Washington, D.C.—New Jersey State Senator Bob Singer introduced a Senate Joint Resolution, which has now established July 9 as Creatine Day. The Natural Products Association (NPA) asks health and wellness supporters to keep writing to members of the New Jersey state legislature through the NPA Action Center in order to...
Lycored will showcase a range of its super-stable red, orange, gold, and yellow hues and food ingredients at the IFT Expo in Chicago in July. Lycored offers sodium- and sugar-reduced products with cleaner ingredients. The company is showcasing its taste-enhancer, SANTE, at booth #S0625 with samples of plant-based meatballs. Lycored’s...
Garden Grove, CA— Alkemist Labs is helping to educate on pesticide testing to help companies get proper results. The company explained in a press release that <561> is the USP general chapter that encompasses articles of botanical origin, involving all botanicals in commerce. "It addresses a lot of topics, but in...
Rhode Island Senate Bill 2613, which had called for limiting the accessibility of certain dietary supplements, has died with the adjournment of Rhode Island's 2022 legislative session. Supporters of the bill want “to prevent the misuse or abuse of such products” and would have required providing “a conspicuously posted notice...
Hyderabad, India—ThinSol, a patent-pending delivery system from Aavishkar Oral Strips Pvt Ltd., offers unique solutions for formulators and marketers, according to the company. What sets the delivery system apart? Oral thin films (OTF) carry more actives than other common delivery system, according to the company, with less excipients or inactive substances. Solution...
Bloomingdale, IL—For years, NOW has been alerting Amazon that bad actors featured on the site are misleading consumers. NOW has conducted testing on brands that sell: ALA phosphatidyl serine CoQ10 SAMe quercetin curcumin NOW uncovered brands that have misrepresented ingredients and dosage. NOW's latest efforts at self-policing lesser-known dietary supplement brands...
Integrative cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, M.D., best-selling author of Metabolic Cardiology, passed away on June 19, 2022, following a brief illness. Dr. Sinatra’s Team at Healthy Directions shared the news of his passing, and honored his legacy. "Dr. Stephen Sinatra was a true pioneer in integrative cardiology, combining the best of...
.Salt Lake City, UT—Food Is Not Enough, a new brand campaign from Solaray, is shining on light on growing food shortages and lack of access to nutrient-dense food sources. Announcing the new campaign, the company noted that many Americans are not getting adequate nutrition from food alone. Even health-conscious people...
Washington, D.C.—The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has determined there is “insufficient evidence” that taking multivitamins, paired supplements, or single supplements can help prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer in otherwise healthy, non-pregnant adults. As WholeFoods Magazine reported, USPSTF specifically recommends against taking beta-carotene supplements. They also advise against vitamin E supplements,...
Washington, D.C.— In 2021, U.S. consumers spent close to $50 billion on vitamins and dietary supplements. That's according to a release from Northwestern University. But, Northwestern Medicine scientists say, there isn’t enough evidence that vitamins help prevent cardiovascular disease or cancer. And because of that, they concluded, vitamins are "a waste...
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