Military

Dietary supplements and the U.S. military: Preparing and protecting the troops

08-Dec-2023 By Asia Sherman

The U.S. military is actively investigating and surveilling dietary supplement use among its service members as part of a wider whole health approach to improve nutrition from chow line to front line and into retirement.

Low dose caffeine + Dynamine + TeaCrine may help cognitive performance for tactical personnel

02-Sep-2022 By Stephen Daniells

The combination of 150 mg caffeine, 100 mg Dynamine (methylliberine), and 50 mg TeaCrine (theacrine) improved vigilance measures for military personnel and law enforcement officers just as well as a higher caffeine dose, without the increases to blood...

Creatine + beta-alanine may boost physical & cognitive performance in military personnel: Study

03-Aug-2022 By Stephen Daniells

One week of creatine supplementation at the end of a four week beta-alanine supplementation protocol may boost physical and cognitive performance compared to beta-alanine alone.

New ISSN position paper gives nutritional guidance for warfighters, first responders

19-Jul-2022 By Hank Schultz

A new sports nutrition position paper outlines nutritional recommendations for warfighters while stressing how much more research needs to be done to pin down precise deficits and requirements for troops engaged in ongoing operations.

As many as 18% of troops reported supplement adverse events in survey questioned by expert

04-Feb-2022 By Hank Schultz

A large survey of supplement use among US military personnel reported as many as 18% of respondents experienced an adverse event. But methodology questions makes it difficult to take those numbers at face value, an expert says.

US Military supplement use ‘increasing over time’: Study

26-Jul-2021 By Stephen Daniells

Overall use of dietary supplements continues to increase over time in all branches of the US military, says a new survey that shows that 74% of service members reported using at least one supplement at least once a week.

CBD firm and vet group partnership highlight issue of CBD for active military

24-Sep-2020 By Danielle Masterson

Preferred-CBD has teamed up with Veterans Advantage in a move that will give its members access to discounts on CBD products.

Study links low Vitamin D status with depression among military personnel

24-Sep-2019 By Danielle Masterson

A retrospective study published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition found a link among military personnel between low Vitamin D status and depression.

Redcon1 expands distribution in military channel

04-Jan-2019 By Adi Menayang

Roughly 38% of sports nutrition brand Redcon1’s core consumers are active or former military members, “so they play an important role in our business,” said company founder and CEO Aaron Singerman.

NPA says grass roots campaign helped head off Blumenthal amendment

17-Jun-2016 By Hank Schultz

The Natural Products Association credits a grass roots campaign it organized for helping to defeat an amendment that would have restricted soldiers’ access to dietary supplements.

Amendment to limit military access to dietary supplements withdrawn

11-May-2016 By Stephen Daniells

An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to impose restrictions on the sale of dietary supplements at military base commissaries has been withdrawn.

Citing Cohen's research, agency removes DMBA-containing products from military shelves

03-Nov-2014 By Hank Schultz

A number of dietary supplements in the sports nutrition category that contain the stimulant ingredient DMBA have been pulled from military exchanges on Army and Air Force bases, based on a recent research report citing the potential dangers of the ingredient.