Supplementing for the Silent Epidemic of Overnutrition and Fatty Liver

Non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and the disease state it propagates currently affect approximately two billion people, globally. It’s the epidemic that people are only beginning to become aware of, as its silent process and complicating role in many chronic diseases positions it to cripple health economies around the world, according to some statistics. Practically speaking, NAFL affects more people than the populations of China and US, combined.

NAFL is a lifestyle-linked process, driven by the excess consumption of fat, sugar and calories, as well as an underactive lifestyle. The complications of fatty liver are extensive – affecting systems beyond the liver, including the heart and vascular systems, kidneys and significantly impacts the onset and progression of diabetes. Weight loss and lifestyle change are the best ways to modulate the development and progression of fatty liver, but compliance is often an issue.

What if botanical extracts that were specially-formulated to maintain their food-like fingerprint could both impede the fatty liver process and take some of the frustration out of adopting a healthier lifestyle and maintaining a healthy weight? The food-like fingerprint we are describing characterizes the inclusion of native fibers from potent botanicals, like bergamot, that add value in targeting aspects of NAFL directly and indirectly. The webinar will also evidence the traditional wisdom of botanical synergism and how standardized ingredient formulations may be the best way forward for multifactorial processes, like NAFL.

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Shavon Jackson-Michel, ND, Director of Medical & Scientific Affairs, DolCas Biotech, LLC

Dr. Shavon Jackson-Michel is a licensed naturopathic doctor with formal undergraduate training as a biomedical engineer. Her critical thinking and systems approach have informed her expertise in natural medicine and natural products development, while guiding the skillset she has honed in public speaking, education and science-based marketing. As a science officer with DolCas Biotech, Dr. Jackson-Michel leads the commercial development of many of the company’s top brands, while spearheading the scientific evaluation and product education that support the sales and marketing teams of DolCas and its formulation partners. Dr. Jackson-Michel maintains a small wellness practice where she focuses on naturopathic approaches to women’s health & fertility conditions.

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Vincenzo Mollace, MD, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, Herbal & Antioxidant Derivatives Srl

Dr. Vincenzo Mollace served as the Former Director of the Department of Pharmacology at San Raffaele IRCCS Rome, and is currently the Director of the IRC-FSH of Southern Italy and Full Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia,” Italy. As of 1990, he started studying the effect of antioxidant compounds in protecting against atherosclerosis and vascular injury, mostly in collaboration with estimable research centers worldwide. He has studied the properties of bergamot fruit in experimental models of vascular injury and published to date, more than 100 papers in top ranking scientific journals and book chapters in the field of cardiovascular pharmacology.

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