements May Pose Choking Hazard; CRN Reacts

August 21, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—A new report summarized FDA data regarding consumers’ problems swallowing supplements, and found that, over the time period 2006-2015, out of 20,791 adverse event reports submitted, 3,962 indicated swallowing problems. 85.6% of those reports were from women. Only 64.5% of the reports included age data, but of those, 76.8%...

Supplements/Diet Ineffective for Cardiovascular Health? CRN Calls New Study "Wrongheaded"

July 8, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

A new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that nutritional supplements and dietary interventions have little to no effect on cardiovascular health. Experts are already pointing out that the study ignores all observational trials, which serve as the major basis for dietary guidelines—and the study itself notes that...

FDA Creates List Of Unlawfully Marketed Dietary Supplement Ingredients

April 16, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a list of ingredients that FDA believes to be unlawfully marketed in dietary supplements, according to a press release from deputy commissioner for food policy and response Frank Yiannas. Reasons for an ingredient’s inclusion on the list, according to Yiannas, include...

Viva 5, Taura Partner to Create Real Fruit Gummies

April 5, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Sunrise, FL—Viva 5 and Taura have teamed up to bring 100% fruit-based gummy supplements to North America, according to a press release. The release notes that Transparency Market Research estimates that the market for gummy vitamins will grow 5.2% between 2017-2025, or a projected growth of $4.17 billion. Currently, alternatives...