In this season of giving gifts and thanks, let us take a minute to honor the sweet foundation of Mannatech’s success: Manapol aloe vera gel extract. Manapol extract, Mannatech’s very special polysaccharide, is a long-chain carbohydrate consisting mostly of the simple sugar mannose. It was licensed to Mannatech in 1994 when we first introduced the [...]
Recent studies have caused many nutrition scientists to reconsider appropriate daily calcium intake. Concerns about intake of RDA levels of supplemental calcium (1,000 mg/day) were raised a few years ago when a seven-year study of over 36,000 postmenopausal women showed that, while such supplementation resulted in a small but significant improvement in hip bone density, [...]
In a previous Healthy Science blog, Supplements 101: The Basics of Dietary Supplement Labels, we offered a few simple tips to help consumers discern dietary supplement quality by careful product label reading. There is, of course, much more to making good dietary supplement choices. Let’s consider the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s (CRN) guidance, “One Dozen [...]
People take Mannatech’s Ambrotose® products for lots of reasons. Many appreciate them for the enhanced well-being and immune support they provide. Would it surprise you that many people also report cognitive benefits from taking Ambrotose products? It shouldn’t. Independent scientists have shown, in three “gold-standard” randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, that the recommended daily serving of [...]
I have a gut feeling … … that many of us underestimate the important role our gastrointestinal tract plays in our overall health. If you have been following the literature, however, you will have noticed an explosion of scientific interest in this area—research made possible with the development of creative tools that can explore the [...]
At the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s annual meeting this fall, Dr. Robert Gould, a behavioral scientist and President and CEO of the Partnership for Prevention, challenged corporate executives to take an active role in promoting the wellness of their employees. Why? Experts agree that, regardless of the impact of healthcare legislation in the U.S., costs [...]
Good news for dietary supplement consumers! On May 24, 2010, U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (Iowa) and Orrin Hatch (Utah) introduced the Dietary Supplement Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2010 (DSFIEA) (S.3414), legislation that would ensure that the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) and other requirements for dietary supplements are fully implemented and [...]
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