NEW: Sports & Active Nutrition Forum for CRN Members

CRN has elevated its Sports Nutrition Working Group to a Forum.

CRN members, access the SANF page here.

CRN's Sports and Active Nutrition Forum presents:

Sports and Active Nutrition and CRN

When anabolic steroids tainted the sports nutrition market, CRN fought for the passage of the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014 (DASCA). The next threat was Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs), to which CRN responded with a consumer education initiative, #SARMsCanHarm.

CRN has a strong track record of developing and defending the sports and active nutrition sector of the dietary supplement and ingredient and functional food marketplace.

Learn more about CRN's sports and active nutrition related efforts:

• Advocacy for safe and responsible use of dietary supplements for sports and active nutrition

  • CRN Guidelines for Labeling of Protein in Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods

  • CRN Recommended Guidelines for Caffeine-Containing Dietary Supplements

  • Restraints Against the Distribution and Marketing of SARMs

• Defense against misguided age restriction proposals in the states—including litigation against a New York law already on the books
   
• Dissemination of science supporting the safety and benefits of sports and active nutrition supplements and ingredients

  • Published scientific review notes safety of six weight management ingredients (caffeine, green tea extract, green coffee bean extract, choline, glucomannan, and capsaicinoids and capsinoids)

• Support of the development of additional scientific evidence

Sports Nutrition Quits the Gym and Goes Mainstream 

VIEW THE CRN-CURATED PANEL DISCUSSION CLOSING THIS SUPPLYSIDE WEST 2023 SESSION

Panel discussion on hydration innovation: Luke Huber, vice president, science and regulatory affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition: Liz Cummings, VP, business development, North America, Nicholas Hall Group of Companies; Eric Ciappio, strategic development manager, nutrition science, Balchem; Danielle Citrolo, VP, scientific and regulatory affairs,  Kyowa Hakko USA Inc.; Vishal Patel, director, product development, Nestle Health Science U.S.; Diana Morgan, global regulatory and government affairs, Nutrabolt; Steven Kahn, product development scientist, ONNIT.

Sports Nutrition Supplements As Convenient Scapegoats

NUTRITION INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE

“Despite the credible research supporting sports nutrition products and the lack of evidence from critics to support their arguments, activists continue to urge for age restrictions on these products anyway. Every company in the supplement industry should be concerned.  This misguided effort to put age restrictions on some people equals limited access for everyone. What starts as a defined category of restricted products quickly extends to other supplements.”

Catch up with additional past CRN developed content and key sports and active nutrition topics:

 Creatine: Recording, Dr. Kreider's slide deck, and Dr. Smith-Ryan's slide deck

• CRN monitoring age restriction legislation in the states

• CRN responds to FDA consumer update on bodybuilding products

• Review affirms safety of popular ingredients for weight management, plus—Government Relations update, and toxicology workshop to focus on safety in supplement formulation

Past webinars available on demand:

Protein Supplementation Trends & Science

Sports Nutrition Working Group talks adulteration, athletic training

"We have a lot to think about not only in combatting grossly illegal products like SARMs, but we also have a lot to do to protect and evaluate the legitimate product industry and make sure that legitimate dietary supplements are not caught up in some of these regulations of banned substances in sport as we progress into the future," said Oliver Catlin, president and co-founder of the Banned Substances Control Group, during the CRN Sports Nutrition Working Group's (SNWG) first Olympics-themed webinar focusing on issues surrounding adulteration—now available on demand. Read more.

Caffeine and Exercise Performance

Nanci Guest, Ph.D., RD, CSCS, lead author of a recent article published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition spoke to the working group about the research during its Feb. 24, 2021, meeting.  See video on demand below. See CRN's voluntary guidelines for caffeine in supplement here.

CBD and Sports Nutrition

At the Dec. 9, 2020, meeting, Susan Hewlings, Ph.D., R.D., director of Scientific Affairs for CRN Associate Member company Nutrasource, discussed "CBD & Sports Nutrition." See video on demand below. See CRN's Hemp-Derived CBD Position here.