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Trade Associations React to New COSMOS-Mind Clinical Trial Results

by Angela Sabarese | May 30, 2023

On May 24, new results from a randomized, clinical trial within the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) were published in the American Journal of Nutrition. The study, known as COSMOS-Web, was conducted by Columbia University, in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School). The trial results found that multivitamin supplementation slowed […]

Millennials Are Using Nutritional Supplements More Often Than They Did Before the Pandemic

by Angela Sabarese | February 6, 2023

The use of vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements (VMS) among Americans is on the rise. According to new research from Mintel (Chicago, IL), among the 78 percent of Americans who are vitamin* users, a third (34 percent) have increased their usage since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including nearly half (47 percent) of Millennials. […]

MegaFood Introduces New Label Design for Key Product Lines

by Angela Sabarese | November 21, 2022

MegaFood has announced the rollout of new labels for several key product lines. The new, modernized label design began rolling out with best-sellers like Blood Builder Iron, Baby & Me 2 Prenatal supplements and MegaFood Multivitamins in November, with additional products scheduled to hit shelves. The new design keeps familiar MegaFood visual elements—such as its […]

Hallmarks of Health: Multivitamins and Minerals

by Angela Sabarese | November 1, 2022

Consumers post-COVID-19 are more health-conscious—and many have turned toward multivitamin and mineral supplements to maintain or improve their health. The natural products industry is well aware that consuming vitamins and minerals plays a vital part in keeping consumers healthy. Ideally, all of these micronutrient needs would be met through diet alone; however, the modern American […]

NPA Questions Why Dietary Supplements Aren’t Part of New FDA Criteria for “Healthy” Food Labeling

by Angela Sabarese | October 3, 2022

Days after the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, which convened on Wednesday, Sept. 28, for the first time in more than 50 years, concluded that nutrition was an essential part of an approach to health and wellness, the Natural Products Association (NPA) questioned why a proposed rule by the Food and Drug […]

COSMOS-Mind Study Shows Promise for Multivitamins in Cognition

by Angela Sabarese | September 19, 2022

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) responded to the results of an ancillary study of the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study for the Mind (COSMOS-Mind) study conducted by the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. Andrea […]

NPA, CRN Release Statements on Preventive Services Task Force Guidance on Dietary Supplements

by Angela Sabarese | June 23, 2022

The Natural Products Association (NPA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) have issued statements in response to recent findings by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). NPA commented on what USPSTF found in relation between the use of beta carotene and vitamin E for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Ultimately, “The […]

Rhode Island Senate Considers Legislation Restricting Dietary Supplement Accessibility

by Angela Sabarese | June 1, 2022

The Rhode Island State Senate is advancing through the chamber S. 2613, which prohibits dietary supplements from being directly accessible to customers and mandates that only retail clerks may have access. While the bill does not regulate internet sales of dietary supplements in Rhode Island, it requires brick and mortar retailers to post a warning […]

CRN’s Mister Applauds COSMOS Research, Says Results to Drive Industry Innovation

by Angela Sabarese | March 22, 2022

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has commented on the results of the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS), which were published on March 16, 2022, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, in two separate papers: • Multivitamins in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease: The COSMOS randomized clinical trial • Effect […]

A Passion for Men’s Health

by Lisa Schofield | May 29, 2020

Men’s health is a more invigorated market than ever, as men of all ages embrace natural approaches to health and virility. Here’s how to stay on top of the trend. Men today are out there living healthy lifestyles and loving every minute of it. Meaning, compared to only the turn of this century, men of […]

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