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Common Invasive Weed May Have Healthy Aging Value
The fruit of the cocklebur plant, which grows worldwide and is often considered a noxious weed, has been revealed to possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory components that could make it useful as a skin protectant, according to new research. Researchers found that compounds in the species’ spiky fruits reduced damage from UVB exposure and sped wound ...
Operation Enduring Wellness
Undeniably the largest category of natural health products, healthy aging continues to offer real results for boosting wellness. Let’s get this out of the way: if it’s a supplement or functional beverage, it’s healthy aging. However, because this category is not easily pinpointed, it helps to try to define it not by what it is, ...
Why Take Melatonin Supplements?
Melatonin sleep aids have grown in popularity in recent years. According to the Sleep Foundation, 27.4 percent of adults take melatonin as a sleep aid and 88 percent who take it said it “helps them fall asleep faster.” More than five times as many American adults used melatonin in 2018 than in 2000. The Sleep ...
Relaxing in a Post-pandemic World
The pandemic caused higher stress and insufficient sleep, but consumers have become more aware of ways to improve sleep hygiene and relaxation naturally. Stress and sleep became growing problems, especially during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. According to 2022 data from the American Institute of Stress (AIS), around 78 percent of adults said the pandemic ...
Studies Show RipFactor and Dynagenix Improve Muscle Health
In two double-blind clinical trials subjects taking RipFactor by PLT Health Solutions (Morristown, NJ) had significant improvements in muscle endurance, strength, muscle size and lean body mass compared to placebo. “These effects were observed in both resistance-trained healthy men and in untrained men performing bench press, cable pull-down, leg press and dynamometer (grip strength) tests,” ...
Too Much of a Good Thing?
We know that high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is good and high amounts helps offset high amounts of low-density lipoprotein (LDL). But … very high levels of HDL may be associated with increased risk of dementia, say researchers in a new study. According to the researchers this is one of the largest studies of elevated HDL-C levels ...
Talking Digestive and Microbiome Health Ingredients with Artemis International’s Melanie Bush
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) reached out to Melanie Bush, vice president of science and research at Fort Wayne, IA-based Artemis International, about ingredients for digestive health and the microbiome. NIE: Early in the 20th century, health products for digestion mainly consisted of bitters and digestive tonics. What sub-categories or types of ingredients are the biggest today, ...
Toast to Change: Leading Without Alcohol
My mom was crying as I pulled my car out of the driveway the day after high school graduation. I was a couple of weeks away from turning 18 and couldn’t wait one more second to start my adult life. Subconsciously, I knew the only way to do that was to get out from under ...
Sebastian Balcombe, Founder & CEO, Specnova
8609 Westwood Center Dr., #110 Tysons Corner, VA 22182 Phone: (202) 780-6381 Specnova is the natural products industry’s leading innovator in applying advanced science/technology to develop superior supplement ingredients that improve and protect human health—enhancing nature’s potency and delivering optimal benefits to the consumer. The company is pioneering the next generation of ingredient delivery systems ...
Could Innovative Nutrition Yield a Healthier Tax Position? It’s Worth a Look.
The nutrient industry has seen a fountain of innovation in recent years. With almost 2 billion adults either overweight or obese, and more than 800 million underweight, the world faces significant health and wellness challenges. Nutrition innovation has never been more important. Some innovations include targeted nutrition—a personal approach to nutritional products and dietary guidance ...
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