Joint & Bone Health

Why vitamin K2 could be the missing link for bone health strategies.

Vermeer is a longtime research partner of dietary supplements ingredients supplier NattoPharma, which supplies its MenaQ7 brand of vitamin K2.

The companies are working together again on MenaQ7 vitamin K2, after a four-year break.

The ingredient makes inclusion in aqueous products easier, without requiring extra processing steps such as microencapsulation or emulsification.

Nexira's Simag ingredient can be formulated into foods, beverages, and dietary supplements.

The firm says Osteum contains native micellar calcium derived from fresh milk.

Japanese and Taiwan manufacturers now have access to water-soluble egg membrane ingredients.

Biova LLC specializes in water-soluble egg membrane ingredients such as BiovaFlex for joint health, BiovaDerm for skin care, and BiovaPlex for animal health.

A new proprietary probiotic strain of Lactobacillus lactis helps the body naturally produce a higher level of vitamin K2.

At SupplySide Marketplace, InterHealth will talk about its recently completed, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled research on its joint-health ingredient UC-II in healthy, exercising adults.

The company says the benefit of its compound is its lack of side effects.

The supplement is undergoing a nationwide mass-market Walgreens rollout.

Results of a three-year trial on bone health in 244 postmenopausal women.

According to researchers, early results indicate that KoACT shifts the balance in favor of bone formation over bone resorption.

Lyc-O-Fem should answer concerns about fast-metabolizing genistein.

KollaGen II-xs is a chicken sternum collagen type II powder hydrolysate; KollaGen I,V,X is the company’s eggshell membrane powder; and TendoGuard is a mixture of collagen type II and eggshell membrane powder.

The joint-health ingredient is produced using the company’s patented Hydro5 technology.

The Council for Responsible Nutrition has responded to two February-published research studies questioning the safety of supplemental calcium nutrition.

Subjects were first evaluated to confirm that they did not meet the American College of Rheumatology criteria for osteoarthritis.

ParActin is sold by ingredients supplier HP Ingredients (Bradenton, FL).

Regenasure glucosamine is a non-shellfish glucosamine.

InFat is a unique fat said to enable easy digestion and optimize uptake of calcium, fat recovery, and energy.

High doses of intravenous vitamin C may reduce arthritic pain.

New analysis of the Women's Health Initiative.

The webinar will be available to members of Pharmacist Society and Generation N, two online social media communities.