Mushrooms

Guzen Development ~ Vegan Vitamin D

Guzen Development introduced its vegan High Vitamin D Mushroom Powder. ...More
April 16, 2012
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Just Us Girls

The breasts are a beautiful signal of womanhood, but they can also be the cause of severe illness and death. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, but natural ingredients such as phytoestrogens, ...More
October 28, 2011 By Sandy Almendarez
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WellBody 365 Maintains Immunity Under Stress

WellBody•365™, a bulk-branded ingredient designed specifically to address the negative impact of stress on immunity, reversed the deleterious effects of stress on immune function and also provided comprehensive immune support during periods of lower stress in a new study ...More
August 24, 2011
Posted in News, Immune Health
Mushroom Extract Kills Breast Cancer Cells

An extract of D fraction, a bioactive compound in maitake mushrooms, decreased the viability of human breast cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner, meaning that the more of the D-fraction that was used the more pronounced the effect, in a new study from Portugal and ...More
August 3, 2011
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EFSA OK’s Wellmune WPG® as Novel Food

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies approved Wellmune WGP® (from Biothera) as a novel food, making it the only yeast-derived beta glucan to receive the novel food designation and be permitted for use in foods, ...More
May 12, 2011
Posted in News, Immune Health
EpiCor® Science on Display at FASEB Meeting

Larry Robinson, Ph.D., vice president of scientific affairs for Embria® Health Sciences, will present a scientific poster on the immune health ingredient EpiCor® on Monday, April 11, at the FASEB Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in Washington ...More
March 30, 2011
Posted in News, Immune Health
A Sugared Society

Sugar is the new black. Americans “wear” it with everything—with their coffee, desserts, sodas, breads, cereals, sauces … everything, resulting in record high number of type 2 diabetes. But the natural products industry is busy trying to reverse the affects of America’s ...More
March 25, 2011 By Alissa Marrapodi
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Immune Health: Polysaccharides

A group of carbohydrates called polysaccharides has been active in immune research and include beta glucans and arabinogalactans. ...More
January 17, 2011 By Steve Myers
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Maitake Benefits PCOS Patients

A proprietary Maitake mushroom extract may induce ovulation in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and may be useful as an adjunct therapy for patients who failed first-line PCOS treatment, according to a recent study (J Altern Complement Med. 2010 ...More
December 21, 2010
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Agaricus Targets Inflammation in IBD

An extract of the Agaricus blazei Murill mushroom exhibited anti-inflammatory benefits to patients with inflammatory bowel disease. ...More
December 14, 2010
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