News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
FDA has sent three companies marketing CBD products warning letters over disease claims. The warnings are the first issued under FDA’s de facto ‘enforcement discretion’ policy, which will be discussed at a meeting on CBD set for the end of May.
The new Supplement Safety and Compliance Initiative standards were formally unveiled by late last week at a meeting hosted by Walmart. The standards now go into a 30-day comment period.
The hemp industry is advancing so rapidly that the timeline of decades of other sectors is being compressed into just years, attendees at a recent trade show were told.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition, a dietary supplements industry trade group, launched its Be Label Wise campaign targeting consumers to help them anticipate for upcoming changes in Supplement Facts labels.
Supplements containing a combination of bacteriophages may produce minimal but beneficial changes to the gut microbiota, suggesting a shift towards a "healthier gut environment", according to a newly published paper.
Nestlé Health Science will take an equity stake in Swiss life science company Amazentis and receive global rights to use Amazentis’ Urolithin A technology for dietary supplements, foods, beverages, and medical nutrition products.
A daily dose of a multi-strain probiotic can provide a significant improvement in mood, with a reduction in depressive, anger, and fatigue, and an improvement in sleep quality, according to a new study in Italy.
Multiple experts have questioned news reports claiming probiotics can evolve to do more harm than good – warning that news reports have vastly over-simplified and sensationalised the findings.
Cognitive health will be the subject of a keynote presentation at our second Healthy Ageing APAC Summit, with BioCeuticals / Blackmores expert Belinda Reynolds shining the spotlight on the importance of investment, personalisation, and clinical trials.