Men's health

New trend in saw palmetto adulteration forces BAPP to update bulletin

06-Nov-2018 By Hank Schultz

A disturbing new trend in saw palmetto adultertion has spurred the Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program to issue a revised bulletin on the botanical.

Student-focused sports nutrition seller Campus Protein raises $1 million in Series A financing

02-Nov-2018 By Adi Menayang

Campus Protein, a company that caters to college students shopping for sports nutrition supplements, just raised $1 million in Series A financing backed by angel investors and private individuals.

More brands seeking to root out inflammation in healthy aging sphere

30-Oct-2018 By Hank Schultz

A focus on inflammatory processes underlies much of innovation in the healthy aging space, according to panelists on a recent NutraIngredients-USA event. Another key takeaway: These concerns are starting earlier in life for today’s consumers.

Extracts of mangosteen rind and Indian bay leaf may enhance muscle strength, endurance

23-Oct-2018 By Adi Menayang

Results from two studies—one on mice and another on adult human males—suggest that supplementation of extracts from two plants may enhance muscle strength.

Leucine intake from a supplement may be better for muscle protein synthesis than leucine from a meal

19-Oct-2018 By Adi Menayang

Researchers in Japan and the UK found that plasma concentrations of leucine were higher after 10 young healthy men took leucine as a liquid supplement than when their intake came from a meal — even when both had the same amount of leucine.

Turmeric’s popularity drives botanical supplement use increases, says CRN data

19-Oct-2018 By Stephen Daniells

Almost 20% of US supplement users over 55 are using turmeric and curcumin supplements, according to the 2018 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements.

Getting substantiation right for claims especially important in healthy aging, expert says

15-Oct-2018 By Hank Schultz

Making claims on products in the healthy aging sector is fraught with peril, as older adults, along with children, are seen as the most vulnerable populations, an expert says.

Paper says 776 products marketed as supplements over 10-year period found by FDA to be tainted with drugs

12-Oct-2018 By Hank Schultz

A paper that published this morning in the JAMA Network Open journal found that FDA had identified 776 adulterated dietary supplements in a 10-year period ending in 2016. As most of these products were tainted with drugs, calling them ‘supplements’ was...

New research backs pine bark extract’s blood circulation benefits

03-Oct-2018 By Adi Menayang

Results from a six-year study involving 815 individuals suggest that supplementation of French maritime pine bark extract may improve blood circulation.

NutraIngredients-USA to launch new flagship Sports Nutrition Summit, in association with ISSN

27-Sep-2018 By Stephen Daniells

A new collaboration between the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) and William Reed, the publishers of NutraIngredients-USA, will benefit the sports nutrition sector and provide the platform for a new annual Sports Nutrition Summit that...

Probiotic strain shows anti-stress and anxiety benefits in RCT

20-Sep-2018 By Stephen Daniells

Daily supplements of the probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum P8 may alleviate stress and anxiety in stressed adults, says a new randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study with over 100 participants.

Commentary

Are dietary supplements getting better?

14-Sep-2018 By Hank Schultz

Are dietary supplements getting ‘better?’ Or are the new products that come onto the market merely a matter of churn, replacing tired packaging and marketing concepts with updated versions?

Market continues to grow for prostate health products

12-Sep-2018 By Hank Schultz

Prostate health is an often neglected area of men’s health, one that could drive significant growth in the future sales of herbal supplements as questions of healthy aging come to the fore, a prominent industry executive says.

From the Editor's Desk

No BBC, probiotics are not 'quite useless'

07-Sep-2018 By Stephen Daniells

A new BBC article dismisses the benefits of probiotics because a study failed to find colonization. It is a serious mistake to confuse colonization with efficacy and we need to get this message across to consumers.

From the Editor's Desk

The long lasting benefits of supplements & the fascinating study that nobody is talking about

07-Sep-2018 By Stephen Daniells

A recent study reported something very impressive: A decade after the end of a randomized clinical trial, the benefits of dietary supplementation not only persisted, but seemed to be getting bigger. So why are we not talking about this more?