EFAs
Essential Fatty Acids: Essential for Overall Health
Here’s the latest news about the health benefits of EFAs. Essential fatty acids (EFAs) have long been popular with consumers for a variety of health applications, from brain function to heart health to eye health and more. Emerging research is also demonstrating that EFAs are helpful for overall health and anti-aging, fueling a rise in ...
Talking EFAs With Ben Kelly
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) spoke with Ben Kelly, president of Saskatoon, SK, Canada-based Algarithm Ingredients, about essential fatty acids. NIE: Talk about the importance of algae- and/or krill-sourced marine oils? Kelly: I think algae has a couple of really important roles in the EFA and omega3 market. It was a pioneering organism platform that demonstrated ...
The Heart of the Matter
Navigating the cardiovascular health category today. The panel: Rob Brewster, President, Ingredients by Nature, Montclair, CA, www.ingredientsbynature.com Annie Eng, CEO, HP Ingredients, Bradenton, FL, https://hpingredients.com Steve Fink, Vice President of Marketing, PLT Health Solutions, Morristown, NJ, www.plthealth.com Alex Goh, Head of Business, ExcelVite, Perak, Malaysia, www.excelvite.com Dr. Karin Hermoni, Head of Science and Nutrition, Lycored, ...
EFAs: Essential for Health
Essential fatty acids are important for maintaining several aspects of health. As consumer awareness of their benefits grows, innovation in the category continues to expand. Essential fatty acids (EFAs) play an important role in overall health. The two most important EFAs are omega-3s and omega-6s, both of which cannot be made by the body; they ...
Meta-Analysis Validates Cardiovascular Benefit of Omega-3 EFA Consumption
A newly published meta-analysis sought to reveal whether marine omega‐3 supplementation is associated with reduction in risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The study team included data from 13 trials. They specifically looked at rates of myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease (CHD) death, total CHD, total stroke, CVD death, total CVD and major vascular events. They ...
EFA’s Turning Tide
Consumer awareness is demanding the EFA supplement market make positive changes. Essential fatty acids (EFAs) have swum far and swiftly upstream since the days of “fish burp” fish oils in huge soft gels. If people couldn’t stomach fish (as many people don’t like eating it), they were unlikely to obtain the health benefits of EPA ...
EFAs: This is No Fish Story
Omega-3s have weathered storms and are still full speed ahead. Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are today among the most popular and widely used ingredients for finished products and food fortification in the U.S. and globally. They enjoy broad support by consumers, public health agencies and medical bodies. In 1929, the essentiality of alpha linolenic acid ...
Delving Deeper Into EFAs
Despite Consumerlab reports to the contrary, fish oil supplements have not yet topped multivitamin sales. However, they are growing at a much faster rate, expanding 17 percent in 2009, compared to just over two percent for multivitamins, according to reports. That’s due, in part, to consumer knowledge and excitement about what’s new with essential fatty acids ...
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