Many people across the world take dietary supplements on a daily basis for various purposes, including compensating for nutritional deficiencies, losing weight, bodybuilding purpose, or enhancing their sexual life. Hence, the use of these supplements is on the rise. The author’s market research analyst expects the supplements market in the US to grow at a…
The term “nutraceutical” was coined from the words “nutrition” and “pharmaceutical,” by Stephen Defelice, in 1989. Defelice was the founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine, an American organization that encourages medical health discovery. A nutraceutical substance is any food, or part of a food, that provides medical or health benefits and…
BALTIMORE, MD – Marketwired – Aug 20, 2013 – Goldman Small Cap Research, a stock market research firm focused on the small cap and microcap sectors, notes that a research study published by a number of scientists in Italy demonstrates that green tea extracts do have a positive impact in treating malaria, in vitro. While…
Herbal dietary supplement sales increased 5.5% in the United States in 2012 according a new report in HerbalGram, the publication of the American Botanical Council. Overall sales reached $5.6 billion in 2012, according the report, which relied on data from Nutrition Business Journal, SPINS and Symphony IRI. Overall sales of herbal supplements have shown steady,…
Daily consumption of sea buckthorn berries, its extracts, or bilberries may boost the overall metabolic profiles of overweight women, says a new study from Finland. Using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics, researchers from the University of Turku, the University of Oulu, and Aromtech evaluated the effects of sea buckthorn, select fractions, and bilberry on…
