In the spirit of why this blog first started… becoming Skinny Sticks I recently read an article about a connection between resveratrol and weight loss. While nowhere does this article even mention wine, we all know the connection, but heck if this is true along with its anti-aging benefits I’d be happy to take the supplement (with my glass of wine of course:)). Read more here.

Anti-aging and weight are both topics set to be covered at 2011 Nutracon.

With the NutriCosmetic Summit upon us I just read a very timely article touting the benefits of taking both oral and topical products together for supersized beauty…. well ok, they didn’t say that but I did. Learn more about this dual attack strategy.

Oh happy day, yet another reason chocolate has be proven “good” for you. Read the latest in Reuters about the potentail of chocolate to help lower cholesterol. Of course as we all know, everything in moderation. Have a piece with a glass of wine and double your polyphenols intake-who knew being so bad could be so good.

Consumers want flavor like never before… and if yours is good then you’ve got unmami.

Read more as reported by the Wall St. Journal.

Horst Rechelbacher, Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients founder to will keynote the ground-breaking NutriCosmetic Summit which offeres for education, interaction and inspiration within the growing global health and nutrition beauty community.

Listen to the podcast on Functionalingredients.com

Horst was also recently featured in Vanity Fair, read the article.

Find out more about the upcoming conference, June 10, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV and co-located with Natural Products Marketplace Show.

When, where and just what consumers are buying you can track via socail networking and mobile devices.

Instant and real time consumer data is now a reality -how will you utlize it?

Read more in this NY Times article

Read more about Sabinsa’s newest branded ingredient, Chilitenoids® on NPIcenter.com, follow this link to the news release http://www.npicenter.com/anm/templates/newsATemp.aspx?articleid=26654&zoneid=2

As the numbers reported in the press release prove-2010 was a record breaking year. More than just hard numbers you know from being there, the SupplyExpo show floor has never felt so good. We hope everyone had a productive, busy and informative show that will aid your business for remainder of 2010. See you next year…. registration is already open for 2011.

As the chair of the Botanicals Track at Nutracon 2010, I would like to personally invite you to attend our afternoon session on Wednesday March 10.

People have been using herbs and spices to promote health and wellness for thousands of years but commercialization in the US has been challenging. Unique opportunities exist in the market today to combine the perspectives of traditional use with modern technology and scientific research. Given the complexities in this market, we have assembled an outstanding group of experts from a wide range of disciplines to address these issues with you.

Challenges arising in sourcing & identifying botanicals, including the documentation of purity and composition, will be discussed by Joe Betz, Ph.D., Director, Dietary Supplements Methods and Reference Materials Program for the Office of Dietary Supplements.

Dr. Ikhlas Khan, professor of pharmacognosy and assistant director of the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi, will address issues raised by FDA inspections in support of new GMP guidelines. As director of the FDA funded research program at the university’s natural products center, he has been involved in training FDA inspectors and so has unique insights to share with you.

To allow you enough time to question these experts (almost an hour), Drs Betz and Khan will be joined by Marilyn Barrett, PhD, President of Pharmacognosy.com, on a panel to discuss claims substantiation, validity and quality of botanical products in the new regulatory climate.

In the afternoon, we will hear from three academic experts how to use the full range of scientific methodology to support product development. Galen Marshall, MD PhD, professor of medicine and pediatrics, and director of the division of clinical immunology and allergy at the University of Mississippi Medical Center will focus on the rewards and risks inherent in investigating the mechanisms underlying the immune and inflammatory responses affected by herbs and spices.

Dr. Roberta Lee, Co-Director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel’s Continuum Center for Health and Healing (CCHH) at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, will share her expertise in putting traditional knowledge into a modern context. She worked with traditional practitioners for many years in Micronesia and has learned to take that wisdom into her practice in NYC. She will discuss use of traditional botanicals to affect stress and inflammatory responses.

Finally, we are lucky to have one of the foremost scientists studying the effect of spices on mechanisms of inflammation and carcinogenesis, Dr. Bharat Aggarwal, Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center joining us to conclude this session. He will give us an overview of the research in spices and point us towards new areas of opportunity coming on the horizon.

As you can see, we have an outstanding program planned, so I hope you can join us on Wednesday March 10, 2010 in Anaheim at Nutracon 2010.

Mary L Hardy,

Chair, Botanical Track- Nutracon 2010

Medical Director,

Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology

Boswellin® PS, a natural extract from the gum resin of Boswellia serrata (Indian frankincense), with enhanced water solubility and joint health support potential. Sabinsa will debut Boswellin PS at SupplyExpo booth # 313 at the Anaheim Convention Center, in Anaheim, California March 12 – 14, 2010.

Read more about Sabinsas in their exhibitor listing located in the Online Buyers’ Guide and Show Directory at supplyexpo.com. Read the complete press release for the launch of Boswellin® PS and the benefits it may provide for joint health and in managing discomfort associated with inflammation, click here.