There are many GRAS or GRAS-affirmed ingredients poised for use in foods and beverages to improve health and well-being. Some are “new,” some have been gaining traction, and some are surprisingly familiar. Here are half a dozen that merit a closer look.
New supplements combine healing herbs to provide energy, less stress, better sleep, overall improved wellness
April 8, 2020
New Chapter introduced its One Daily Multiherbal line. New Chapter’s One Daily Multiherbal is a daily dose of the most natural and essential healthy, healing herbs to help optimize your wellness regimen.
A new study suggest that exposure to stress in the first few days of life increases stress responses, anxiety and consumption of palatable "comfort" foods in adulthood.
July 31, 2013
Hormonal responses to chronic stress in adulthood seem to play a role in the increased preference for this type of food, especially in women.
Research presented at the 2013 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Expo found that people who eat during times of stress typically seek the foods they eat out of habit -- regardless of how healthy or unhealthy that food is.
July 18, 2013
Habits impact eating behavior more than stress or many other factors.
Stress has a way of suppressing an important component called an inflammasome which is needed to maintain normal gut microbiota, but probiotics reversed the effect in animal models.
April 15, 2013
Researchers were able to identify the way stress significantly altered the composition of gut bacteria and the role of probiotics.