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Dietary Supplements: Botanical Testing | Nutritional Outlook

Dietary Supplements: Botanical Testing | Nutritional Outlook.

Update from the front lines of natural food therapy products

Update from the front lines in food therapy. I just completed a testing protocol for a client who grows, wild harvests, and processes sustainable Amazonian camu-camu. It was deeply gratifying. Why? Because we were able to examine a promising anti-aging natural product through three critical stages of analytical testing:

• First, characterization validates camu-camu’s exceptional vitamin C content – more than 20 times that of oranges)
• Second, broad-spectrum antioxidant testing using Brunswick Labs’ next generation Total ORAC – superb performance against all 5 radicals
• Third, significant performance in a quartet of cell-based efficacy tests – oxidation, inflammation, general aging, and UVA/UVB

This protocol exemplifies the kind of continuity – from harvest to health benefit – that we can now expect to see from premier natural products. And what it shows is the powerful therapeutic effects that ethnobotanists have long proclaimed and new commercial tests confirm!

A New Year for Food Therapy!

I gave Kathleen a special birthday gift – her own super food therapy formulation. I combined all-natural whole foods like wild blueberries, chia seeds, and cinnamon in a nutrilicious blend. I estimate its broad-spectrum Total ORAC value to be ~100,000 per serving. What does this tell us? Natural food combinations like this deliver powerful therapeutic benefits in primary areas of wellness including weight management, protection against inflammation, cardiovascular health, and glucose/insulin regulation. Lo and behold, Kathleen’s resting blood glucose dropped over 20 points in less than a week 🙂

Stay tuned for more exciting news about “The Year of AntiAGEnts.”

An ORAC update

I found this recent discussion about ORAC today. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/28/ginny-bank-on-orac-values.aspx?aid=CD1057

Time for an update! The valuable info given by Ginny (who is very knowledgeable) is based on the original ORAC – which remains in wide use. However, there’s a new star on the block…Total ORAC.

Total ORAC expands upon the original ORAC patent and adds performance analysis against 4 more primary reactive species (commonly called radicals). This panel gives a picture of comprehensive broad-spectrum antioxidant capacity.

The results are quite remarkable. We can now see how a substance – whether compound or finished food product – performs individually against 5 different radicals. Some have impressive balanced performance, while others are specialists. Total ORAC brings a whole new dimension to antioxidant testing

What’s more, we advise clients to use Total ORAC in tandem with a comprehensive offering of proprietary pre-clinical efficacy tests. These tests use time-honored research tools, like cell line methods, to investigate cellular protection against oxidative stress, inflammation, glycation and other important harmful mechanisms.

We have seen significant correlations between Total ORAC results and cell line outcomes in standardized compounds, extracts, and even premium food products.

So, ask us about how to step into the next generation of ORAC testing.

No Recession for Nutritional Adventurers

No Recession for Nutritional Adventurers

All summer we have witnessed the awkward shuffling of the economy, uncertain of which way to go. Well, for health enthusiasts there is a bright spot. The race is still on for better nutritional products – from the search for novel superfruits to the development of powerful new botanical drugs. From our vantage point, a growing number of companies are ramping up their efforts to bring new and improved nutritional products and services to market.

Here’s a snapshot:

A botanical pioneer pursues new equatorial superfruit! We are Total ORAC experts and have advised many companies on using advanced testing programs to differentiate products. We’ve seen a lot of superfruits float under the bridge. This one takes the prize, with Total ORAC values significantly higher than acai. Next, we will be investigating its efficacy at the cellular level.

A South American agricultural concern has received significant investment backing to develop superfruit cultivation and processing to meet increasing global demand. We will be advising on a comprehensive science program to showcase product performance and on U.S. market channels.

A premier U.S. CRO has developed new analytical methods that advance efficacy testing for food and nutrition products. These unique methods make it possible to investigate the effects of food products on critical areas of human health, such as inflammation, oxidation, and glycation using pre-clinical, cell-based tools. We are working with the lab to market these new offerings.

A specialty U.S. contract manufacturer of consumer nutritional and skin care products has launched a new non-profit company to support cancer patients and their families. We are working with the company to design world class new products based on the latest developments in novel botanical ingredients.

A premium nutritional products growth company wants to leverage the remarkable Total ORAC results on its broad-spectrum antioxidant product line. We are working with the company to add value through concise, accurate and compelling product messaging.

Stay tuned and let us know if you need creative assistance with your nutritional product strategy.

News Alert!

Time sensitive. We have access to supplies of premium Chilean maqui freeze-dried powder (FDP) at cost-plus pricing for a limited time only. This FDP is produced mostly from Region 10 maqui in Patagonia.

Deep Roots in New England

The logo was created from the antique logo of my great-great grandfather, William Gibson Bell, shown here at his desk in Boston in the early 1900’s.

In 1857, eighteen-year-old William began an entrepreneurial career by selling fireworks for the 4th of July in Lowell, Mass. Four years later, he founded The William G. Bell Company, renowned to this day for Bell’s Seasoning.

He created and marketed premium nutrition products, scouring the globe for precious ingredients like Jamaican ginger, Zanzibar clove, Batavian cinnamon, and Dalmatian sage.

His genius lay in savory combinations that enhanced the cuisines of the finest establishments of the day. His clients were Harvard College, The Grand Central Hotel in New York City, The Piedmont Hotel in Atlanta, the Lenox Hotel in Boston, the Hotel Titchfield in Jamaica, and the Algonquin in Maine.

At Bell Ventures, we are proud to continue the legacy of William G. Bell by applying imagination and energy to innovation in nutrition.