Countdown to Supply Side East
It’s wheels up on the 24th: I’m off to New Jersey and Supply Side East – a natural foods/supplement ingredient trade show. It’s been a while since I’ve been to one of these – I hit the Natural Products Expo in Boston a couple of years ago,...
read moreFDA Issues Warning About Lipodissolve
The agency has posted both a consumer warning + the warning letters it sent to six medical spas offering the treatment. It’s a controversial procedure, although it does have its proponents. Nonetheless, the lack of reliable clinical data is troubling. I can sympathize...
read moreWhat Would Jesus Eat?
Ok, I’m not quite sure of what to make of this latest… well, “study” by Brian Wansink, the director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab and author of “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.” I’m going to let this LA...
read moreAnother “Free Trial” Scammer Bites the Dust
Attorney General announces Settlement with Arvada-based Nutra Pills, Inc. 03/19/2010 …The Office of the Attorney General learned through its investigation that Bezoni’s Arvada-based company, which has operated under the names Golf Nutrition Sciences and GNS, used...
read moreGood Luck To All!
I bet I read this phrase once every other day whilst moderating visitor feedback over at Real-Customer-Comments.com. And every single time I do, I shake my head. Here’s the context… An intrepid visitor arrives at the site to read some existing comments on one...
read moreSanta Clara County Considering Limits on Fast Food Marketing to Children
That sounds like a good thing, doesn’t it? And maybe it is… but I have some real mixed feelings about it, nonetheless. According to Nation’s Restaurant News… SAN JOSE, Calif. (March 26, 2010) The Santa Clara County board of supervisors will begin to...
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