The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) issued an expanded Hemp-CBD report, intended to help the herbal products industry understand the new regulatory landscape. The report was created by AHPA in conjunction with legal and industry experts, according to AHPA’s press release on the matter. It is titled Status Report: Marketing...
Washington, D.C.—CRN applauded the creation of new ANSI-accredited standards for evaluating a dietary supplement firm’s adherence to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) in a press release. The release of these standards could potentially streamline third-party audit inspections by providing a single, widely accepted, and consensus-approved paradigm for evaluating a manufacturing...
Cleveland, OH—The North American Menopause Society issued a press release regarding a new study suggesting that vitamin D may promote greater insulin sensitivity, thus lowering glucose levels and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The release notes that other recent studies, too, have shown a relationship between vitamin D...
Hadley, MA—A study suggests that American River Nutrition’s (ARN) delta-tocotrienol in combination with bevacizumab improves survival rates in those with advanced-stage ovarian cancer, according to a press release from ARN. The study, “Delta tocotrienol in recurrent ovarian cancer. A phase II trial” by Caroline Brenner Thomsen et al, published in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]All those perfectly lovey-dovey couples in the commercials and ads we see everywhere in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day make it seem like every romantic encounter is magical. In reality, our love lives aren’t quite so sweet-n-spicy. According to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine, 26%...
Sioux Falls, SD—A new study published in Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids found that people need to both eat more fish and take an omega-3 supplement to reach a cardioprotective Omega-3 Index (O3I) level of 8% or higher, according to a press release from OmegaQuant. Lead researcher Kristina...
A new study, titled "The Effect of Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract on Gut Microbiota, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Markers in Hypertensives: The GarGIC Trial," by Karin Ried et al, found that Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract (AGE) is effective at reducing blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled hypertension. The double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled...
Washington, D.C.—In comments made to the FDA, the Natural Products Association (NPA) questioned why the Agency's draft guidance for food labeling serving sizes does not provide examples for dietary supplements, according to a press release. The NPA took issue with the fact that no examples were provided for dietary supplements carrying Supplement Facts...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are a nation on edge: According to a poll from the American Psychiatric Association, Americans are feeling more anxious now than they were in 2017 about health, safety, finances, relationships and politics…we have a lot stressing us out these days (1). Millennials earned the not-so-appealing distinction of being the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One look at the abundance of sugar, artificial chemicals and toxins in the Standard American diet and the following statistic probably won’t come as much of a surprise: 60 to 70 million people in the United States are affected by digestive diseases (1)—and there’s plenty of science focusing on how...
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