The dietary supplement industry is a crazy quilt that marries the sublime to the ridiculous and includes players of the highest moral and intellectual standards as well as those participating in the basest grubbing for money.
Encapsulation methods can skew test results if they are not properly accounted for in ingredients and/or finished product testing, a supplier cautions.
The growing obesity epidemic has flummoxed public health officials. Unfortunately, the dietary supplement industry has a checkered history in helping to find solutions.
A recent appellate court decision coupled with a spate of warning letters sets the stage for more class action lawsuits like the proposed ones filed against CBD companies this week, experts say.
Europe’s Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rules scientific evidence pointing to a white kidney bean extract’s link with body weight reduction as “insufficient,” after the applicant cites application process inconsistencies.
Historically, our healthcare system has been focused on sick care. One expert wants to put the spotlight on polypharmacology, a lesser-known technique used in well care.
The turmoil surrounding the CBD question has obscured other important debates, such as how to alter DHSEA is such a way that more scientific information can be conveyed to consumers.
An expert panel has recommended an expanded treatment envelope for the EPA drug Vascepa. An expert says the move won’t affect the supplement market directly but does add to recent official recognition of the health benefits of omega-3s.
“There’s a new idea emerging that if you have a lot of followers on Instagram and you have a six pack then you are an authority on nutrition and health,” sports nutrition professionals were warned during a nutrition myth-busting conference held in Ireland...
True personalized nutrition and health care was a promise seven years ago. Now it’s a reality, and is moving into the implementation phase, an observer says.
The personalized nutrition revolution holds huge potential for the dietary supplement industry. But matching promises to performance will be the key to keeping that goose alive until it can deliver the golden eggs.
NAD has become highly regarded in scientific research in recent years because of its role in biological functions. Now, Dr. Charles Brenner, the Roy J. Carver Chair and Head of Biochemistry at the University of Iowa, will receive a humanitarian grant...
