Articles by Nicholas Saraceno
Antioxidant Appeal
While antioxidant use in nutraceuticals has been ubiquitous, trends in ingredients and their approaches to health value have been shifting. Branded product manufacturers’ and ingredient suppliers’ promise of antioxidants for overall general health has been moving toward more targeted concerns. “Antioxidants target a wide range of health concerns, encompassing several product categories in the nutraceuticals ...
Sustaining Liver Health
The liver works hard to process what we ingest. There are effective natural ingredients that can offer help when needed. In the hope of successfully maintaining and improving liver health, manufacturers and suppliers use cleanse and detox ingredients in a variety of ways, as they are impacted by trends, market status and scientific research. Common ...
Remembering the Details
Maintaining memory and cognitive health is not an issue that should be thought of lightly. Here’s how ingredient suppliers and manufacturers are working to help keep consumers’ minds sharp. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) defines cognitive health as “the ability to clearly think, learn and remember.” This is only one component of brain health, ...
Mediterranean Diet May Have Lasting Effects on Brain Health
A new study shows that older people who followed a Mediterranean diet retained more brain volume over a three-year period than those who did not follow the diet as closely. The study is published in the January 4, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. But contrary to ...
Hunger Overrides Sense of Fullness After Weight Loss
The levels of hormones that control hunger and fullness (satiety) both rise after weight loss, but individuals may only experience an increase in hunger, according to a new study. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology -Endocrinology and Metabolism. A team of researchers studied adult volunteers with severe obesity ...
Effectively Managing Weight
The constant battle of controlling one’s weight is not an easy fight. Ingredient suppliers and manufacturers are doing their part to make the process simpler for consumers. Being able to manage one’s weight has been an area of concern for decades, as supported by various statistics. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), worldwide obesity ...
Heart Health Maintenance
Though the market for heart health supplements is mature, improved ingredients and consumers’ increasing desire for natural preventions may help the category build speed. Older adults drive the heart health supplement market, with good reason. According to Thierry Garrier, marketing director, supplements for New Jersey-based DSM, “Consumer sales of supplements targeted to heart health have ...
Why Females Have Heart Health Advantage
It’s long been known that heart disease develops later in women than men. But the biological reasons why females have a heart health advantage were unknown. New research from the University of Guelph (U of G) may have solved the mystery. The interplay between female ovarian hormones and a circadian “clock” molecule protects the heart ...
High Purity Calcium Salts by Jost
Jost Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO) manufactures calcium salts with very low levels of aluminum, lead, manganese, iron and other vagrant metals for the nutrition and the clinical nutrition markets. The family of products include calcium carbonate, calcium citrate, calcium hydroxide, calcium phosphate dibasic anhydrous (DCPA) and calcium phosphate tribasic (TCP). For more information, visit www.jostchemical.com/products/ultra-pure-minerals-low-heavy-metals/.
Herbs and Botanicals Functionality
A better understanding and appreciation of herbs and botanicals by consumers is leading to more use and innovation in nutraceutical products. According to the World Health Organization, the worldwide annual market for herbal medicinal products is approaching $60 billion. These “herbal medicinal products” refer to herbs and botanicals. As Dr. Josh Axe, a certified doctor ...
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