Archives for November 16, 2018

NOTES FROM SUPPLYSIDE WEST 2018

NPA CEO on CBD: ‘Folks need to take the front door with FDA’

The Natural Products Association’s stance on CBD is to take FDA’s word on the controversial ingredient, until someone takes the front door with the Agency and files an NDI or a GRAS notification with the FDA for CBD.

Notes from SupplySide West 2018

Omega-3 trade group GOED ramps up healthcare practitioner outreach to better reach consumers

The fish oil industry’s leading trade group is tapping into the healthcare practitioner community as its bridge to consumers.

Recent large-scale omega-3s trials are harbingers of better days for omega-3s research, experts say

Despite the equivocal reports in the mainstream media of the recently released omega-3s trials, the huge statistical power of the studies means the promising secondary endpoints can be trusted, experts say.

Commentary

Choice of statistical framework colors answer to question of whether supplements actually work

Dietary supplements have held out the promise of greater health. Has the category delivered on that promise? Are people healthier now than they were decades ago?