Honest Nutrition

This non-commercial website features my writings on nutritional topics: natural health, health freedom, dietary supplements/vitamins/herbs, organic & biotech food, poor studies, misleading press, etc. Not intended as nutritional counseling, prescription or treatment of disease. Older articles may contain outdated info. Links to Google ads are independent of my content. Copyright 2006-2025 by Neil E. Levin, except as noted.

Friday, February 07, 2025

Is citric acid made from black mold?

Yes, but so what? That organism - Aspergillus niger - has been used to safely manufacture citric acid for about 100 years. It's also us...

Monday, May 06, 2024

Commercial production of vitamin C for fortification and dietary supplements

In most mammals, vitamin C is made in the liver from blood sugar using a four-step enzymatic process. Humans and about 20 other mammalian sp...

Friday, April 26, 2024

When to take products with enteric coating

The reason why we suggest taking enterically coated supplements on an empty stomach is to avoid the pill (capsule or tablet) being trapped i...

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Kosher for Passover means avoiding fermentation of grains

There are different interpretations of the religious laws, but in general they do not allow wheat or other traditional grains, including g...

Monday, June 05, 2023

I'll be doing a live webinar on Men's Health this Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time (7 PM Central)... https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/...

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Neil will be on the radio Sunday morning 3/19/2023. It's Al Forman's Sav-A-Lot Nutrition Hour at 11am ET, 10 Central on WWNN radio ...

Monday, June 06, 2022

Federal Dietary Supplement Registry bills

Dietary Supplement Legislation Misguided & Inflationary A bill sponsored by Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Braun (R-IN) - S.4090, the Dieta...

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About Me

Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA: Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA is a nationally board-certified clinical nutritionist with a Diplomate in Advanced Nutritional Laboratory Assessment. Neil is a nutrition educator, a dietary supplement formulator, & a professional member of the International & American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists. Neil is a director of the national Clinical Nutrition Certification Board and of the Mid-American Health Organization. In 2008, Neil was named a National Products Association "Industry Champion," "an award given to people who have made notable individual contributions to industry above and beyond what is expected to achieve commercial success." Neil is the past president of Nutrition for Optimal Health Assn., nonprofit predecessor of the American Nutrition Association; and was a founding officer of ANA. Neil is frequently published/quoted in magazines & newspapers, and has been interviewed on many radio & television news programs. See me on X (Twitter) as neilelevin and on Facebook (as Honest Nutrition) Google hosts this site & posts ads & collects cookies/data on visitors that are beyond Neil's control.

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