TamaFlex, NXT USA's patented combination of tamarind seed and turmeric rhizome extracts, has been shown in a new study to reduce knee pain, inflammation, and cartilage degradation, while improving musculoskeletal function. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The 8-week trial included 90...
New evidence suggests the efficacy of the probiotic LPLDL in reducing LDL cholesterol levels in hypercholesterolemic adults, according to a study published in Journal of Functional Foods. LPLDL is a strain of Lactobacillus plantarum, branded by ProBiotix. The parallel, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized pilot study investigated LPLDL in 16 hypercholesterolemic adults.
London and New York—Two thirds (66%) of doctors in a recent survey say they believe psilocybin therapy has potential therapeutic benefit for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). That's according to a survey sponsored by Compass Pathways plc, a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation...
A new study has found that a branded probiotic formulation may have significant positive effects in COVID-19 patients. The clinical trial, published in Gut Microbes, used the AB21 probiotic formulation from Kaneka Group/AB-Biotics, which consists of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strains KABP022, KABP023, and KABP033 and Pediococcus acidilactici strain KABP021. The study...
Oslo, Norway—Vitamin K status is heavily associated with COVID-19-related inflammation—more strongly, in fact, than vitamin D deficiency, according to a new article published in Frontiers in Nutrition. The article was written by a research group from the Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital in the Netherlands, in collaboration with the vitamin K2 manufacturer Kappa...
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...
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...
Hadley, MA—Supplementation with annatto tocotrienol can help reduce bone loss in postmenopausal women, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Nutrition. The study was conducted by researchers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, in collaboration with the University of California, Davis, and Georgia State University. It used...
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