NIE 2019
CBD Developments in the Food and Beverage Industry
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, commonly referred to as the Farm Bill, dramatically altered the landscape for companies seeking to grow, market, distribute and sell products containing hemp and its derivatives, including CBD (cannabidiol). CBD has no psychoactive properties, unlike THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the other primary commercially viable cannabinoid found in the plants of the ...
A Good Mood Plan
Life can be stressful and sometimes overwhelming, but consumers facing these challenges are now looking to natural ingredients to help calm down and pull themselves out of their funk. Jacob Fishback, sales supervisor with Lief Organics in Valencia, CA, explained that the healthy mood category is on an upward trend—mental health and awareness is at ...
Screen Time Exacerbates Impulsive Behavior in Children
Some parents can believe that when their children are preoccupied with their tablets or TV that it may be a blessing – no rowdy behavior, or running around knocking over lamps. However, a new study showed that too much screen time can have a deleterious effect in kids. A study recently published in Pediatrics shows ...
Kids Today
Children face different challenges in 2020 and beyond. Here are some ideas on how to formulate for children to help them grow into a healthy adulthood. It can certainly be said that children tend to be naturally enlightening, as they perceive their world and the people in it in such refreshing ways. And when children ...
The Age of the Microbiome
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) had the following question: Now that we are in the Age of the Microbiome, what impact has this had on research and development for immune-supportive ingredients and products? NIE posed this question to Tom Laaman, PhD, Director of Sales for Specialty Enzymes & Probiotics, Chino, CA www.specialtyenzymes.com Here’s what he had ...
Industry Roundtable: Granting Immunity!
Natural immune support comes of age. The Participants Are: • Hank Cheatham, Vice President, Daiwa Health Development, Gardena, CA, www.dhdmed.com and www.dhdusa.net • Christopher Detzel, PhD, Director of Research & Development, Entera Health, Ankeny, IA, www.enterahealth.com • Juliana Erickson, Senior Marketing Manager, Consumer Health & Nutrition, Lonza, Basel, Switzerland, www.lonza.com • Tim Hammond, Vice President ...
Higher Vitamin A Intake Linked to Lower Skin Cancer Risk
People whose diets included high levels of vitamin A had a 17 percent reduction in risk for getting the second-most-common type of skin cancer, as compared to those who ate modest amounts of foods and supplements rich in vitamin A. That’s according to researchers from Brown University (Rhode Island), who unearthed that finding after analyzing ...
Healthy Skin, Healthy Life
Consumers are conscientious of keeping their skin healthy for an assortment of reasons—both suppliers and manufacturers are doing their part to help create innovative products to further help with these beneficial goals. Consumers care about aging gracefully, but this only represents one piece of the pie when it comes to skin health. Acne for instance, ...
Washington and the Natural Industry … Continued
Nutrition Industry Executive asked Karen Howard, CEO and executive director, Organic and Natural Health Association, Washington, D.C. (https://organicandnatural.org/), the following question: NIE: In late 2018, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018—the Farm Bill—passed. While it has provisions that some decry and some praise, certainly one major part of it was inclusion of the Hemp Farming ...
Washington and the Natural Industry
The Participants Are: • Jonathan Emord, Esq., President, Emord & Associates, Washington, D.C., www.emord.com • Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director, Organic and Natural Health Association, Washington, D.C., https://organicandnatural.org/ • Mark LeDoux, Chair and CEO, Natural Alternatives International (NAI), Carlsbad, CA, www.nai-online.com • Dan Lifton, President, Maypro Ventures, Purchase, NY, http://maypro.com/ • Steve Mister, President ...
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