International Probiotic’s Association is partnering with Nutrasource at the October SupplySide West 2016 in Las Vegas to bring the Probiotics Resource Center, an education and networking pavilion. Nutrasource’s Jennifer Andrews shares an insightful Q&A conducted with IPA’s Executive Director, George Paraskevakos. Some of the questions: How has the probiotics market changed in last 5 years? New areas being […]
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Don't Miss: Nutrasource Q&A with IPA's George Paraskevakos
International Probiotic’s Association is partnering with Nutrasource at the October SupplySide West 2016 in Las Vegas to bring the Probiotics Resource Center, an education and networking pavilion. Nutrasource’s Jennifer Andrews shares an insightful Q&A conducted with IPA’s Executive Director, George Paraskevakos. Some of the questions: How has the probiotics market changed in last 5 years? New areas being […]
IPA Excited for 2016 Harvard Probiotics Symposium
Metabolic and brain function are the focus of the 2016 Harvard Probiotics Symposium: Gut Health, Microbiota & Probiotics throughout the lifespan. Top researchers from around the globe will present their latest research in what promises to be a stimulating two days in Boston, Massachusetts. It’s a bit early for leaf peeping but Boston is colorful […]
In Alzheimer’s, Microbes Mind the Mental Gap
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is fearsome, affecting 44 million people worldwide; worse, those numbers are growing as populations age. While seemingly random, AD does not strike equally. Western Europe and North America claim the most whereas AD is least prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa. Aha! Here’s a clue which lines up with the role of microbes in […]
No Bliss in Probiotic Ignorance
As you would expect, party banter sometimes leads to probiotics. Seems no one really knows too much but most people are aware of their importance, similar to how we feel about a political map of the Middle East. Leigh Galasso, a graduate student at D’Youville College decided to find out what consumers know and analyze […]
Colic Soothed by Probiotics
A baby cries–that’s normal. But when a baby cannot be consoled—by a hug, milk or a diaper change—parents worry. Colic is that ceaseless run of crying in the first few months of life that deprives everyone of sleep but then often stops just as mysteriously as it began. Parents do know that gastrointestinal distress often […]