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ConsumerLab.com Passes Only 25 Percent of Ashwagandha Supplements
ConsumerLab.com, a health product testing company, completed evaluations of ashwagandha herbal supplements known to reduce stress and anxiety, as well as other potential applications, with accurate labeling and daily doses in-line with those used in successful clinical trials. “It’s very hard to find a good ashwagandha supplement,” said Tod Cooperman, MD, president of ConsumerLab.com. In ...
NPA To Host 18th Annual Natural Products Day
The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced today that it will hold its 18th Annual Natural Products Day on March 24 in Washington, D.C. Natural Products Day is an advocacy event where NPA members and industry stakeholders team up with their senators and representatives to discuss issues affecting the natural products industry and their consumers. The event ...
Probiotics May Ease Anxiety and Depression
A recent study suggests that supplements that boost probiotics, the beneficial micro-organisms in the body, can affect the way people process emotional information, as well as easing anxiety and depression. The study recruited 45 healthy 18- to 45-year-olds. Half of the participants were given a probiotic supplement and the other half a placebo, to be taken everyday for three ...
NABR Honors NOW Foods Workforce
NOW Foods (Bloomingdale, IL) has been selected for the second year in a row by the National Association of Business Resources (NABR), as one of the Best & Brightest Companies to Work For in the U.S. “Nationally recognized award recipients keep innovative human resource initiatves at the forefront of their company culture and make it a ...
Pharmavite Acquires FoodState Inc.
Pharmavite LLC has acquired FoodState Inc. The two recognized leaders and innovators in the vitamin, mineral and supplement industry are expected to complement one another through Pharmavite’s over 40 years of experience in manufacturing, research and product development, while FoodState will open doors for Pharmavite into natural and practitioner channels. Foodstate will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary ...
Organic & Natural Health Association Partners with GrassrootsHealth
Organic & Natural Health Association (Organic & Natural) announced a new partnership with GrassrootsHealth at the Vitamin D for Public Health conference in La Jolla, CA. Organic & Natural will sponsor the development of nutrient research conducted by GrassrootsHealth and its scientific community. “Randomized clinical trials do not accomplish what’s needed for companies when it comes to the legal definition ...
VRM Media Acquires “Fitness Trainer” Magazine
VRM Media (East Brunswick, NJ, www.vrmmedia.com), a leading provider of business magazines, websites and e-newsletters for the health and natural products industry, has announced its acquisition of Fitness Trainer magazine from the Mallarina Sales Corporation. Fitness Trainer (fitnesstrainermag.uberflip.com/t/47105), founded in 2012 by Robert B. Rose, is a digital business magazine for personal trainers and other ...
Vitamin D Council Introduces In-home Vitamin D Test Kit
It is estimated that 40 to 75 percent of all Americans are deficient in vitamin D, which has been linked to an increased risk to Alzheimer’s, cancer, cardiovascular, autoimmune, and other diseases. To help bring awareness and to test individual vitamin D levels, the Vitamin D Council has announced the release of vitamin D test ...
OTA Gears Up Far-Reaching Strategy to Boost Organic Exports
If Taka Yamaguchi has his way, athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be eating organic—an ambitious plan that more than 100 of Japan’s top grocery retailers, food importers and distributors learned about at a recent Organic Trade Association (OTA) sponsored seminar in Japan. Yamaguchi, executive officer of Organic Japan, was part ...
UAS Labs Acquires Micropharma and Cardioviva Probiotics
UAS Laboratories, LLC (Wausau, Wisconsin, USA) has announced the acquisition of certain intellectual property assets of Micropharma Limited, Montreal, Canada, whose researchers have developed the award-winning probiotic strain, Lactobacillus reuteri NCIMB 30242 offered under the mark LRC and protected by two families of registered patents. The LRC strain has been shown to support healthy cholesterol ...
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