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Emergen-C is an effervescent, powdered drink mix vitamin supplement manufactured by Alacer Corp. The Emergen-C product line was introduced in 1978. [ 1 ] Alacer was established as a private company in 1972, focusing on vitamin supplements containing vitamin C .
The Kobayashi red yeast rice scandal (Japanese: 小林製薬紅麹サプリメント問題) is an ongoing widespread supplement contamination that was first noted on 22 March 2024, resulting in numerous health problems to people taking the supplements in Japan and Taiwan. Up to 80 people died after taking the supplements, with at least 500 more ...
Bodybuilding supplements (1 C, 22 P) E. Energy drinks (2 C, 101 P) Energy food products (19 P) N. Nutritional supplement companies (3 C, 20 P) R. Relaxation drinks (7 ...
High levels of niacin, an essential B vitamin, may raise the risk of heart disease by triggering inflammation and damaging blood vessels, according to new research.. The report, published Monday ...
As of 2007 and 2009, supplements for infant formula accounted for 91% of the company's sales, [8] [5] bringing one commentator to note the firm was a "pure play" investment target. [9] In February 2010, Martek acquired Amerifit, a dietary supplement company, in a bid to expand beyond supplements for baby food. [5]
Airborne is an American brand of dietary supplement containing herbal extracts, amino acids, antioxidants, electrolytes, vitamins, and other ingredients originally marketed as preventing the common cold and improving immune function. [1] The benefits of its use are unsupported by robust clinical research. [1]
Among the ingredients sometimes listed by makers are magnesium peroxide, or "deionized water and sodium chloride [salt]". It cannot contain simple liquid oxygen, which would boil at −183 °C (−297.4 °F; 90.1 K) at normal pressure, but ostensibly contains oxygen in some other form, like hydrogen peroxide , that will be released after ...
In 2002 the US Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the product's promoters for making unsubstantied health claims. [2] [7] On June 12, 2003, the FDA and FTC lodged a complaint that the two companies and their owners, Jason and Bela Berkes, had misled their customers with claims that Seasilver cured 650 diseases, including AIDS and some types of cancer.