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Busting the Myths of Plant-Based Protein

No matter your diet, protein plays an essential role in every cell in your body. The human body uses protein for a lot of different purposes such as repairing tissues, producing enzymes and hormones, and building muscle. But even though it is a necessity for the body to function, protein...

The Glowing Trend of Nutricosmetics

If you feel well, you’ll look well. This is part of the “beauty from within” mantra that lies in the heart of the nutricosmetics industry as consumers want more than just to look good; they want to feel good too. Nutricosmetic, occasionally referred to as a beauty supplement, is a...

A Sustainable Future with Eco-Friendly Packaging

How big is your carbon footprint? Defined as the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by human activity, carbon footprint applies to everyone because many of our daily actions (driving a car, watching television, and boiling a pot of water) increase our carbon footprints. With all of the different ways...

Improving Brain Health with Nootropics

Take a minute and think about everything you do in a typical day. What are your day-to-day tasks; who do you collaborate with; what do you do when you get home from work? Chances are most, if not all, of your answers involve using your brain in some way, especially...

The Shroom Boom

For thousands of years, medicinal mushrooms have been used in Eastern medicine. Though most of their benefits—such as boosting the immune system, improving memory, and enhancing blood flow—weren’t known at the time, modern science is slowly discovering the many healing properties of these legendary fungi. With more than 2,000 edible...

Guide to Building a Successful Supplement Company

If you are someone who appreciates the benefits of supplements and have an interest in creating your own product, this guide contains essential information to help you get started. As someone who may appreciate the benefits of supplements and/or someone who has a background in the sciences, wellness or business,...

Prebiotics: The New Powerhouse for Digestive Health

What Are Prebiotics? Consumers are now understanding that there are trillions of different microorganisms that play a critical role in their general wellness. With specific ties to immune function, energy, and athletic performance, new science has revealed that digestive health is a powerhouse health category. Beginning with probiotics and all...

The 6 Customer Demands Transforming Contract Manufacturing in 2019

As contract manufacturers of dietary supplements, we always try to put ourselves in the shoes of the end user. What problems are they trying to solve? How do we create formulations that can be a part of the solution? Luckily, we have data to help guide us. With a high...

Why GMP Certification Matters

We started our company with a basic philosophy: use only the best raw materials to produce the highest quality dietary and nutritional supplements possible. Today, Paragon continues to take pride in knowing that our technical experts use the most advanced methods to ensure the identity, purity, quality, strength and composition...

Clean Label Raw Material Spotlight: Nu-BIND

Today, savvy consumers have begun to see the connection between food and dietary supplements and are now looking for dietary supplements to share the same clean ingredient labels currently found on foods. Our partners at RIBUS have brought to the market several clean label excipients that serve as alternatives to...

Why Use Collagen?

What is Collagen? Collagen, a structural protein, helps give structure to our hair, nails, skin, bones, ligaments, and tendons in our body. It’s also one of the most abundant proteins found in the human body. However, until recently, it was more commonly known for its role in plastic surgery procedures...

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