Vitamins, Diet and Sports Nutrition

EUGENE, Ore. — Quantum Health recently unveiled a refreshed look for its line of natural products, which range from lozenges to supplements. In redesigning its packaging, the company looked to its consumers for their opinion, settling on a look that consumers say is more natural and better display the products’ quality.

WAUKESHA, Wis. – Hamacher Resource Group on March 31 will be presenting the session, “Driving Front-end Profits Through Category Management” to their client Drogueria Betances’ Annual Pharmacy Business Conference and Trade Show in Puerto Rico, the company announced Thursday.

NEW YORK – LoveBug earlier this month launched a new probiotic blend for pregnant and nursing moms called Lovebug Probiotics Labor of Love.

“Developing good health for baby begins in the mother’s womb,” stated Ashley Harris, CEO LoveBug. Labor of Love is a specially-formulated probiotic blend designed to help nurture both mom and baby – especially as baby is developing a healthy microbiome.  This special blend helps boost immunity for both mommy and baby for better health during pregnancy and while nursing.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Living Essentials announced Thursday that its new MLB-themed Extra Strength Apple Pie flavored 5-hour Energy shot is now available.

“We are very excited to be working with MLB as an official MLB All-Star Game partner,” stated Melissa Skabich, Living Essentials’ communications director. “The extra strength varieties are our best sellers, and we’re confident that consumers will be as excited as we are about the MLB-themed Apple Pie flavored Extra Strength 5-hour Energy.”

NEW YORK — Crave Crush on Thursday introduced a mint lozenge that reduces sugar cravings.  Its main ingredient, gymnema, is a natural leaf extract that helps support healthy dietary habits by influencing the tongue's sweet taste receptors, thereby preventing activation of those receptors by sugar molecules and preventing those receptors from signaling the brain.

PITTSBURGH — Women who are pregnant are not likely to have a diet optimal to that pregnancy, according to a study published Friday in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

Many healthy maternal diets have been linked to reduced risks of preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, preeclampsia and maternal obesity.

SAN DIEGO — More than half of college football athletes participating in the NFL Combine had inadequate levels of vitamin D, and this left them more susceptible to muscle injuries, according to a study at Hospital for Special Surgery.