http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:03:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last year, I attended the Council for Responsible Nutrition's annual conference in Arizona. It's a great event that brings business leaders together to learn about the scientific and regulatory issues that Steve Mister, Judy Blatman and the whole team at CRN do a great job overseeing every day from ... http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/08/14/crns-the-conference-hotel-nearly-sold-out/ Nutrition Business Journal will soon launch a PDA-based mobile news and analysis service for CEOs for a small montly fee. If you are interested in being alerted of this service when it launches, please indicate your interest via the NBJ Mobile form. And stay tuned! -Patrick http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/08/11/nbj-mobile-ceo-services/ The Nutrition Capital Network Investor Forum returns this fall at Natural Products Expo East on Thursday, October 16, 2008, from 8:00 am - 10:00 am right before the show florr opens. Designed to make the Expo experience easier and more valuable for investors and to connect exhibitors with new investors ... http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/08/11/raise-capital-for-your-company-at-natural-products-expo-east/ The mystery of Coca-Cola's recipe remains, but Coke has revealed that it's flagship product is "natural" in an advertising campaign launched in the U.K. The New York Times story, "Campaign Reveals Just a Little Bit of Coke's Secret Formula", goes into further detail about this uncloaking, but it appears ... http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/08/07/coke-natural/ Australian consumer group Choice tested "several supplements" and concluded that two servings of fish each week that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids will boost brain function as much or more than supplements containing ginkgo biloba, brahmi or fish oil. Key to the findings were that the fish oils ... http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/08/04/fish-better-for-brain-than-fish-oil-supplements/ If you are a subscriber to Nutrition Business Journal, you can now access all of the 2008 Nutrition Industry Overview online at nutritionbusinessjournal.com. No need to sort through your over flowing mailbox, search your desk and interrogate your co-workers for your copy of NBJ. Just go to nutritionbusinessjournal.com. To ... http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/07/30/nbj-annual-nutrition-industry-overview-articles-now-available-online/ In an effort, "shrouded in secrecy," Coca-Cola has teamed up with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences to develop beverages using Chinese herbal cures, according to the Atlanta Journal-Contstitution. NBJ noted an October 2007 press release in HerbalGram, the journal of the American Botanical Council. Certainly, this could bode well ... http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/07/30/coca-cola-turns-to-chinese-herbal-medicine/ Every once in a while, the goverment surprises you with their tenacity. This is one of those times. CNN Money reports that a three-judge federal appeals court panel overturned a lower court ruling from last year that approved the acquisition of Wild Oats by Whole Foods. This ... http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/07/30/whole-foods-and-wild-oats-mergernot-done-yet/ On July 23rd, 300 CEOs, company founders, Presidents, EVPs and other industry thought leaders and executives gathered at the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Bay, California for the 2008 NBJ Summit. The largest NBJ Summit ever, this year's event enjoyed dinners under the stars, a challenging golf tournament, a ... http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/07/29/the-2008-nbj-summit-review-and-videos/ The nutritional raw materials & ingredient supply space isn't a Birkenstocks and hacky-sacs crowd. At Natural Products Expo West, you simply have to walk down to SupplyExpo in Hall A to experience the difference first-hand. And while the Natural Products Expo side of the show is more ... http://blog.nutritionbusinessjournal.com/nbj/2008/07/21/nutritional-raw-materials-ingredient-supply-report-now-available/