Articles by Cristina Goodwin
NY Attorney General Forms Coalition to Further Investigate Herbal Supplements
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is heading a coalition of state attorneys to further investigate the herbal supplement industry. The coalition is comprised of state attorneys general from Connecticut, Indiana, and Puerto Rico , according to the announcement. This action comes after Schneiderman’s investigation into four major retailers in New York led to ...
Survey Reveals Most Popular Supplements
A recent survey, ConsumerLab.com Survey of Vitamin and Supplement Users, that polled more than 10,000 participates showed the most popular dietary supplement to be fish oil, followed by multivitamins, CoQ10, vitamin D, B vitamins, magnesium, calcium, probiotics and vitamin C. With the exception of magnesium overtaking calcium, this years’ order is similar to that of last year’s survey. ...
COR HEALTH Teams Up With Topical BioMedics
The COR HEALTH division of Vets Access, LLC, dedicated to providing natural, safe pain relief and healing products, and Topical BioMedics, Inc., a research and development leader in topical natural biomedicines for pain relief, have teamed up to bring customers a full line of Topricin pain relief and healing creams. The patented topical biomedicine formulas ...
AHPA 2015 Award Winners Announced
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) announced the winners of the 2015 AHPA Awards for industry executives and companies who make substantive, positive contributions to the herbal products industry. The awards will be presented at the AHPA Member Meeting and Breakfast on March 5, 2015 at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA. The 2015 ...
Potassium Salts Aid Bone Health
Latest research from the University of Surrey has found that the potassium salts (bicarbonate and citrate) plentiful in fruit and vegetables, play an important part in improving bone health. For the first time, the results also showed that these potassium salts reduce bone resorption, the process by which bone is broken down, therefore increasing their ...
Building Bones
Building strong bones and even reversing bone damage can be aided with a balanced diet and a variety of specialty supplements. As people pass through their 20s, 30s and 40s into middle age, bone health seems to tip in favor of bone mineral loss––especially if the diet is inadequate or physical activity is lacking, according ...
Register Now For The 22nd Annual NPA Awards
The Natural Products Association (NPA) is currently accepting nominations for the 22nd Annual NPA Awards, the premier honors for the natural products industry, until April 1. The NPA Awards will recognize industry experts and leaders for their accomplishments in science, environmental issues, advocacy, social responsibility, as well as the industry at large. “For more than two ...
NattoPharma Combines Ingredients with Hofseth BioCare
NattoPharma ASA and Hofseth BioCare (HBC) have joined together and combined their clinically researched and validated ingredients, including MenaQ7 Vitamin K2 as MK-7 and OmeGo EFA from Salmon Oil, in order to create new products for heart health, specifally one that improves arterial elasticity while reducing oxLDL GP, a new cardiovascular marker. NattoPharma’s new ingredient, MenaQ7 PURE, ...
NPA CEO Comments After Attorney General Deepens Supplement Investigation
Three weeks after ordering four major retailers to pull store-brand supplements after DNA tests found little or none of the listed herbs, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is targeting manufacturers of the products. Schneiderman sent letters to four manufacturers demanding detailed ingredient and quality control information on every herbal supplement sold in New ...
Capsugel Signs On To Support Doctors for Nepal
Capsugel signed a two-year agreement to support Doctors for Nepal, a British charitable organization working to improve health care in rural Nepal by empowering impoverished local students to qualify and serve as doctors in isolated communities in remote rural areas, where they are greatly needed. The company’s annual donations help Doctors for Nepal provide Nepalese ...
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