On Apr. 22, 2024, New York State’s ban on weight-loss and muscle building supplements took effect. The law, which was signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Oct. 25, 2023, prohibits retailers from selling dietary supplements marketed for “weight loss” or “muscle building” to anyone under 18 years old. On Dec. 5, 2023, the […] The post New York Supplements Ban Takes Effect, Retailers Respond appeared first on Vitamin Retailer Magazine ..read more

A federal judge in New York State announced the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has standing to sue on behalf of its members. CRN filed a lawsuit against New York on Mar. 13. The law prohibits the sale of certain dietary supplements “labeled, marketed, or otherwise represented” for weight loss or muscle building to individuals […] The post New York Federal Court Says CRN Can Sue Over Supplements Ban appeared first on Vitamin Retailer Magazine ..read more

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) announced the adoption of two new sets of voluntary guidance. One focuses on the formation, labeling and packaging of melatonin supplements. The other focuses on labeling of gummy supplements. The new guidelines were adopted by CRN’s Board of Directors on Mar. 28. According to the association, the updated melatonin […] The post CRN Releases New Guidelines for Melatonin and Gummy Supplements appeared first on Vitamin Retailer Magazine ..read more

Natural Path Silver Wings (NPSW, Nashville, TN) has been manufacturing colloidal silver immune support supplements and silver topical skin care products since 1994. This year the company is celebrating its 30th anniversary. NPSW Co-founders Mark Smith, ND, PhD, MD (MA) and Liz Smith, RN researched silver minerals for years before creating its popular formula, the […] The post Natural Path Silver Wings Celebrates its 30-year Anniversary appeared first on Vitamin Retailer Magazine ..read more

Consumers in Japan are shying away from dietary supplements and functional food products following a health scare from red yeast rice products manufactured by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (Osaka, Japan). Since March, more than 100 people have been hospitalized and five people died, after taking Kobayashi products containing red yeast rice (called beni koji in Japanese). A […] The post Functional Food and Supplement Sales Decline in Japan Following Deaths appeared first on Vitamin Retailer Magazine ..read more

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Uber Technologies (San Francisco, CA) announced a new nationwide partnership with The Vitamin Shoppe (Secaucus, NJ) to bring the wellness retailer’s selection of products to Uber Eats. Approximately, 700 locations of The Vitamin Shoppe are now available on Uber Eats across the United States. The Vitamin Shoppe is a global speciality retailer and wellness lifestyle […] The post Uber Eats Partners With The Vitamin Shoppe appeared first on Vitamin Retailer Magazine ..read more

E-commerce giant Amazon (Seattle, WA) announced it will discontinue its autonomous “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology from most of its locations. “We’ve invested a lot of time redesigning a number of our Amazon Fresh stores over the last year, offering a better overall shopping experience with more value, convenience, and selection—and so far we’ve seen […] The post Amazon Walks Away From Just Walk Out Technology appeared first on Vitamin Retailer Magazine ..read more

More than 1 million people in the United States identify as transgender, but there is limited research on nutrition-related health outcomes for this demographic. However, Eli Kalman-Rome, a graduate student of nutrition at George Mason University, wanted to investigate the common motivations of dietary supplement use among transmasculine people. The study defines “transmasculine” as people […] The post Study Investigates Supplement Use Among Transmasculine People appeared first on Vitamin Retailer Magazine ..read more

Astaxanthin is one of my favorite nutraceuticals due to its broad range of beneficial effects demonstrated in human clinical research. As such, I have already written a few articles about it (see my articles in the May 2012, September 2020, and July 2023 issues of Vitamin Retailer). In the current issue, I’m going to review […] The post The Visual Benefits of Astaxanthin for Gaming & More appeared first on Vitamin Retailer Magazine ..read more