LEHVOSS News

Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 04 December 2020

What is great for you is great for them too: with this new marketing statement, our partner Bergstrom Nutrition has recently started to see great success in the USA pet food market with more expected to come in 2021.

The concept is quite simple: The same OptiMSM® that supports human joints and mobility does the same for your pets and it is beneficial for pet's overall health, including a healthy coat & nails, immunity, and reduced oxidative stress.

According to the data, the pet nutrition market is undergoing a shift that mirrors recent trends in the human market. As more consumers become conscious of their own diets, they are also increasingly asking questions about what they are feeding their pets and searching for ingredients on par with what they would consume themselves.

Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 01 December 2020

What about having an immunity support ingredient that works after few hours of ingestion?

A well-known clinical trial (Jensen et al., 2011) shows evidence that EpiCor® starts to work within two (2) hours. This rapid response clinical trial was a randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled human clinical trial on healthy adults.

The results of this study showed that expression of the immune receptors was higher when subjects were treated with EpiCor® compared to when they were treated with placebo, indicating that Natural Killer (NK) cells had been activated within one or two hours. See below two figures that show the key results from this study.

Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 27 November 2020

Our partners Golden Omega have a new generation of patented processes for purification (second generation stripping) and concentration (selective crystallization) of Omega-3 Fatty Acids, materialized in three international patents (US8258330, US8586772 y US8957231). As a result, Golden Omega fish oil concentrates benefit from very low peroxide and anisidine values (Totox typically 3-5), contaminants below detection limits and Gardner color 2 or below. In fact, theses results can be seen and tested in each of their EE and TG ingredients, which supports the statement “quality you can see”.

Furthermore, Golden Omega’s production technologies utilise 100% renewable energy. Golden Omega is more than ever committed to sustainable principles, such as the development and implementation of efficient eco-friendly technologies and operations, fair labour practices and community engagement.

Download here the latest Golden Omega product range, which includes also the three available grades of Gotab, Omega-3 powder for tablets.

Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 12 November 2020

Like you, we need our customers to keep well, and this goes beyond immunity. Eye health support, cognitive health, focus and mood support and exercise recovery are additional aspects of our daily life, which now more than ever become key.

With most of our time now spent at home and in front of a computer, our eyes are increasingly exposed to monitors and other devices. Cognitive well-being becomes challenging if opportunities for social contact, hobbies and travelling are less than what we are used to or non- existence.

Exercising becomes not only a good reason to keep the body fit but a key activity to take care of ourselves and help the mind to become more relaxed and less stressed. However, exercising can be challenging if the body is not used to it or it is not part of a routine.

We at LEHVOSS Nutrition have researched some of our science driven ingredients and combinations to offer an overview on how they can help you in your new formulations.

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Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 20 October 2020

Stress plays a significant role in how the immune system responds to daily challenges.

Scientific evidence demonstrates the role of OptiMSM® in supporting a healthy immune response. OptiMSM® safeguards the immune system’s ability to respond to threats and helps to mitigate the excessive response to inflammation.

The role of inflammation and oxidative stress is key, particularly in recovery. The importance of this extends to active lifestyle consumers, as aging and additional stress potentially inhibits the recovery process.

Scientific research demonstrates OptiMSM®’s ability to improve inflammatory response, reduce oxidative stress and increase performance.

Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 16 October 2020

Nowadays, it is all about finding the right balance for optimal immune support. With more than 15 published studies (8 human clinical trials) EpiCor® has demonstrated its ability to support the immune system (rapid response and prolonged support) without overstimulation and while modulating the gut microbiome.

How?

EpiCor® is the first and only fermentate with a unique metabolite and nutrient fingerprint composition, with nothing extracted during or after the fermentation process. This offers numerous benefits of a multi-active ingredient composition, difficult to match with a single active ingredient.

Furthermore, EpiCor® works through the gut to strengthen the immune system so there is no need to overcome the challenge of gut colonization or relying on resident gut microflora to benefit from its immune support.

Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 13 October 2020

“Recovery focused sports nutrition is becoming just as relevant to the everyday active consumer as it is to the elite athlete but brands need to create consumer-centric products and marketing if they are to tap into the potentially huge audience”.

This was the message from the first episode of Nutraingredients Sports and Active Nutrition Broadcast Series aired end of September.

During the webinar, Nick Morgan, founder of Sports Integrated, carried out an audience poll in which he asked whether performance or recovery is more relevant to the consumer today and revealed that 69% of the audience chose “recovery”.

Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 09 October 2020

An expert panel has recently produced a white paper¹ with a set of recommendations regarding the diet and micronutrient supplement needs of the Swiss and wider European population, in order to support a well-functioning immune system for optimal health.

The white paper states that, in recent publications, recommendations were made for nutrients to support well-functioning immune system in the general and healthy population. The paper particularly highlights the role of Vitamin D.

The document mentions Vitamin D levels are frequently suboptimal, inadequate or deficient, likely due to reduced exposure to sunlight and synthesis in the skin and that Vitamin D deficiency or inadequacy is associated with a general dysregulation of the innate and adaptive immune system as well as increased levels of inflammation.

Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 28 September 2020

A long-awaited meta-analysis has been recently published (September 17, 2020) and correlates increased Omega-3 oral intakes to positive cardiovascular benefits. A total of 40 studies combining 135,267 participants, were included in the analysis.

The article, which was published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that EPA/DHA supplementation was associated with the following major reductions in cardiovascular outcomes: 35% reduced risk of fatal myocardial infarction (MI), 13% reduced risk of MI, 10% reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) events, 9% reduced risk of CHD mortality and 5% reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) event.

More importantly, there was a protective effect when increasing the dosage. An additional one gram per day of EPA + DHA resulted in an additional, statistically significant, 9% reduction in the risk of MI and 5.8% reduction in the risk of CVD events.

Details: Written by: Sarah Gates; 25 September 2020

Proprietary Bacognize® Extract is a scientifically researched, natural standardized formula derived from Bacopa monnieri known to promote cognitive function, cognitive acuity, focus without stimulating side effects, and working memory.

Bacopa is a low-lying perennial succulent plant known to filter toxins from its surrounding environment. This water-loving herb grows in ponds, tidal lands, and wetlands in the tropical climates of Southern and Eastern India, Australia, Europe, Africa, Asia, Sri Lanka, and North and South America.

A majority of Bacopa in India is grown in the rice paddy fields of Eastern and North-Eastern India after the rice crop harvest, where the soil is known to have trace residue of agricultural herbicides and pesticides commonly used in rice agriculture and harvest, which has the potential to contaminate the botanical. Moreover, traditional open drying practices are not controlled to protect the Bacopa crop from possible fungal growth during storage that may also lead to contamination.

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