Recent Studies Reveal Worldwide Deficiencies in Vitamin D Levels
Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc. (TNS) (OTCBB:TNUS), announced today that the
company has formulated and will launch a unique natural whole food
mushroom-based Vitamin D supplement. This supplement is plant-based and not
animal-based and provides a new approach to Vitamin D supplementation in
health-conscious individuals. A proprietary grown mushroom, Agaricus blazei
Murill (AbM) by Sylvan Bio, Inc. and Creekside Mushrooms Limited will be
stimulated with UV light to produce natural organic Vitamin D2 within the
mushroom. The need for this product is underscored by the following statement in
the October 26, 2009 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine: "The worldwide
prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency is striking and more than 40% of the
population may be Vitamin D deficient." (Vol.169 No.19, pp.1806-1808).The
importance of the timing of this product launch and the need for a natural whole
food form of Vitamin D is further evidenced by a recent statement by the Office
of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, that the second-best
source of Vitamin D is 3 ounces of mushrooms enriched with Vitamin D. Many
medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatricians, have
advocated increased intake of Vitamin D, especially in children. Children`s
Hospital Boston reports that 62% of children taking multivitamins had below
normal levels of vitamin D (USA Today, October 26, 2009). TNS has developed
technologic capability that will allow production of a daily oral encapsulated
natural supplement that contains enough Vitamin D equal to or greater than ten
8-ounce servings of Vitamin D fortified milk, at a cost that is affordable by
most people.
According to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, "nutrient needs should
be met primarily through consuming foods. Foods provide an array of nutrients
and other compounds that may have beneficial effects on health."
(http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidlines/dga2005/document/default.htm) This
statement was recently supported by a TNS experiment that revealed that
ingestion of a natural organic edible whole food could increase biologic
survival in a nutritionally deprived organism. Unaltered and Vitamin D2 enriched
dried powders of the mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill by Sylvan significantly
increased survival above controls, 4% and 15% respectively (TNUS.OB; September
30, 2009).
Vitamin D, also called the "sunshine vitamin," has recently received much
attention as a needed nutritional supplement to improve human health. Decreased
levels of Vitamin D have been associated with a range of diseases, such as
osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, cancer of the breast, diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, and many others.
TNS has purchased a Steripulse - XL 3000 Pulsed UVB light system from Xenon
Corporation, Wilmington, MA, and the system is being installed at Columbia
Nutritional Services, Vancouver, WA, the TNS contract manufacturer. TNS has
acquired from The Penn State Research Foundation (PSRF) an option to license an
invention entitled "Rapid Generation of Vitamin D2 from Mushrooms and Fungi
Using Pulsed UV-light" (The Invention). A U.S. Provisional Patent Application
was filed on April 23, 2008 and names Professor Robert B. Beelman, and Graduate
Student Michael Kalaras as co-inventors, Department of Food Science,
Pennsylvania State University (PSU).
"As a doctor, I receive no greater pleasure than having the opportunity to
create products that can help people live longer and healthier lives," stated
Marvin S. Hausman MD, CEO, Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc. "Vitamin D
deficiency is worldwide, is implicated in many diseases, and this product has
the potential to provide a needed nutritional answer to this problem."
"I am very excited that our new process is being commercially utilized to
produce Vitamin D-rich dietary supplements made from the highly nutritious
Agaricus blazei mushroom," stated Robert B. Beelman Ph.D., Professor of Food
Science, Pennsylvania State University. "I believe this product will be the
first of its kind made from a whole food that will appeal to health conscious
individuals that desire to consume a plant-based diet."
Sylvan Bio, Inc. is an emerging leader in providing innovative fungal products
to a variety of industries. Based in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, it is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Sylvan Inc., also based in Kittanning. Sylvan Inc. serves
mushroom, agricultural and nutraceutical markets through its prominence in
fungal technology and solid-substrate fermentation.
Creekside Mushrooms Limited is the largest single site fully integrated and
highly technological "underground" mushroom growing farm in the world.
Creekside`s unique underground farm is scientifically monitored to provide ideal
year-round growing conditions to consistently produce the highest quality
mushrooms, which are 100% organic.
About Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc.:
Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc. (TNS), is an emerging nutraceutical company
with a focus on discovering, formulating and marketing products composed
primarily of organic natural mushroom compounds that contain bioactive nutrients
for potential health benefits. TNS develops production and analytic technologies
for food and nutritional supplements composed primarily of mushrooms and their
mycelial biomasses. Novel clinical models and biomarkers are used to show
nutritional and clinical efficacy of our products. In addition to preventative
healthcare formulations and nutritional approaches to a wide variety of human
conditions and illnesses, TNS also develops and acquires breakthrough
nutritional tools and products in the fields of animal husbandry and livestock
feeds.
Any statements contained in this press release that relate to future plans,
events or performance are forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risks associated with
thetransactiondescribed in this press release, and other risks identified in the
filings by Total Nutraceutical Solutions (TNS), Inc., with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Further information on risks faced by TNS are detailed in
the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and in its subsequent
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These filings are or will become available on a
website maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at
http://www.sec.gov. The information contained in this press release is accurate
as of the date indicated. Actual results, events or performance may differ
materially. TNS does not undertake any obligation to publicly release the result
of any revision to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect
events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc.
Roberta Matta, 509-427-5132
www.totalnutraceutical.com
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