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JAMA Research Letter Raises False Alarm Over Levels of Melatonin in Gummies, CRN Says
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to a newly published research letter (“Quantity of Melatonin and CBD in Melatonin Gummies Sold in the U.S.”) appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which suggests that clinicians should “advise” parents that the levels of melatonin in gummies are “unpredictable.” Melatonin is often […]
COSMOS-Mind Study Shows Promise for Multivitamins in Cognition
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 Asks FDA to Allow NAC as Dietary Ingredient
The Natural Products Association (NPA) in a Citizen’s Petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested that N-acetyl-L-cysteine (“NAC”) not be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement. “The Food and Drug Administration has not established a public health risk for NAC,” said Daniel Fabricant, PhD., president and CEO of NPA. “Not only […]
New Analysis Unfairly Maligns and Misrepresents Brain Health Supplement Category, says CRN
In response to a report, “Five unapproved drugs found in cognitive enhancement supplements,” published Sept. 23, in an online issue of Neurology Clinical Practice, Steve Mister, president & CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), issued the following statement: The results of this exercise by Dr. Cohen et al. demonstrate this unfortunate, but unsurprising truth: […]
Organic & Natural Health Association Urges More Vitamin D Testing
Many factors contribute to the vast health disparities reported in COVID-19 for obese people and multiple Black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups. Out of the many contributing biological, socioeconomic and behavioral factors, Organic & Natural Health Association said that one of these risk factors, vitamin D deficiency, could rapidly be reversed if more health education was disseminated […]
CSPI Sends Warning on Ginkgo, Urges FDA to Take Action
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has urged consumers to avoid supplements made with ginkgo biloba, which they warn are often adulterated and have been shown to be ineffective in improving memory and circulation. The nonprofit nutrition and food safety watchdog group is also calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to […]
CRN Announces Supplement Product Registry to be Launched This Year
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a leading trade association for the dietary supplement industry, announced that its Board has unanimously authorized the creation of an industry-wide dietary supplement product registry to be launched by the end of the year. The registry will be developed and managed by a third-party vendor, and CRN plans to […]
CRN Announces Members Will Submit Product Labels to ODS Label Database
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a leading trade association for the dietary supplement industry, announced what it called “a first, and necessary, step” toward improving transparency in the supplement industry by requiring all CRN members as a condition of membership submit their supplement product labels to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary […]
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