59FDA Announces New Final Guidances on Revised Nutrition Labeling Requirements
FDA Announces New Final Guidances on Revised Nutrition Labeling Requirements
On November 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two new final guidances to help companies revise nutrition labels for conventional foods and dietary supplements to comply with the new regulations. One document deals with the definition of a single-serving container, reference amounts customarily consumed, which are used by companies to determine serving ...
Magnesium Glycerophosphate: Magnesium for Cardiovascular & Muscular Health
Back in 2013, I wrote a general article about magnesium for Vitamin Retailer magazine. In the five years since then, I’ve had the opportunity to read quite a few new studies about various forms of magnesium. I found the research on one of those forms to be so interesting, that I thought it was worthy ...
Feeling Fantastic is Easy! Here’s How…
Although largely ignored by the news and medical media, the last few years may as well have written the obituary for the yearly medical checkup. These evaluations were geared to seeing if you have “IT” yet. IT being some scary and expensive way to evaluate and treat illness. The message that yearly physicals should RIP ...
Supporting the Immune System
In the ongoing battle to keep the immune system strong, practitioners offer ways to greatly improve the body’s defenses. Warding off the plethora of germs, bacteria and viruses that one encounters on a daily basis is a constant battle. The immune system helps make this happen, so as many practitioners would agree on, properly being ...
Testing Technology Update
Improve the health and well-being of your patients by using data from innovative testing methods to develop personalized treatment plans. People are more self-aware than ever—paying more attention to their bodies’ signals, habits and expressions and overall constitution. This is good news in that they can likely be more eloquent when describing what they are ...
Addressing Stress
Lifestyle changes and supplements can help patients alleviate day-to-day or chronic stress. Stress is an inescapable, inevitable part of life. Our bodies are equipped to handle a modicum of stress. In fact, some amount of stress it is integral to our survival. Stress is not all bad if it is managed properly. “Without stress, there ...
Exercise May Lessen Fall Risk for Older Adults With Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a brain disease that causes changes that kill brain cells. AD is a type of dementia, which causes memory loss and problems with thinking and making decisions. People with AD and other forms of dementia have difficulties performing the daily activities others might consider routine. Dementia takes a toll on those ...
ACHS Celebrates 40 Years of Excellence in Holistic Health Education
The staff, faculty, and students of American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) are celebrating four decades of excellence in holistic health distance education this year with a student graduation ceremony, wellness-focused projects, activities, and events on the theme of “Building on Traditions.” Dorene Petersen founded ACHS in Auckland, New Zealand in 1978. Before founding ACHS, Petersen ...
Metagenics Names Sara Gottfried New Chief Medical Officer
Metagenics, Inc. (Aliso Viejo, CA) has announced that Sara Gottfried, MD has been named its new chief medical officer (CMO) and president of Metagenics Institute, the company’s educational arm. A systems-based hormone expert, Dr. Gottfried is a Harvard-educated physician-scientist and a MIT-trained bioengineer as well as board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. In her new ...
Beyond Celiac & SSCD Announce Early Career Research Award in the Field of Celiac Disease
Beyond Celiac has announced the creation of the Society for the Study of Celiac Disease – Beyond Celiac Early Career Research Award, a joint venture to attract exceptionally promising early career academic investigators to the field of celiac disease research. The award will provide a clear and bold opportunity to expand the scope of research ...
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