Goal! English football giant backs high-dose omega-3 for recovery
London-based English Premier League (EPL) football club Tottenham Hotspur has inked a deal with Norwegian firm Smartfish to supply high-dose omega-3 products for player recovery.
Archives for November 8, 2016
RCT supports B420 probiotic’s weight management benefits in overweight adults
Researchers found that consumption of Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. Lactis 420, with or without a prebiotic fiber, reduced body fat mass, trunk fat mass, waist circumference, and energy intake in 224 overweight adults, compared to a placebo.
US gluten-free retail sales rose 11% in 2015; will slow to +6% in 2016, says Packaged Facts
US retail sales* of gluten-free products rose 11% in 2015 and are predicted to rise a more modest 6% to $1.66bn in 2016, according to a new report from Packaged Facts, which predicts that as the market matures, growth rates are “expected to slow...
Are personalized health developments changing the conversations around supplements?
Developments in personalized health has switched the data ownership from the doctor to the patient, and that’s changing the conversation around nutrition, lifestyle, and dietary supplements, says Aaron Bartz, President of Ortho Molecular Products, Inc.
Hard to do systems biology when you ignore 99% of us (the microbiome): Expert
Any advances in systems biology must incorporate study of the microbiome, says Rob Knight from the University of California in San Diego, because if we don’t we’re ignoring 99% of ourselves.
Despite sluggish enforcement, FDA still prone to cite noncompliant delivery modes, expert says
FDA has not moved vigorously to police delivery formats that fall into gray areas, but that doesn’t mean that dietary supplement companies using these modes can assume they’re flying completely under the radar.
Trade groups urge FDA to reconsider stance on vinpocetine
Trade organizations representing the dietary supplement industry urged the Food and Drug Administration to reverse its tentative conclusion that vinpocetine, despite several successful NDI filings, is no longer a legal dietary ingredient.
'The fundamentals of good nutrition actually haven’t changed for decades'
Dr David Katz at reThink Food 2016: 'We're told nutritional advice keeps changing... that's just not true'
“I don’t know what to eat anymore because the ‘experts’ keep changing their minds about what’s good for me…” It’s a common refrain, and a convenient one if you’re trying to justify a lousy diet, says one leading nutrition researcher. But it’s also plain...