Todd Pauli of 24 Stories Marketing and Maggie Jaqua of WholeFoods Magazine talk with Dr. Barrie Tan, founder of American River Nutrition and author of The Truth About Vitamin E: The Secret to Thriving with Annatto Tocotrienols. Dr. Tan is well known for championing the benefits of tocotrienols to the...
City of Industry, CA—AIDP announced an exclusive North American distribution agreement with American River Nutrition for GG-Gold and DuoQuinol. AIDP will be responsible for all sales and marketing efforts to promote these products. GG-Gold Geranylgeraniol (GG) GG is an endogenous nutrient in the body that declines with age. AIDP explained that...
Hidden in plain sight is a nutrient made by the body that has been shrouded in mystery—until now. This important new supplement naturally boosts the body’s levels of coenzyme Q10, vitamin K2, and skeletal muscle proteins. Restoration to natural levels of this nutrient can protect from age-related physical decline, maintain...
Hadley, MA—Delta-tocotrienol from annatto may help improve glycemic control in patients with prediabetes, according to a trial published in the Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. The 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial studied 77 prediabetes patients, who received either a placebo or 300mg/day of DeltaGold, an annatto-derived tocotrienol ingredient by American...
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...
Hadley, MA—American River Nutrition (ARN) has announced that its GG-Gold brand has received self-affirmed GRAS status. GG-Gold is an ingredient containing geranylgeraniol, an endogenous plant-based nutrient responsible for the synthesis of chlorophylls, carotenoids, and vitamins E and K. In humans, the press release states that it is useful for the...
Hadley, MA—Delta-tocotrienol from annatto has been shown in a new clinical study to improve glycemic control, inflammation, and oxidative stress in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to a press release from American River Nutrition. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was published in Phytotherapy Research. It was performed...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We continue our chat with Dr. Barrie Tan about the health benefits of tocotrienols. In Part 1, we discussed the basics of this member of the vitamin E family and explained why tocotrienols have more health benefits than tocopherols. Tocotrienols’ chemical structures with shorter, unsaturated tails have greater mobility than...
Hadley, MA—American River Nutrition (ARN) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against one U.S. and two Chinese companies. The lawsuit will move forward, after a federal court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint. The patent-in-suit claims a method of forming tocotrienol compositions from a byproduct generated from the...
Hadley, MA—A study suggests that American River Nutrition’s (ARN) delta-tocotrienol in combination with bevacizumab improves survival rates in those with advanced-stage ovarian cancer, according to a press release from ARN. The study, “Delta tocotrienol in recurrent ovarian cancer. A phase II trial” by Caroline Brenner Thomsen et al, published in...
