A healthy body and mind are essential to athletic performance. Silvi Siddhu, Technical and Scientific Manager for Nutraceuticals at Univar Solutions talks about the beneficial role of prebiotics in active nutrition. There is a bidirectional relationship between exercise and composition of the gut microbiota. Modifying the gut microbiota may help improve overall health, energy availability, exercise performance and recovery. Prebiotics selectively enhance the growth of healthy microbiota and supplements containing prebiotics or synbiotics are beneficial in exercise performance and recovery. Regardless of age or activity type, people are looking to fuel their workouts and lifestyles in an effort to promote physical, mental and cognitive health with a focus on longevity and quality of life. For an active sports person or a fitness enthusiast, taking care of gut health is beneficial for overall health.
Driving Sustainability in Nutraceuticals: How Ingredient Brands Are Raising the Bar
April 26th 2024Health-minded consumers, especially Generation Z, value nutraceutical companies with sustainability embedded into their corporate philosophy—from product development to packaging. This article discusses how responsible companies are responding to the consumer call for greater sustainability by implementing environmentally friendly manufacturing practices that ultimately lead to waste reduction, improved supplier communications and lower supply chain risk. Those who have taken steps to demonstrate a genuine commitment to sustainability are standing out with improved outcomes for all.
The Link Between Immune Health Benefits & Healthy, Active Lifestyles
January 11th 2024Better immune health means more healthy, active days – and who doesn’t want that? Now, we’re in an era where consumers want to be proactive about their immune health. Nutritional Outlook’s latest podcast highlights one key immune health ingredient, IMMUSE™, that brings a unique mode of action to activate pDCs (plasmacytoid dendritic cells)* — a pivotal leader within the immune system.
What Today’s Cognitive Health Consumers are Focusing On
January 10th 2024Nootropics have become a buzzword in the supplement space, and formulators are faced with a number of different ingredient options to use in their next formulation. In this podcast, Nutritional Outlook explores a clinically researched brain health ingredient, Cognizin® Citicoline, that can help supply the required nutrition that the brain needs to stay focused and alert all day long.
The Link Between Immune Health Benefits & Healthy, Active Lifestyles (January 2024)
January 11th 2024Better immune health means more healthy, active days – and who doesn’t want that? Now, we’re in an era where consumers want to be proactive about their immune health. Nutritional Outlook’s latest podcast highlights one key immune health ingredient, IMMUSE™, that brings a unique mode of action to activate pDCs (plasmacytoid dendritic cells)* — a pivotal leader within the immune system.
What Today’s Cognitive Health Consumers are Focusing On (January 2024)
January 10th 2024Nootropics have become a buzzword in the supplement space, and formulators are faced with a number of different ingredient options to use in their next formulation. In this podcast, Nutritional Outlook explores a clinically researched brain health ingredient, Cognizin® Citicoline, that can help supply the required nutrition that the brain needs to stay focused and alert all day long.