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Vibrant Health and Farmacy for Life Join to Help Communities of Color

by Angela Sabarese | February 22, 2021

Vibrant Health, creator of award-winning supplements, and Farmacy for Life, hip-hop’s first health food store, announced a multifaceted collaboration to address the nutrition and wellness disparities that impact underserved communities and communities of color in the U.S.  The two pioneering Black-owned health and wellness businesses will co-market Vibrance, a new nutritional supplement formulated by Vibrant […]

New Review Article on Robuvit’s Mechanisms of Action

by Angela Sabarese | February 22, 2021

More than 20 published studies to-date have illustrated the benefits of the French Oak wood extract, Robuvit, for caffeine-free energy, sports performance and detoxification, and researchers are now revealing the mechanisms of action that allow this ingredient to effectively work at a cellular level. A new review article published in the Journal of Medicinal Food builds on the […]

Gaia Herbs Receives SEAL 2020 Business Sustainability Award

by Angela Sabarese | February 22, 2021

Gaia Herbs has been recognized as a winner of the SEAL 2020 Business Sustainability Awards in the Environmental Initiative category. The awards honor the most sustainable companies in the world and celebrate their leadership, transparency and commitment to green business practices. The SEAL Environmental Initiative Award category recognizes specific environmental and sustainability initiatives based off of […]

Health Food Stores and Supplement Makers Face Test in MA State Legislature

by Angela Sabarese | February 15, 2021

A bill reintroduced in the Massachusetts State Legislature would place a costly burden on small businesses who have already been hard hit by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, said the Natural Products Association (NPA).  The bills, H.D. 1309 and S.D. 678, the “Protecting Children from Diet Pills and Muscle-Building Supplements,” have been reintroduced by […]

AHPA Continues Engagement with NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

by Angela Sabarese | February 15, 2021

The National Institute of Health (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is welcoming public feedback for their fifth draft Strategic Plan covering 2021 to 2025. The plan identifies research efforts and priorities through this period. American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) staff stated it remained engaged through the development of the new Plan and […]

Expo West Goes Virtual, With an Expanded Expo East Planned for Philadelphia

by Angela Sabarese | February 11, 2021

Informa Markets’ New Hope Network announced today that Natural Products Expo West would become a virtual show for 2021 and plans to expand the in-person Natural Products Expo East event to be held in Philadelphia, PA this fall. In an email, Informa Markets’ New Hope Network stated that while they were hopeful that postponing Expo […]

Bipartisan Legislation to Regulate Hemp-derived CBD Re-introduced in Congress

by Angela Sabarese | February 8, 2021

On Feb. 4, 2021 Representative Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA) re-introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect public health by providing legal clarity in the cannabidiol (CBD) product marketplace. Re-introduced in the 117th Congress as HR 841, the Hemp and Hemp-derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2021 directs the U.S. […]

Expansion of HSA Considered in Senate Budget Resolution

by Angela Sabarese | February 8, 2021

An amendment included in the Senate’s budget resolution as part of the reconciliation process would expand health savings accounts (HSA), health reimbursement arrangements and flexible spending accounts (FSA) to cover dietary supplements. This effort is part of a broader goal by the Natural Products Association (NPA) to expand access to nutritional supplements for all communities […]

Shipt and GNC Announce Same-Day Delivery Partnership

by Angela Sabarese | February 8, 2021

GNC and Shipt have announced a new partnership that will for the first time bring same-day delivery of GNC health and wellness products to consumers across the country. The announcement comes at the perfect time: every year the most common New Year’s resolution has to do with living a healthier lifestyle–whether eating more healthy foods, […]

Vilsack Hearing Highlights Food Insecurity and Need to Expand Access to Nutritional Supplements  

by Angela Sabarese | February 3, 2021

As the Senate Agriculture Committee considers the nomination of Tom Vilsack to be the next U.S. Agriculture Secretary, the Natural Products Association (NPA) is calling for an expansion of federal food assistance programs. As part of a multi-pronged approach, NPA said it is supporting policies that would cover nutritional supplements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]

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