Andrea Wong
CRN Foundation’s New Report Details Billions of Potential Savings in U.S. Health Care Costs
On August 31, the CRN Foundation released a new economic report detailing billions of dollars in potential savings in U.S. health care costs from the selective use of certain dietary supplements. The report, “Supplements to Savings: U.S. Health Care Cost Savings from the Targeted Use of Dietary Supplements, 2022–2030,” reveals only $59 billion in savings ...
CRN Responds to JAMA Research Letter on Melatonin Use
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to the JAMA research letter, “Trends in Use of Melatonin Supplements Among [U.S.] Adults, 1999–2018.” The letter, which was published on Feb. 1, 2022, examined the reported prevalence and trends in use of melatonin supplements among 55,021 U.S. adults from 1999 through 2018. Ultimately, the study reported that melatonin usage and dosage has increased ...
CRN Says “60 Minutes” Probiotic Segment Was Right on Safety, but Wrongly Dismissed Their Benefits
In response to a “60 Minutes” segment on probiotics released June 28, 2020 titled, “Do Probiotics Actually Do Anything?” Andrea Wong, PhD, senior vice president, scientific & regulatory affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) noted that “The vigorous body of scientific research exploring the benefits of probiotics is providing increased understanding of the role probiotics ...
CRN Demonstrates Commitment to Advance Nutrition Education
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced that three students from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Massachusetts were given educational awards to attend The Workshop: CRN’s Day of Science, held in November in Carlsbad, CA. As part of the award, the recipients, Carley Bowering, Kate Harrington and ...
Unexpected Results of New Calcium Study Raise Questions
In response to a new study, “Calcium and vitamin D supplementation and increased risk of serrated polyps: results from a randomised clinical trial,” published online in the British medical journal Gut, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued the following statement: “CRN is surprised by the results of this new study as previous research has ...
Supplement Industry Questions Protein Powder Study
Recently, the Clean Label Project, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, published a study showing that popular protein powder supplements could contain dangerous levels of heavy metals, such as arsenic, cadmium and others. In its analysis, the Clean Label Project assigned each product a score for four individual elements: heavy metals, pesticides, contaminants like BPA, and nutrition. ...
Study Suggests Calcium Supplementation Safe for Women’s Heart Health
A new Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study found no increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) or all-cause mortality in post-menopausal women supplementing with calcium and vitamin D. The peer-viewed scientific journal study, “The Effects of Calcium Supplementation on Verified Coronary Heart Disease Hospitalization and Death in Postmenopausal Women: A Collaborative Meta-Analysis of ...
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