CRN Responds to Cholesterol Study That Compares Supplements to Prescription Drug

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to results of the “Supplements, Placebo, or Rosuvastatin (SPORT)” Study. It was presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Nov. 6 and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. SPORT, funded by AstraZeneca, the company that markets Rosuvastatin, compared the effect on low-density […]

Herbs Found to Help Vanquish Lyme Bacterium

According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year, approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed. A spirochete bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi causes the disease, and blacklegged ticks are responsible for the majority of North American cases of the illness. Oils from garlic and several other common herbs and medicinal plants show strong activity […]

Say Yes to NO—Nitric Oxide

Research on nitric oxide used to be in the realm of obscure scientists. All that changed in 1998 when the Nobel prize for physiology and medicine was awarded to three men who explained how production of this powerful natural compound—a gas called nitric oxide—is used by the body to fight off infection, reduce blood pressure, […]

Dietary Supplements Can Support Winter Immune Health

According to the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), 25 percent of all adults consume a dietary supplement to support immune health. And that’s especially important during the winter months, when the immune system can weaken. Duffy MacKay, ND, senior vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs, CRN, explains that the immune system is the body’s defense […]

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