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Fortifi ed Foods Cut Into Supplement Use A


September 2016 survey from Packaged Facts, a division of Market Research Group, LLC,


showed that as much as 20 percent of the U.S. adult population is cutting back on supplement use due to consumption of fortifi ed foods. Despite this trend, nutritional supplement sales nationwide are projected to increase by $1.5 billion in just two years to $16 billion in 2018. Fortifi ed foods contain extra nutrients added by manufacturers such as cereal


fortifi ed with iron, milk with added vitamin D and pasta enhanced with folic acid. While the original intent of these additives was to improve nutritional defi ciencies in people without access to foods that naturally contain these nutrients, consequences now include an overabundance of particular nutrients for some and poor food choices due to a dependence on fortifi ed foods for others. Ingesting naturally occurring nutrients in unfortifi ed foods allows each nutrient to be absorbed together with the other vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients contained in that food, enabling them to work together within the body, according to the Harvard School of Public Health.


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esearchers from the David Grant Medical Center, at Travis Air Force Base, in Fairfi eld, California, have found that


oral doses of aloe vera can reduce fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), which indicates the average glucose level over the previous three months, in patients with Type 2 diabetes.


Data from nine clinical studies that included 89 diabetes patients were analyzed. Findings suggest that patients with a fasting blood glucose level of more than 200 milligrams per deciliter experienced the greatest benefi ts from the aloe vera.


Fenugreek Eases Menopause A


randomized, double-blind study from the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science


and Research, in Bangalore, India, has found that an extract of fenugreek husk (FHE) called FenuSMART can provide relief from common symptoms of menopause, including night sweats, insomnia, headaches, hot fl ashes and mood swings. Researchers studied 88 menopausal women between the ages of 45 and 58. Half were given one gram of FHE per day for 90 days while the other half received a placebo. The study measured the impact the supplement had on the subjects’ menopausal symptoms through weekly telephone sessions. At the study’s end, approximately 32 percent of the women in the FHE group reported no hot fl ashes, while the placebo subjects saw the frequency of theirs reduced from three to fi ve per day to one or two. Additionally, the subjects that took FHE experienced a 57 percent reduction in night sweats, a 68 percent abatement of mood swings, a 75 percent drop in insomnia and 58 percent fewer headaches.


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