In this episode, we talk to Dr. James Griffiths, senior vice president of international and scientific affairs for the Council for Responsible Nutrition about the recent Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study, aka COSMOS. As a scientist, Dr. Griffiths can help us better understand the significance of the study’s results and as a participant of the study, he can offer some personal insights into the research process involved.

In this episode, the Nutritional Outlook editors interview Robert Durkin, Of Counsel, for Arnall Golden Gregory LLP’s FDA and Healthcare practices. Previously, Durkin worked as the acting director and deputy director of the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs, in the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Given Durkin’s experience at FDA, he is well-qualified to provide some insights into how the leadership of FDA’s recently confirmed commissioner Robert Califf, MD, may affect the dietary supplement industry.

In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview Scott Dicker, Senior Market Data Analyst at SPINS (Chicago), about ingredients dietary supplement and nutrition product manufacturers should watch in 2022.

In this episode, Nutritional Outlook’s editors interview Pelin Thorogood, cofounder and executive chair of healthtech B-Corp Radicle Science, to talk about the results of its new study titled “Radicle ACES (Advancing CBD Education and Science)”. This study examined the therapeutic benefits of 13 different hemp-derived CBD products across five health outcomes.

Nutritional Outlook interviews its 2021 Best of the Industry awards winners:

-Industry Leader: NOW (2 min. 3 sec mark)

-Service Provider: Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (28 min. 26 sec mark)

-Ingredient Supplier: Seraphina Therapeutics (35 min. 41 sec mark)

-Retail Brand/Product: Good Catch (54 min. 23 sec mark)

Read their stories in out December issue or online at https://www.nutritionaloutlook.com/awards.

On this month's episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Wilson Lau, vice president at herbal ingredients supplier Nuherbs. We asked Wilson about a critical challenge many in the dietary supplements industry continue to face: COVID-related logistical challenges.

Lisa C. Buono, principal of client insights at IRI Worldwide, helps Nutritional Outlook understand how consumer buying habits in the dietary supplement space may change once the COVID-19 pandemic improves.

In this episode, Nutritional Outlook interviews Robert Principe, director of business development at Netrush, to discuss the many complexities of selling a dietary supplement on Amazon and other e-commerce platforms.

Jennifer and Sebastian interview Ashish Talati, a partner at Amin Talati Wasserman. Talati will discuss how the CBD market in the U.S. could change if CBD is one day legalized for use in dietary supplements.

Nutritional Outlook introduces The Nutritional Outlook Podcast. The new podcast will take listeners beyond the pages of the magazine. It digs deeper into key discussions and ideas happening among stakeholders in the dietary supplement, functional food, and natural products industries. In this episode, you will be introduced to Jennifer Grebow, editor-in-chief, and Sebastian Krawiec, editor, as they discuss their backgrounds and break down the premise of the podcast and its goals.