Friday, October 7, 2011
In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Study shows Mannatech’s Ambrotose® complex improves well-being in healthy adults
September 28, 2011
In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving more than 100 healthy adults, individuals who consumed Ambrotose complex powder reported numerous health and well-being benefits following 12 weeks of intake, compared with subjects taking a placebo. The study was conducted by Dr. Talitha Best, a post-doctoral research fellow at the Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, University of South Australia (UniSA), and the Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Associate Professor Eva Kemps, Flinders University, and Dr. Janet Bryan, UniSA (1)‡. Healthy adults taking Ambrotose complex powder perceived numerous quality-of-life benefits, including some that have been confirmed by formal cognitive testing (2)‡,(3).†* Gastrointestinal effects were also among the perceived benefits reported by individuals who consumed Ambrotose complex.”
* This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
† Mannatech provided the Ambrotose supplement and placebo used in this study.
‡ Mannatech provided partial funding and provided the Ambrotose supplement and placebo used in this study.
Best T, Kemps E, Bryan J (2011) Perceived changes in well-being following polysaccharide intake in middle-aged adults. Applied Res Qual Life.
Best T, Howe P, Bryan J, et al (2011) Plant polysaccharides, memory and cognition in middle-aged adults. Presented at the 38th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference in Aukland, New Zealand, April 28-30, 2011.
Best T, Kemps E, Bryan J (2010) Saccharide effects on cognition and well-being in middle-aged adults: A randomized controlled trial. Dev Neuropsych 35:66-80.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Did you know 95% of vitamin/mineral supplements sold in Health Food Stores/MLM/Dr's are synthetic? http://bit.ly/n8fXKf $20 billion sold.
Expert Advice on Natural Vitamins Today
Did you know that 95% of vitamin/mineral supplements sold in North America today are synthetic?1 In most cases, that means you’ll find rocks, petroleum and coal tar in the supplements you’re taking to help you maintain a healthy life.
A bit shocking, isn’t it?
It’s a mantra that we at Mannatech® have placed at the very center of our being, especially over the past few weeks. At the beginning of September, more than one thousand of our top Associates in North America came together and helped us launch the Real Switch Challenge, a campaign where we’re simply asking people to consider a switch from a synthetic supplement to one based on Real Food Technology® solutions. As you can see in this video, it’s a pretty compelling story.
Underscoring that message is our own Co-CEO and Chief Science Officer, Dr. Rob Sinnott. His recent post on the newly redesigned AllAboutMannatech.com titled My Thoughts on Natural Vitamins in 2011 is a real eye-opener. It combines practicality, professionalism and passion, and it’s great reading for the typical HealthyScience.net reader.
Here are just a few excerpts to whet your appetite:
There are analytical machines readily available today, including those in Mannatech’s own R&D laboratory, that can blindly distinguish plant-sourced compounds from “bioidentical” compounds synthesized from fossil fuels such as coal tar or petroleum.
As would be expected, the carbon isotope ratios of natural vitamins derived from recently harvested organisms are quite different from those of vitamins synthesized from fossil fuels.
Science aside, I have found that when consumers are aware that there is a choice between naturally sourced vitamins and synthetic vitamins, they overwhelmingly prefer the natural vitamins.
From http://bit.ly/rjKMlD
Read Dr. Sinnott’s post on natural vitamins now.
A bit shocking, isn’t it?
It’s a mantra that we at Mannatech® have placed at the very center of our being, especially over the past few weeks. At the beginning of September, more than one thousand of our top Associates in North America came together and helped us launch the Real Switch Challenge, a campaign where we’re simply asking people to consider a switch from a synthetic supplement to one based on Real Food Technology® solutions. As you can see in this video, it’s a pretty compelling story.
Underscoring that message is our own Co-CEO and Chief Science Officer, Dr. Rob Sinnott. His recent post on the newly redesigned AllAboutMannatech.com titled My Thoughts on Natural Vitamins in 2011 is a real eye-opener. It combines practicality, professionalism and passion, and it’s great reading for the typical HealthyScience.net reader.
Here are just a few excerpts to whet your appetite:
There are analytical machines readily available today, including those in Mannatech’s own R&D laboratory, that can blindly distinguish plant-sourced compounds from “bioidentical” compounds synthesized from fossil fuels such as coal tar or petroleum.
As would be expected, the carbon isotope ratios of natural vitamins derived from recently harvested organisms are quite different from those of vitamins synthesized from fossil fuels.
Science aside, I have found that when consumers are aware that there is a choice between naturally sourced vitamins and synthetic vitamins, they overwhelmingly prefer the natural vitamins.
From http://bit.ly/rjKMlD
Read Dr. Sinnott’s post on natural vitamins now.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Vitamin Myth Exposed By Brian Clement
The Organic Consumers Association is proud to announce a new nationwide campaign called "Nutri-Con: The Truth About Vitamins & Supplements." Nutri-Con will expose the hazards and limited effectiveness of synthetic vitamins and supplements, and strive to create mass consumer awareness and marketplace demand for truly organic, "naturally occurring" vitamins, botanicals, and supplements. Part of this campaign will be the implementation of a new set of Naturally Occurring Standards (NOS), certification procedures, and labels which are truly "organic and beyond," and to expose the fact that 90% or more of the vitamins and supplements now on the market labeled as "natural" or "food based" actually are spiked with synthetic chemicals. The first company to meet these new NOS strict standards in the natural supplements sector is Botani Organics
A major underlying theme of this campaign will be to steadily inform and remind consumers that Big Pharma's prescription and over the counter drugs are generally hazardous substances offering no real solution to our health problems; while preventive health and wellness promotion, traditional holistic remedies, and complementary medicine practices represent the "organic road" to health. In terms of wellness promotion, there is no doubt that an organic whole foods-based diet and a healthy lifestyle are the "best medicine" for those of us trying to survive and keep our families healthy in the toxic soup of 100,000 synthetic chemicals that surround us everyday, polluting our food, water,medicines, homes, and environment. But as we complement our organic whole foods-based diet with herbs and supplements, we need to make sure that these vitamins and botanicals are derived from naturally occurring plant and mineral sources, and that they contain no synthetic chemicals whatsoever.
Below is the first installment of an eye-opening new book, "Vitamin Myth Exposed," by Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Institute, which the OCA will be publishing over the next 60 days. This book is nothing less than the opening salvo in a campaign that OCA believes will revolutionize the $20 billion vitamin and supplements industry. OCA sees this effort as part of our ongoing efforts to establish and safeguard strict organic standards in food and farming, clothing, body care, and other important consumer sectors.
We invite you to please circulate the "Vitamin Myth Exposed," widely to friends and family, and to talk to your local natural foods store or coop about joining forces with the OCA in this important new campaign.
For Health and an Organic Future,
Ronnie Cummins
National Director, Organic Consumers Association
http://www.organicconsumers.org
A major underlying theme of this campaign will be to steadily inform and remind consumers that Big Pharma's prescription and over the counter drugs are generally hazardous substances offering no real solution to our health problems; while preventive health and wellness promotion, traditional holistic remedies, and complementary medicine practices represent the "organic road" to health. In terms of wellness promotion, there is no doubt that an organic whole foods-based diet and a healthy lifestyle are the "best medicine" for those of us trying to survive and keep our families healthy in the toxic soup of 100,000 synthetic chemicals that surround us everyday, polluting our food, water,medicines, homes, and environment. But as we complement our organic whole foods-based diet with herbs and supplements, we need to make sure that these vitamins and botanicals are derived from naturally occurring plant and mineral sources, and that they contain no synthetic chemicals whatsoever.
Below is the first installment of an eye-opening new book, "Vitamin Myth Exposed," by Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Institute, which the OCA will be publishing over the next 60 days. This book is nothing less than the opening salvo in a campaign that OCA believes will revolutionize the $20 billion vitamin and supplements industry. OCA sees this effort as part of our ongoing efforts to establish and safeguard strict organic standards in food and farming, clothing, body care, and other important consumer sectors.
We invite you to please circulate the "Vitamin Myth Exposed," widely to friends and family, and to talk to your local natural foods store or coop about joining forces with the OCA in this important new campaign.
For Health and an Organic Future,
Ronnie Cummins
National Director, Organic Consumers Association
http://www.organicconsumers.org
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