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Talking Herbs and Sustainability With Anand Swaroop, PhD, Founder and President of Somerset-NJ-based Cepham
NIE: According to the American Botanical Council’s Sustainable Herbs Program, sustainability is about producing herbal remedies “that are good for people and good for the environment” and involves taking steps to ensure that companies “are also working to sustain livelihoods and the earth.” Please discuss. Swaroop: We are learning and using the traditional knowledge from ...
Who Drinks Energy Drinks?
A meta-analysis of 71 studies across many countries, published between 2007 and 2021 and included males and females aged 16 to 53 sought to quantify who was the biggest consumer of energy drinks (ED) and why. According to the authors, most studies (37) found that ED consumption was done for studying and exams. In some ...
Study of Studies: More Focus Needed for Older Women
A new study has found that women’s health research remains disproportionately focused on the reproductive years—particularly on pregnancy—with few articles on the major causes of illness and death in women. Despite growing awareness of differences in how women experience medical conditions and the impact this can have on diagnosis and treatment, this research gap has ...
Talking Aging-Well Ingredients With Nutrition21’s Katie Emerson
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) asked Katie Emerson from Saddle Brook, NJ-based Nutrition21 about the state of the market today for anti-aging ingredients. NIE: What is the state of the market today for anti-aging ingredients and formulations? Emerson: With consumers intervening a lot earlier than those of the past, it seems the market has broadened in ...
The Short- and Long-term Impacts of Sleep Disruption on Health
Sleep deprivation is becoming increasingly common in today’s busy world. Working long hours, going to school, studying, caring for children and more are keeping people awake longer than they should be. People are not only struggling to get the proper amount of sleep and fall asleep, but staying asleep is another serious issue. According to ...
Study Shows that Endogenous Anti-Viral Defense Supports Gut Health
According to researchers of a newly published study, a new function of a known defense mechanism discovered: (RNAi) not only fights viruses, it also regulates the protein balance of intestinal cells. RNAi is able to recognize, bind, and ultimately degrade RNA from viruses. This prevents the production of viral proteins. With the help of green ...
Study Shows Link Between Essential Amino Acid Intake and High Muscle Strength
A study published on the National Library of Medicine National Center for Biotechnology Information website linked dietary essential amino acid (EEA) intake with high muscle strength in Korean older adults. The study, performed by Jihyun Im, Hyoungsu Park and Kyong Park, states that “This population-based cross-sectional study included 5,971 participants aged ≥65 years from the ...
Talking Heart-Supportive Nutrition With Kate Quackenbush
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) asked Kate Quackenbush, Communications Director for France-based Gnosis by Lesaffre to expand on the topic of nutritional support for cardiovascular health. NIE: What is the state of the market for dietary supplement ingredients for cardiovascular health? Quackenbush: I would reference a recent survey of 3,500 dietary supplement consumers from the Industry ...
EFA Deficiency
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are crucial for optimal health because the body cannot produce them on its own. Therefore, if one is lacking essential fatty acids in their daily diet through food and/or supplementation, it can lead to serious issues. Mount Sinai Hospital’s website lists symptoms of deficiency as fatigue, poor memory, dry skin, heart ...
Talking the Natural Products Industry With Vishal Shah
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) magazine asked Vishal Shah, director of Nutriventia Limited (Mumbai. India), about advances in extraction, manufacturing and delivery technologies. Here’s what he had to say… NIE: For natural relief of pain and inflammation, what are the most exciting recent advances in extraction, manufacturing and delivery technologies? Shah: The industry has been focused ...
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