I learned about this one from FoodNavigator-Europe. Ashwagandha has ‘tremendous potential’ for promoting healthy aging: Review: Ashwagandha could serve as a potent anti-aging ingredient by ...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2024/05/industry-sponsored-study-of-the-week-ashwagandha/
The headline caught my eye: 5 dead and over 100 hospitalized from recalled Japanese health supplements The supplement is benikoji. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical had been selling benikoji products for...
The study: Lactobacillus paragasseri OLL2809 Improves Premenstrual Psychological Symptoms in Healthy Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Nutrients. 2023; 15(23):4985....
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2024/02/industry-sponsored-study-of-the-week-a-menstruation-supplement/
I see stores selling Kratom all over my downtown Manhattan neighborhood and am curious about it (no, I have not tried it, nor do I intend to). I took a look at the websitesof the American Kratom ...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2024/01/kratom-a-primer-on-its-politics/
This one started out with a notice in NutraIngredients Europe, a newsletter I subscribe to: Probiotic BG01-4 relieves constipation and discomfort in GI disorders: Probiotic BG01-4 improves speci...
The study: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Decentralized Trial to Assess Sleep, Health Outcomes, and Overall Well-Being in Healthy Adults Reporting Disturbed Sleep, Taking a Melat...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/10/industry-funded-study-of-the-week-a-cannabis-supplement/
The study: Martinez-Canton M, Galvan-Alvarez V, Garcia-Gonzalez E, Gallego-Selles A, Gelabert-Rebato M, Garcia-Perez G, Santana A, Lopez-Rios L, Vega-Morales T, Martin-Rincon M, et al. A Mango ...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/09/fruit-industry-funded-study-of-the-day-iii-mango-leaf-extract/
I started out my careeer as an instructor in a university biology department teaching cell and molecular biology. I got handed a nutrition course to teach and quickly discovered it was the best...
I learned about this one as I often do from reading NutraIngredients’ daily newsletter: RCT: Grape and blueberry extract improves cognitive health in ageing consumers. This sounds great! I ...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/07/industry-funded-study-of-the-week-memphenol/
Here’s another one that several readers have asked me about: Multivitamin Supplementation Improves Memory in Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Authors: Lok-Kin Yeung, Daniel M. Al...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/06/conflicted-interest-of-the-week-multivitamins-and-memory/