Nutrition & Life

Sweating it out through exercise may be a New Year’s resolution but it could also help to provide new insights into the state of your health, according to new sensing technology being developed at Simon Fraser University. SFU researcher Woo Soo Kim is part of an international research team that is developing a low-cost, 3D-printed

Menopause is often accompanied by an array of symptoms that can detract from a woman’s quality of life. A new study suggests that the severity of some of those symptoms-; especially depression and sexual dysfunction-; were linked to a woman’s cognitive performance. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North

The new review was published in the journal Children​.  It was the work of Dr. Katarzyna Maresz, PhD, president of the International Science and Health Foundation, which is a Polish organization that focuses on disseminating maternal and infant health information.  Dr Maresz was joined in the review by Dr Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska, PhD, of Jagiellonian University

To be more precise, the US Food and Drug Administration said yesterday it would not “object to the use of certain qualified health claims regarding the consumption of magnesium and a reduced risk of high blood pressure (hypertension).”​  This is the standard formula for the ‘approval’ of such claims. To be compliant, claims for this

The new study used a bergamot phytosome ingredient manufactured by Italian ingredient supplier Indena, which funded the study.  The study was conducted by an Indena employee as well as researchers associated with universities in Italy and Bahrain.  It was published recently in the journal Nutrients​. Bergamot (Citrus bergamia​ Risso) is a citrus fruit cultivated almost

Women who breastfed were less likely to develop heart disease or a stroke, or die from cardiovascular disease than women who did not breastfeed, according to a meta-analysis published today in a pregnancy spotlight issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. The

A new study has helped to shine light on the genetic pathways underlying obesity. The findings could help develop more personalized ways to help people maintain a healthy weight. The work is the largest study of its kind looking at genomics and levels of metabolites – the molecules produced when the body breaks down food.

Biliary atresia is a rare disease that occurs when a delicate tree-like set of ducts that carry bile from the liver to the intestine becomes scarred and blocked. While some treatments can slow the damage, most children who develop biliary atresia will die without a liver transplant. However, when pregnant mice were fed butyrate-;a food

Newly developed risk scores synthesize genetic information into an easy-to-interpret metric that could help clinicians identify young children most at risk of developing obesity. The study, led by researchers at Penn State, used novel statistical methods to establish scoring criteria using data collected from young children. The research also demonstrates that robust results are attainable

Called ResBiotic, the product is the brainchild of Dr Vivek Lal, MD, who is the director of the Pulmonary Microbiome Laboratory at the University of Alabama Birmingham as well as the CEO and CSO of ResBiotic, the eponymous company.  Dr Lal said the research that led to the product launch stretches back for some time.

The study was published in the European Journal of Nutrition​.  It was the work of researchers associated with the University of Toulouse in France as well as employees of French ingredients supplier Weishardt International, which funded the study. The test material was Weishardt’s Naticol Gut, which is one of company’s line of marine collagen peptides. 

Researchers have discovered that a common member of the human gut microbiome has a specific preference for blood group A antigens. This specificity may give it an advantage when foraging for sugars, allowing it to colonize the gut more easily. The presence of the blood group A antigen in mucus differs in different parts of

Mental time travel -; transporting someone from the present through imagining a personal, positive future event -; has been proven to help reduce alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. Now, researchers at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have received a $990,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,

In 2022 we continue engaging on issues with the Biden Administration and Congress, awaiting decisions from the courts that have wide-ranging impacts on the natural products industry, and fighting at the state level to block proposals that would restrict access to popular natural products.  One thing is clear: we are facing challenges from all sides. 

Michael Aucoin, CEO of Eat Beyond, said the low to no alcohol trend emanated from a few consumer concerns.  “There’s certainly an underlying health issue with alcohol consumption, particularly regular, excessive alcohol consumption that people are cognizant of. Pre-pandemic, in the last 10 or 15 years, we saw the emergence of mixology culture, but a

Dr Robert Wildman, PhD, CEO of the new brand TYM Performance,​​ has sourced protein ingredients and spoken on the development of the category for decades.  He will be lending his expertise as a panelist at NutraIngredients-USA’s Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2022, which is scheduled for Feb. 14-16 in San Diego.  The summit is being

Dick, who passed away in late December, formed an exclusive agreement with the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) in 1996 to provide products liability insurance to the U.S. dietary supplement and natural products industry, and soon thereafter extended the program to work with several other organizations that represent these trades. “Dick’s concept from the outset

In a submission​​ to EFSA’s register of questions, the Authority submitted a self-mandate for a statement concerning the ingredient that according to the entry would be forthcoming around January 31, 2022. “We expect that the statement will clarify the expectations on novel food applications for CBD and CBD extracts and help applicants design CBD products

Netflix for food: Food scientist creating data model for personalized dietary recommendations Associate Professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH FOOD) in Denmark is developing a model for a new personalized dietary profile. He hopes the model will one day be able to relieve the symptoms

CRN sent a letter this week addressed to Douglas Stern, deputy director for regulatory affairs for the US Food and Drug Administration.  In the letter, CRN alleges that FDA’s responses on the NAC issue have dodged a central legal question. FDA first declared NAC as an illegal dietary ingredient via a series of warning letters

The new study was the work of researchers associated with California Baptist University in Riverside, CA.  The paper was published online this week in the Journal of Dietary Supplements​. The aim of the study was to discover whether grape seed extract (GSE) could improve oxygen delivery to working muscles via vasodilation, and whether there was

​As demand for the high throughput production of high quality, highly specialized and reliable cell culture products continues to rise, laboratories and manufacturers need to move away from traditional manual analysis methods in favor of advanced real-time analysis using power spectroscopic methods.Thought LeadersThermo Fisher Scientific This interview features wide-ranging insight from a number of Thermo