Vitatech Adopts Cinnamon through the
American Botanical Council's Adopt-an-Herb Program
Cinnamon becoming increasingly
popular for its clinically
documented blood sugar-normalizing effects
(AUSTIN, Texas, August 19, 2013) The American
Botanical Council (ABC) is pleased to announce that Vitatech®
Nutritional Sciences, a California-based vitamin and supplement formulation
company, has adopted cinnamon
(Cinnamomum
verum) through ABC’s Adopt-an-Herb Program.
Vitatech’s three-year commitment helps ABC keep its HerbMedPro database
up-to-date with the latest scientific and clinical research on cinnamon.
HerbMedPro is an interactive and comprehensive database available on ABC’s
website that provides access to important scientific and clinical research data
underlying the use of nearly 250 herbs and their effects on human health.
“The
generosity of Vitatech Nutritional Sciences is vital to supporting our unique
nonprofit educational mission,” said ABC Founder and Executive Director Mark
Blumenthal. “As cinnamon’s health benefits are increasingly recognized,
particularly in the area of blood sugar control in Type 2 diabetes, ABC is able
to ensure that the scientific information on cinnamon in the HerbMedPro database
is as current and accurate as possible. Vitatech’s adoption of cinnamon on
ABC’s HerbMedPro database helps ABC do this, and we are deeply grateful for
their support. ABC looks forward to working with Tom Tierney and the Vitatech
team in the coming years to ensure that ABC continues to maintain its position
as a source of reliable information for consumers, scientists, healthcare
professionals, government agencies, and many others.”
Vitatech
joins 18 additional herb and plant-based ingredient companies that support
ABC’s ongoing efforts through the Adopt-an-Herb Program to collect, organize,
and disseminate reliable, traditional, science-based, and clinical information
on herbs, medicinal plants, and other botanical- and fungal-based ingredients.
Adopt-an-Herb encourages companies and individuals to “adopt” one or more
specific herbs for inclusion and ongoing maintenance in the HerbMedPro
database. Each adopted herb is continuously researched for new articles and
studies, ensuring that its HerbMedPro record stays current and robust. The
result is an unparalleled resource, not only for researchers, health
professionals, industry, and consumers, but for all members of the herbal and
dietary supplements community, and others, available via ABC’s information-rich
website.
In keeping with ABC's position as an independent nonprofit organization, herb
adopters do not have influence on the scientific information that is compiled
for their respective adopted herbs.
HerbMedPro provides online access to abstracts of scientific and clinical
publications on nearly 250 commonly used medicinal herbs. Herb records in the
database vary in size from those with a large amount of published data — such
as Ginkgo biloba, with more than 1,000 summarized entries and
links — to Acacia catechu (cutch tree or black catechu in the pea
family), with fewer than 50. Each abstract also is summarized in only one
sentence, thereby saving a significant amount of time for the user.
HerbMedPro
is available to ABC members at the Academic level and higher; its “sister” site
HerbMed,
however, is free and available to the general public. HerbMed features 20 to 30
herbs from HerbMedPro that are rotated on a regular basis. Making this unique
resource free to the public increases the number of people benefiting from
updated information on herbs, in accordance with ABC’s nonprofit educational
mission.
About Cinnamon
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum
verum) is a small evergreen tree native to tropical southern India
and Sri Lanka, growing in habitats at sea level to 900 meters. It was later
introduced throughout the islands of the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia and is
now cultivated extensively in Sri Lanka and the coastal regions of India.
Commercially, cinnamon is used for flavoring in many foods, beverages, spice
blends, and chewing gums. Its antimicrobial and antioxidant effects also can
lengthen the shelf life of prepared foods. It has been used in both Eastern and
Western medicine for centuries to treat a wide variety of conditions, including
anorexia, nausea, cholera, fever, rheumatism, toothaches, ulcers, and more.
Current research supports the potential use of cinnamon to relieve
gastrointestinal complaints, reduce inflammation, lower blood glucose levels,
and reduce insulin resistance, among other applications.
About Vitatech Nutritional Sciences
Vitatech
Nutritional Sciences, Inc. is a senior US-based manufacturer and innovator of
dietary supplements and nutritional products, serving the natural products
industry since 1954. The company differentiates itself by its emphasis on
consumer education and positive lifestyles as solutions to health issues,
teamed with professional medical guidance. Vitatech’s mission is “to improve
human lives.” More information is available at www.vitatech.com.