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[Extra! Extra!] Ingredients Get Smarter

by Mike Straus | March 1, 2025

Ingredients are evolving in a variety of ways, with emerging ingredient trends focusing on sustainability and added health benefits. Specialty enzyme manufacturer Biocatalysts has identified eight trends that will dominate the market in 2025. First and foremost, the plant-based movement continues to trend upward, with emerging work in new alternative proteins bringing innovative new protein ...

[Extra! Extra!] Study Shows Prenatal Vitamins May Reduce Risk of Infant Death

by Lisa Schofield | March 1, 2025

In a new study, lead researcher Dongqing Wang, an assistant professor of Global and Community Health at George Mason College of Public Health (Virginia), identifies prenatal supplements that reduce health risks to small and vulnerable babies. Wang and his team found that compared to folic acid and iron alone, a multiple micronutrient supplement led to ...

[Extra! Extra!] Three PLT Ingredients for Healthy Aging

by Eric Munson | March 1, 2025

Steve Fink, vice president, marketing at New Jersey-based PLT Health Solutions, elaborated on how AprèsFlex, Strengthera and Nutricog can benefit healthy aging and longevity. AprèsFlex AprèsFlex 5-Day Joint Support is a patented, synergistic Boswellia serrata gum resin extract. In four human clinical studies, it has been shown to enhance joint comfort, improve flexibility, functional mobility ...

[Extra! Extra!] Niacin – Cardiovascular Hero or Villain?

by Mike Straus | January 9, 2025

While there’s no shortage of vitamins that support cardiovascular health, one vitamin may be causing cardiovascular events. One 2024 study published in Nature Medicine examined the prevalence of niacin in stable cardiac patients. This prospective cohort study of 1,162 patients suggests that niacin metabolism is associated with an increase in major adverse cardiovascular events. Increased ...

[Extra! Extra!] The Gut and Immune Health Benefits of Benicaros

by Eric Munson | January 9, 2025

Benicaros is a plant-based precision prebiotic fiber ingredient from Netherlands-based NutriLeads BV. “Benicaros is supported by multiple clinical, mechanistic and safety studies that demonstrates this multifunctional ingredient strengthens gut health and trains faster, smarter and stronger immune responses,” said Dr. Joana Carneiro-Wakefield, CEO of NutriLeads. NutriLeads conducted a 10-week randomized, double-blind, clinically controlled study with ...

[Extra! Extra!] The Safety and Efficacy of Q-actin

by Eric Munson | December 1, 2024

IminoTech (Carson City, NV) conducted two clinical studies demonstrating the safety and efficacy of its Q-actin ingredient. According to IminoTech President Shil Kothari, the studies employed widely accepted clinical measurement tools for joint health studies. These consist of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) which measures joint function; the Visual Analogue Scale ...

[Extra! Extra!] Synergistic Nutrients Offer Proven Benefits

by Mike Straus | December 1, 2024

While it’s easy to theorize that synergistic combination products may have health benefits, proving those benefits is another matter entirely. A 2019 systemic review in the Journal of Ethnic Foods found that various synergistic foods can be combined to boost the immune system, prevent infections, increase the bioavailability of various nutrients, reduce chronic disease, and ...

[Extra! Extra!] Botanical Adulteration

by Mike Straus | October 1, 2024

Botanical adulteration is a growing challenge in the herbs and botanicals market and is likely to remain an ongoing issue for supplement brands and manufacturers. The American Botanical Council’s 2023 study1 on botanical forensics provides an in-depth look at some of the common ways fraudsters attempt to circumvent ingredient identification testing. Fraudulent manufacturers are using ...

[Extra! Extra!] Pushing Muscles to Failure Leads to Bigger but Not Stronger Muscles, Study Says

by Lisa Schofield | October 1, 2024

In the gym, there are several ways one can work out on the machine or with the free weights. One is to lift/push/pull moderate weight for as many times as possible, another is to use heavier weights in three sets typically comprised of 10 to 15 repetitions (reps). And then there’s the “superset,” which is ...

[Extra! Extra!] Additional Resources About New and Developing Ingredients and Delivery Systems for Healthy Hair, Skin and Nails

by Jacqueline Fishman | September 1, 2024

Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) reached out to Angie Rimel, marketing communications manager for Gelita; Gene Bruno, chief scientific officer for Nutraland USA; and Douglas Jones, global sales/marketing manager, Biocell Technology for additional resources about new and developing ingredients and delivery systems for healthy hair, skin and nails. Here are some of the resources they shared ...

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