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Bayer Defeats FTC in Supplement Contempt Case

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) suit vs. Bayer over probiotic claims has favored Bayer, denying the FTC’s motion to hold Bayer in contempt of a 2007 consent order for promoting Phillips’ Colon Health. The suit was about whether or not clinical trials were necessary for Bayer to conduct before it promoted Phillips’ Colon Health probiotics. ...

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Prebiotics and Probiotics: Delivering What Consumers Want

Prebiotics and probiotics have hit the mainstream consumer market. Today’s consumers are more educated than ever before on the gut microbiome’s influence on overall health. Digestive care supplements and food product sales continue to skyrocket. According to Michele McRae, certified nutritionist at supplement manufacturer Rainbow Light in California, “Even mainstream grocery and big box stores ...

Seeking Digestive Health and Wellness

A wealth of information available on digestive health has more consumers examining natural solutions. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Digestive Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC) estimates that digestive complaints or diseases affect approximately 60-70 million people. However, people suffering from digestive issues are becoming more aware of the natural products that can substantially improve ...

Probiotics May Ease Anxiety and Depression

A recent study suggests that supplements that boost probiotics, the beneficial micro-organisms in the body, can affect the way people process emotional information, as well as easing anxiety and depression. The study recruited 45 healthy 18- to 45-year-olds. Half of the participants were given a probiotic supplement and the other half a placebo, to be taken everyday for three ...

UAS Labs Acquires Micropharma and Cardioviva Probiotics

UAS Laboratories, LLC (Wausau, Wisconsin, USA) has announced the acquisition of certain intellectual property assets of Micropharma Limited, Montreal, Canada, whose researchers have developed the award-winning probiotic strain, Lactobacillus reuteri NCIMB 30242 offered under the mark LRC and protected by two families of registered patents. The LRC strain has been shown to support healthy cholesterol ...

The Cholesterol Connection To Heart Health

A managed wellness lifestyle can improve cholesterol levels.As purveyors of dietary supplements, no doubt retailers receive a steady influx of middle-aged men and women who have recently become more concerned about lowering and/or managing healthy cholesterol levels. This is typically inspired by routine physician testing that reveals unfavorable ratios of low-density lipoproteins to high-density lipoproteins ...

UAS Labs Donates Over $46,000 of Probiotic Supplements

UAS Laboratories (Wausau, WI) has donated over $46,000 of probiotic supplements to more than 50 nations. The donation supplied 187,534 servings of probiotics to these nations in need. In announcing the donation, Ken Seguine, UAS’ Labs vice president of sales & marketing, said, “We are happy to provide life affirming probiotics to children in need.” UAS Labs is also offering a ...

Study Says Certain Probiotics Can Help Women Lose Weight

Certain probiotics could help women lose weight and keep it off, according to a recent study published in the British Journal of Nutrition by a team of researchers headed by Université Laval Professor Angelo Tremblay. Studies have already demonstrated that the intestinal flora of obese individuals differs from that of thin people. That difference may ...