Healthy aging

NI Awards: Encouraging businesses to reach new heights

NI Awards: Encouraging businesses to reach new heights

By Nikki Hancocks

With entries for the NutraIngredients Awards 2026 closing on Jan. 26, last year’s winners have described the personal and professional benefits of winning an accolade designed to set businesses apart from the competition.

Holland & Barrett highlights global need for omega-3

Holland & Barrett highlights global need for omega-3

By Nikki Hancocks

More than three-quarters of the global population is not getting enough omega-3, according to a collaborative study sponsored by Holland & Barrett, with the retailer noting a lack of awareness around the nutrient’s brain health benefits.

Longevity investors: Money is expensive, science and roadmaps matter

Longevity investors: Money is expensive, science and roadmaps matter

By Claudia Adrien

While the financing environment in the healthspan and longevity sector may not be as hospitable as it once was during initial hype-peak years, there are signals that money is still available for companies with strong science, realistic plans and...

Are SIRT1, SIRT3 and SIRT6 the skin’s anti-aging trinity?

Are SIRT1, SIRT3 and SIRT6 the skin’s anti-aging trinity?

By Cassandra Stern

Sirtuins are a type of enzyme that regulate crucial cellular functions like DNA repair, metabolism and aging, and new research from Estée Lauder Companies demonstrates just how important they can be for skin longevity.

Buck Institute expert on the challenges of aging research

Buck Institute expert on the challenges of aging research

By Stephen Daniells

There is huge excitement from the nutrition industry and consumers around healthspan and longevity, but clinical trials to study aging can be challenging because of the number of participants and durations needed. And don’t forget the troublesome...

Special edition: Women’s health

Special edition: Women’s health

Women’s health focused news updates include the latest research, NPD, market insights, regulatory restrictions and untapped opportunities.

Entrenching ergothioneine as longevity vitamin

Entrenching ergothioneine as longevity vitamin

By Asia Sherman

Emerging research continues to position ergothioneine—which up until recently was a fairly obscure dietary compound—as a longevity vitamin, one that is not required for short-term survival but perhaps essential for long-term health.

Meta-analysis supports vitamin K2’s bone health benefits

Meta-analysis supports vitamin K2’s bone health benefits

By Stephen Daniells

Data from over 2,500 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis revealed that vitamin K2 supplementation can improve biomarkers of bone turnover, supporting the vitamin’s benefits for bone metabolism and skeletal health.