Bethesda, MD—In late March, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) published a nationwide analysis that looked at the amount of processed foods comprising U.S. grocery purchases from 2000 to 2012. Using a UPC barcode scanner, researchers asked 157,142 households to record all their grocery purchases of foods...
Rockville, MD—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held two days of hearings in late April to gather information about whether or not homeopathic remedies should be more strictly regulated. Homeopathy is a field where symptoms are treated with diluted doses of a substance that can cause similar symptoms. The...
Sacramento, CA—California governor Jerry Brown defended his recent mandatory water restrictions that largely spare farms. The order, which went into action on April 1st, requires towns and cities throughout the state to cut down their water use by 25% compared to 2013 measures. Previous reductions had been put in...
Washington, D.C.—The scaffolding surrounding the U.S. Capitol building’s dome, part of an ongoing restoration, served as a fitting backdrop for the 18th annual Natural Products Day, hosted on March 24 by the Natural Product Association (NPA). Like the dome project, the industry’s efforts on Capitol Hill are meant to build...
The natural products industry mourns one of its greatest trailblazers with the loss of Gerald Kessler, who has passed away at the age of 80. In addition to founding supplement companies Nature’s Plus and Natural Organics, Inc., Kessler was one of the architects behind the landmark Dietary Supplement Health and...
Washington, D.C.— A large part of the controversy surrounding the New York Attorney General’s investigation into herbal supplements regards DNA barcoding, the method by which he arrived at his initial claims that labels on these supplements were misleading. To clear up misconceptions about this practice, the Natural Products Association...
North Bergen, NJ—Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. has announced that Colin Watts will be the company’s new CEO effective April 6th.Watts will be succeeding Tony Truesdale, who will be retiring in June after nine years with the company. Watts is already well established in the consumer products and healthcare industries, with his...
Spain—New data published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry confirm previous results suggesting that pterostilbene may benefit weight loss.Rats were fed a diet intended to cause weight gain as well as 15 or 30 mg of pterostilbene per kg of body weight every day for six weeks. The...
On December 11, 2014, Congress passed the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA), which is intended to protect consumers from anabolic steroids that are falsely promoted as sports supplements. The passage of this new bill was a top priority for several industry groups, including the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)...
Irvine, CA—A new study published in The Journal of Aging Research and Clinical Practice suggests that a blend of glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and calcium fructoborate (CFB) may be able to provide short-term relief for joint discomfort. Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate are already common components of dietary supplements targeting joint discomfort,...
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