NIE 2016
Study Says Brain May Show Signs of Aging Earlier than Old Age
A new study published in Physiological Genomics suggests that the brain shows signs of aging earlier than old age. The study found that the microglia cells—the immune cells of the brain—in middle-aged mice already showed altered activity seen in microglia from older mice. Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other aging-related neurodegenerative disorders are associated with excessive inflammation ...
The State of Sourcing and Ingredient Purity, continued.
Industry leaders discuss the recent challenges, as well as advances, to provide pure, safe and efficacious ingredients. The participants are: • Rikka Cornelia Product Manager BI Nutraceuticals Rancho Dominguez, CA (310) 669-2162 • Deanne Dolnick Science Director TR Nutritionals Alpharetta, GA (404) 935-5761 • Dr. Cheryl Luther General Manager Dietary Supplements and Beverage Quality NSF ...
The State of Sourcing and Ingredient Purity
Industry leaders discuss the recent advances, as well as the challenges, to meet the demand for pure, safe and efficacious natural ingredients. The participants are: • Rikka Cornelia Product Manager BI Nutraceuticals Rancho Dominguez, CA (310) 669-2162 • Deanne Dolnick Science Director TR Nutritionals Alpharetta, GA (404) 935-5761 • Dr. Cheryl Luther General Manager Dietary ...
Fizzy Delivery
Love Pop Rocks? Well, Pink Ice Energy (and this type of delivery system) may be just right for female consumers! American Science Products, Inc. (ASP) is a nutraceutical company based in California, that has developed Pink Ice utilizing its gasified crystal delivery platform. Consumers have to just pour the packet contents into their mouth to ...
Female Focus: Ingredients and Products for Women
The women’s health category isn’t just about calcium and iron: a broader focus on ingredient application emerges. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, killing 292,188 women in 2009—that’s one in every four female deaths. Although heart disease was previously thought of as a “man’s disease,” about the ...
Putting the FUN in Functional
People love to eat tasty foods and they demand healthy convenience foods. Here are some ingredients that deliver both experiences. As any trade media editor will attest, their inboxes serve as caches of exciting new launch releases. Over time, these releases show distinctive trends. For example, healthy foods used to tout what they were without ...
Building Trust Through Transparency
We have a running joke here at The Shelton Group about using the title “Strategically Disrupting the Transparency-Synergy Paradigm, Authentically.” Indeed, transparency has officially entered overused buzzword territory, and often means as little as all those other buzzwords. But we’re still highlighting it in the work we do for our clients, because they are all ...
The Role of Protein in the Growing Functional Food Market
Consumers are increasingly focused on the healthfulness of their food. While taste and price perennially top the list for consumers in choosing a food or beverage, 71 percent of consumers are interested in the healthfulness of a product, an increase of 10 percent from 2012 to 2014, and a 15 percent jump since 2010. Weight ...
Nourish The Gut, Nourish The Body
As we learn about the inner workings of the digestive system, our understanding of its needs become more apparent. While there are serious digestive health concerns out there, many do not last long, according to the Office on Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Everyone has digestive problems from time to time—an ...
Gut on a Chip
Microchips lined by human intestinal cells revolutionizes microbiome analyses. A human gut-on-a-chip micro-device was used to co-culture multiple commensal microbes in contact with living human intestinal epithelial cells for more than a week in vitro and to analyze how gut microbiome, inflammatory cells, and peristalsis-associated mechanical deformations independently contribute to intestinal bacterial overgrowth and inflammation. ...
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