Lutein
OmniActive & CRN Partner to Raise Awareness of Macular Carotenoids Prenatal Needs
OmniActive Health Technologies (India/Bridgewater, NJ) announced a collaboration with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) to highlight the significance of lutein and zeaxanthin isomers for prenatal nutrition at the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG)’s Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting in San Francisco, CA. OmniActive is one of six companies involved in the partnership ...
The Visual Benefits of Astaxanthin for Gaming & More
Astaxanthin is one of my favorite nutraceuticals due to its broad range of beneficial effects demonstrated in human clinical research. As such, I have already written a few articles about it (see my articles in the May 2012, September 2020, and July 2023 issues of Vitamin Retailer). In the current issue, I’m going to review ...
Lutein, Zeaxanthin & Astaxanthin: A Preferred Combination for Eye Health
In 2017, I wrote an article for Vitamin Retailer called “Lutein & Zeaxanthin: Protection Against Blue Light Damage to Eyes,” which appeared in the May issue. Since that time, there has been additional research on lutein and zeaxanthin for eye health. Furthermore, there is some great research on astaxanthin for eye health, as well using ...
CRN Report Outlines Value of Lutein and Zeaxanthin in Reducing Medical Costs Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration
February is most notably recognized as Heart Month, but age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is another chronic disease also observed. The CRN Foundation’s recent report on health care cost savings, Supplement to Savings (“S2S”) identified an average of more than $106 million in net savings per year if lutein and zeaxanthin were used by the at-risk target ...
Research Update on the Many Uses of Astaxanthin
In May of 2012, I wrote an article for Vitamin Retailer called “Astaxanthin: An Extraordinary Antioxidant.” Since that time, there have been quite a few new studies published on astaxanthin, so it is time for a research update. Let’s start with a brief background overview about astaxanthin. Background Overview Astaxanthin is a pinkish-reddish carotenoid commercially ...
AREDS and Natural Ingredients
Jennifer Weinhardt, BS, MS Senior Research & Development Specialist for Bluebonnet Nutrition, a Texas-based manufacturer, explains the parameters and findings of the AREDS and AREDS 2 studies as it pertains to eye health and specific ingredients that are most effective, as well as statistics pertaining to eye disease and risk factors: “Briefly, the Age-Related Eye ...
Easy on the Eyes
Maintaining vision health is a major concern for most consumers. Preserving vision health is top priority to most people, no matter their age, but especially for the older generation. After all, your eyesight impacts how you perform in every aspect of life. Ideally, people should visit their ophthalmologists for annual eye exams to detect any ...
Nutrients for Better Vision
Since your eyes are part of your body, nutrients that make your body healthier usually improve eye health as well. For example, if you use herbs such as hawthorn, olive leaf and grape seed to effectively lower your blood pressure, that helps preserve vision, because high blood pressure can cause microscopic ruptures to the capillaries ...
Getting the Most Out of Spinach: Maximizing the Antioxidant Lutein
Eat your spinach in the form of a smoothie or juice—this is the best way to obtain the antioxidant lutein, according to research from Linköping University, Sweden. High levels of lutein are found in dark green vegetables, and researchers at the university have compared different ways of preparing fresh spinach in order to maximise the ...
Specific Antioxidants for Specific Benefits
The term antioxidant has become a mainstay in the lexicon of the natural products industry. Furthermore, as I pointed out in an article last year from this same issue of Vitamin Retailer magazine, over the past few decades the choices for nutraceutical antioxidants have increased exponentially, as have the number of articles written about those ...
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