Boston, MA—A recent study by Wayne Campell, Ph.D., of Purdue University and Jung Eun Kim, Ph.D., R.D., suggests consuming cooked whole eggs in conjunction with vegetables can increase carotenoid absorption. The study included 16 healthy young men who ate various salads containing the carotenoids beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, lycopene, lutein and zeazanthin.
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...
Private label products are not an area retailers tend to dabble in lightly. Store brand dietary supplements are often an integral part of the business, and not just a sort of bonus option for customers that can be tacked on to the vitamin department without any planning or forethought. Innovative...
The Friday keynote address from David Perlmutter, M.D., focused on the impact of gut health on disorders of the brain. “The set point for inflammation happens not to be in the brain, but in the gut,” he said. Dietary changes like GMO and pesticide ingestion may alter the microbiome...
Natural Vitality showed off its recently redesigned company Web site (http://naturalvitality.com), which toggles with Organic Connections (http://organicconnectmag.com), now an electronic-only magazine that focuses on positive news and healthy living. Said company president Ken Whitman, “Being healthy is not just about taking a supplement; it’s also about lifestyle.” Stressing the...
At the “Your Right to Know: Next Steps in the GMO Labeling Fight” session, Gary Hirschberg, chairman of Just Label It, led a panel discussion on the current state of GMO labeling and what it means for the industry. One of the biggest topics was the upcoming Safe and Accurate...
San Diego, CA; Omaha, NE—According to researchers, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of Vitamin D is only one-tenth of what is necessary to prevent conditions related to vitamin D deficiency. The IOM currently suggests an intake of 600 IU per day...
