Madrid, Spain—Pharmactive Bioactive has unveiled its long-term sustainability program emphasizing fair-trade, boosting local women’s workforces, reducing energy consumption and waste through upcycling, and promoting crops that support biodiversity, and has certified its Environmental Management System according to ISO 14001:2015, according to a press release. “Spain is scattered with rural areas...
Marcq-en-Baroeul, France, and East Brunswick, NJ—Children has published a review paper that documents vitamin K2’s role in various physiological processes, its safe history of use, and that children show the greatest need for K2 supplementation, according to a press release from Gnosis by Lesaffre. The paper presents the data showing...
The American Botanical Council (ABC) shared news of the passing of Steven Foster, longtime ABC contributor and member of the ABC Board of Trustees. A heartfelt letter by Mark Blumenthal, ABC Founder & Executive Director, celebrates Foster's many contributions to the industry, including his work as the author or co-author...
West Hills, CA—A study published in Cancers found that adequate nutrition via diet and supplements provides a cost-effective strategy for achieving optimum health and improved quality of life (QOL) for cancer survivors, who are at risk for malnutrition from their disease and its treatment. Led by Pharmavite, makers of Nature...
Corvallis, OR—Certain hemp compounds show the ability to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells, according to a new study out of Oregon State University (OSU). Richard Van Breemen, researcher with OSU’s Global Hemp Innovation Center, College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute, collaborated with scientists at Oregon Health & Science...
Zinc supplementation may help prevent and mitigate COVID-19, a new study suggests. The ambulatory, interventional, prospective, single-blind study randomized 104 participants in Clinic A to receive 10mg, 25mg, or 50mg of zinc picolinate daily, and paired the three groups with 96 control participants from Clinic B according to demographics and...
London, England—Upcycled food products are expected to take off in 2022, according to Ecovia Intelligence. The group is predicting a surge in consumer demand as awareness rises, products become more visible, and the industry receives investments. New product launches and standards are already making upcycled foods more visible: ReGrained, Take...
Washington, D.C.—The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) and FMI have canceled the 2022 Annual Meat Conference (AMC) "out of respect for the health of their communities," according to a press release, and out of consideration for the amount of work that the associations’ respective members are putting into their operations.
Auburn, WA—Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) has announced its first GIG Virtual Learning Event of 2022: “Celiac Disease & NCGS: Today and into the Future with Dr. Stefano Guandalini,” to be held on Tuesday, January 18, at 8:00 p.m., open to all, with free registration. The event will cover topics of...
More than 8,000 workers at nearly 80 Kroger-owned King Soopers grocery stores around Colorado started a three-week strike on Wednesday, according to The Guardian. The strikes are in response to a union contract offer that a union member is calling “a crooked deal,” which won't solve the problems facing King...
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