NIE 2019
High Energy!
Using natural ingredients to perk up consumers. As a nation, we are overtired. According to a survey conducted by the National Safety Council, 97 percent of Americans have at least one of the leading risk factors for fatigue, which include working at night or in the early morning, working long shifts without breaks and working ...
How to Avoid Being Just Another Plant Protein Product
At this point in the life of the plant protein trend, you have probably read countless articles about how the market for plant protein products is booming, and have seen lists upon lists of product launches showing how plant protein comes to life in products like bars and beverages. In the wake of an ever-growing ...
Wilson Lau, Vice President, Nuherbs
Nuherbs14722 Wicks Blvd.San Leandro, CA 94577Phone: (800) 233-4307 Nuherbs, founded in 1979 and the largest TCM (tradition Chinese medicine) supplier in North America, supplies pharmacopeia-grade, geo-authentic, conventional and organic Chinese herbs. Herbal identity of every ingredient is confirmed macroscopically and chemically, when there is a method provided in the Chinese Pharmacopeia. Each lot of every ...
The Clean Label Conundrum: How Can Supplement Makers Comply?
For decades, physicians and pharmaceuticals were the go-to for health management—and the primary focus was efficacy. But a changing consumer goal triggered and has since underpinned the expansion of the supplements industry. Supplements have enabled people to take responsibility for their own health, and to prioritize maintaining long-term health. Transparency demands that originally began in ...
Super MD? Choosing A Spokesperson Who Bests Suits Your Supplement
Sometimes I describe my job as a high-level matchmaker in the natural products industry. Companies approach me to help them get more exposure for their products to increase awareness, and health experts request my services to promote their book, practice or visibility with the public. Matching the expertise of a health professional with a quality ...
FDA Enforcement 101
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a broad mandate to protect the public health by ensuring that foods—including dietary supplements—(except for meat from livestock, poultry and some egg products which are regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture) are safe, wholesome, sanitary and properly labeled. FDA also ensures that human and veterinary drugs, ...
Addressing Metabolic Health
In the U.S., the amount of people that are considered to be “metabolically healthy,” is quite low. According to a study published in February 2019 in the journal Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, a person is considered to have metabolic syndrome when they have too high or too low levels of three of the five ...
Obesity in Childhood and Adulthood Shown to Increase Risk of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis
The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) suggest childhood and adult obesity increase the risk of developing hip osteoarthritis (OA) and knee OA, but not hand OA. Obesity and OA are two interconnected health care problems affecting a large proportion of the adult population worldwide, however studying ...
A Well-oiled BMJ Machine
Bone, muscle and joint (BMJ) issues look to disrupt the body, but the latest ingredient innovations look to do otherwise. You may have heard it many times before, but the human body is a well-oiled machine. Of course, that is what it should be. From a general perspective, proper body maintenance is easier said than ...
Genetic ID Testing and Verification of Plant Materials and Ingredients
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) asked Gary Swanson, senior vice president, quality assurance and control, Herbalife Nutrition, in Torrance, CA the following question. Where are we on genetic ID testing and verification of plant materials and ingredients? Swanson: Manufacturers of botanical-based products are often faced with the timely and expensive task of finding botanical starting materials ...
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