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Editor’s Spotlight: Building a sports nutrition brand
We caught up with Nima Alamdari, PhD, who shared his journey of getting a new sports nutrition company off the ground with a formulation backed by published studies (and an accelerator program from a prestigious business school).
Editor's Spotlight
Eating more inulin-type fructans (ITF) found in vegetables can lead to beneficial changes in our gut microbiota composition and function, but only for a short while, say Belgium researchers.
Another company has joined the ‘better’ coffee fray with a line of supplements meant to turbocharge the popular beverage while at the same time allowing users to get better sleep.
The American Herbal Products Association is planning a hemp/CBD event in August in Colorado for dietary supplement companies interested in the ingredient.
Relevium Technologies, a Canadian development stage company focusing on online sales of dietary supplements and personal care products, is moving to acquire LifeLine Pharma, a Colombian cannabis company.
Hermes Pharma says its innovative NutriCaps creation, which provides users with nutritional dosage forms via Nespresso compatible coffee pods, will be on sale to consumers next year.
The presence of curcumin in green tea can enhance the drink's health benefits against hyperlipidaemia, according to a study by researchers at India's Shahu College of Pharmacy and Research.
The authors of a recent study, which looked at how glucosamine - a supplement that is normally taken to help joint pain - could lower the risk of heart disease, should also reveal the association of other supplements with cardiovascular events or death.
Australia's first trial to test the effects of CBD (cannabidiol) oil on individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will feature Bod Australia's proprietary CBD oil, MediCabilis.