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Nicole Brown, Chief Innovation Officer, Open Book Extracts
Open Book Extracts Website: www.openbookextracts.com Headquartered in Roxboro, NC, Open Book Extracts (OBX) is a cGMP (current good manufacturing practice)-certified manufacturer of premium plant-based cannabinoid products, aiming to be the industry’s true north by delivering premium products, exceptional service and industry-leading transparency. With control of the entire supply chain, a state-of-the-art extraction campus near North ...
More Than Immune Health
How the pandemic has fundamentally redefined attitudes to functional nutrition. New Insights Into the Impact of COVID-19 It’s no longer news that the pandemic has massively increased interest in immune health, and demand for functional foods and beverages that offer to boost it. However, a far more fundamental shift has taken place over the last ...
A Starting Point for DEI: Seek Similarities Before Differences
Having a diverse team is not enough. You can hire people of different genders, races and ethnicities, ages and educational backgrounds and appear to have a diverse team, but your company will not truly be diverse until you begin to see the similarities before the differences. It is when we see what we have in ...
Vitamin D & Me!
Your source of in-depth information on vitamin D & COVID-19. In January 2021, former U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, sounded a clarion call in an op-ed published in Medpage Today. Carmona argued that as the U.S. was breaking records in the number of daily deaths due to COVID-19, we did not ...
Cosmetics Containing CBD—How Regulated Should They Be?
Cosmetic products containing CBD are everywhere! Lotions, bath salts, serums, powders, shampoo, makeup. Deciding which ingredients to include in a product, how and where to manufacture, and what marketing claims to make are important and at times difficult decisions for a company to make. When considering the inclusion of CBD in a cosmetic product, the ...
Bladder Health
Known to affect sleep, reduce quality of life, and be associated with depression in both men and women, lower urinary tract symptoms are a silent problem for many that natural ingredients can address. Bladder concerns are a hidden problem and much more prevalent than people realize. They can start early in life and often progressively ...
Maple Leaf Extract May Smooth Out Wrinkles
Maple trees are best known for their maple syrup and lovely fall foliage. But it turns out that the beauty of those leaves could be skin-deep—and that’s a good thing. In August 2018, scientists reported that an extract from the leaves may prevent wrinkles. The researchers presented their results at the 256th National Meeting & ...
Depression: The Silent Killer of Men
Although depression is commonly experienced by both men and women, men are more likely to die from it. Depression is a mood disorder that affects the ability to feel, think and handle daily activities, and symptoms can range from mild to severe. In order to be diagnosed with clinical depression, also known as major depressive ...
Talking Immune Health With Stratum Nutrition’s Jacqueline Rizo
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) magazine spoke with Jacqueline Rizo, content coordinator for Stratum Nutrition, Carthage, MO (www.stratumnutrition.com), and asked her the following questions: NIE: While some, or many, of us may be pandemic-weary, personally and professionally, there’s no getting around the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had major effects on the market and consumer ...
NutraBeauty Poised for More Growth
Once a fringe subcategory, hair/skin/nails is now known as nutrabeauty and is sought after by men as well as women, young as well as mature. And it is big business. Beauty is so not skin deep. That’s a myth and more consumers are gaining knowledge that how they look or present (complexion, hair quality) is ...
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