Todayís youth-driven culture has spurred consumers to learn more about the role antioxidants, vitamins and other substances have on keeping the youthful appearance of skin.

Marketing products for digestive maladies can be difficult, when the public is still becoming educated on the subject. Ingredients such as soluble and insoluble fiber, prebiotics and probiotics and resistant starches can be incorporated into foods to help the more than 70 million Americans with bowel disorders.

Good news for knees; botanical trademarks; nutritional functionality from omega-3s; industry leaders join for joint health; new fair trade certification in the U.S.; and more.

Today, stress is a factor of life. If people are not stressed, they tend to perceive themselves as lazy or complacent.

One of the key contributing charact-eristics that appear in aging and age-related health conditions is a loss of the membrane integrity making up human tissue, particularly in the brain and cardiovascular system. 

Diabetes is a disease best managed by diet and exercise. Items such as the glycemic index, fiber, slowly digestible carbohydrates, omega-3s and good nutrition are tools that consumers can use to manage or prevent ìMetabolic Syndromeî and type 2 diabetes.

* Inflammation opportunities aflame
* A closer look at omega-3s
* Antioxidant insights
* The time has come for dietary fiber and prebiotics
* Probiotic promotions

The human body plays host to numerous “friendly” bacteria, housing them comfortably in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

Many will agree that everyone likes potatoes in almost any form.

Energy-boosting sugar; relief for the stressed; a cholesterol-lowering plant extract; functionality sans sugar; new USP monographs; and a non-GMO-derived isomaltulose.