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OmniActive Partners With CRN To Raise Macular Carotenoids For Prenatal Nutrition Awareness
OmniActive Health Technologies (Bridgewater, NJ and Mumbai, India) announced its collaboration with the Council of Responsible Nutrition (CRN) to highlight the significance of lutein and zeaxanthin isomers for prenatal nutrition at The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (ACOG) Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting, which will take place May 17-19 in San Francisco, CA. OmniActive ...
Study From University of Minnesota Reveals Bioactives in Plant-based Fiber
New research from the University of Minnesota suggests more reasons people should be prioritizing fiber in their diets. The study was a collaboration between the university and Brightseed Bioactives, a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, CA. Researchers found each plant source of insoluble dietary fiber contains unique bioactives which are compounds linked to ...
OmniActive’s “Lutein for Every Age” Initiative Highlights Children’s Eye and Brain Health
As a new school year commences, parents and caregivers have the pivotal task of ensuring children succeed, as early educational achievements lay the foundation for future accomplishments. For most, this means arranging tutors, scheduling doctor’s appointments, and encouraging participation in extracurricular activities to maximize children’s learning potential. Yet, many do not recognize nutrition’s integral role ...
Are You Seeing It?
The vision support category has morphed tremendously during the past decade due to a newer condition that has affected people of all ages. Here’s how to make the most of this category with your vision-support formula. Only 20 years ago, the idea of a teenager dealing with the same eye issue as his/her grandparents would ...
Oh, Say Can You See?
Vision is one of the most preciously held senses—and preserving eye health is an increasingly important goal for adults of all ages. Of all the five senses, vision is often deemed the one people would rather not lose at all costs. For good reason, so much of what we see informs and inspires us. The ...
New Publication Calls for Establishment of Dietary Reference Intake for Lutein
“Lutein is ready to be considered for intake recommendations,” asserted the authors of a new paper published online in the European Journal of Nutrition. Lutein, a carotenoid found in egg yolks, colorful fruits and vegetables and dietary supplements, has gained attention from the nutrition research community for its potential role in reducing the risk of ...
Beyond What Meets the Eye
New ingredients and today’s trends help expand the variety of options to support eye health. With so many people affected, it is no wonder the global eye health market—comprising of OTC (over-the-counter) eye care and eye health supplements—is worth nearly $5 billion, growing 15 percent from 2008 to 2013, according to Euromonitor in 2014, noted ...
OmniActive Presents Lutein Study on Vision in Diabetes Models
OmniActive Health Technologies (Morristown NJ) reported public findings that examined lutein’s role on visual function and carbohydrate metabolism in Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. “Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness for diabetes mellitus sufferers and its worldwide prevalence is rapidly increasing as a consequence of a rise in obesity, changing patterns of diet and physical ...
Eyeing The Possibilities
Meeting a growing population’s vision concerns requires innovating ingredients, tackling delivery challenges and arming with education.The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that more than 285 million people in the world are visually impaired, 39 million of which are blind, while 246 million have moderate to severe visual impairment. It is also predicted that without extra ...
Seeing Is Believing
The ability to see can give a person the capability to do many things independently such as drive a car, surf the internet, watch a movie or read a magazine.Having good vision may also be something that a person does not fully appreciate until the gift of sight is threatened.According to market research from the ...
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