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January 21, 2024  Jane Jackson, RN, CRC  Nutra-News Vitamin B6 and B12 are essential in forming red blood cells and fortifying the immune system. There are differences between the two in other functions they perform. Vitamin B6 helps regulate hormones. Vitamin B12 aids in...

January 18, 2024  Jane Jackson, RN, CRC  Nutra-News B vitamins are essential to maintain the health of the nervous system, skin, eyes, hair, liver, mouth, muscles, and cognitive function. B-complex vitamins – including B1, B2, B3, and B5 – function as coenzymes that help enzymes...

1/8/2024 Jane Jackson, RN, CRC Nutra-News Eating a healthy diet is difficult for most Americans. The US Department of Agriculture estimates people in the US routinely consume only 60% of the recommended daily allowance of key essential nutrients. Many foods today lack adequate...

1/7/2024 Jane Jackson, RN, CRC Nutra-News The dietary supplement market is highly profitable.  Annual sales in 2021 topped $145 billion with a projected market value expected to exceed $240 billion by 2028. Some reasons for this staggering profitability are Dietary supplements...

1/5/2024  Jane Jackson, RN, CRC – Nutra-Files Dietary supplements have undergone a remarkable evolution throughout history.  Supplements have played a pivotal role in health and wellness.  Dietary supplements date back thousands of years.  Ancient Chinese medicine used...

12/26/2023   Jane Jackson   Nutra-Files.com The label of a dietary supplement product must be truthful and contain at least one of three types of claims. Health Claim – describe a relationship between a food, food component, or dietary supplement ingredient and reducing the...

12/25/2023  Jane Jackson, RN, CRC – Nutra-Files Dietary supplements are a wide range of products intended to add/or supplement the diet.  Supplements are ingested and come in many forms, including tablets, capsules, soft gels, gel caps, powders, bars, gummies, and liquids....

December 23, 2023 Jane Jackson, RN, CRC  Nutra-News Nutraceutical is two words put together – nutrition and pharmaceutical. Herbaceuticals is a combination of herbal and pharmaceutical. Both are non-prescription dietary supplements. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...