USANA has successfully met all listing criteria in NSF/ANSI

USANA has successfully met all listing criteria in NSF/ANSI 173 Dietary Supplements Standard and obtained certification of its ESSENTIALS™ (MEGA ANTIOXIDANT and CHELATED MINERAL), PROFLAVANOL® 90, and HEALTHPAK 100™.

USANA also received Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Registration through NSF International’s Dietary Supplements Certification Program.
USANA has an unwavering commitment to research and development, established by the company’s founder, microbiologist and immunologist Myron Wentz, Ph.D. A world-renowned pioneer in cell-culture technology, Dr. Wentz is committed to applying a high level of scientific expertise, technical brilliance, and dedication to creating breakthrough approaches to nutritional wellness.

Founded in 1992, USANA Health Sciences is a science-based company that develops advanced nutritional, personal care, and weight management products, which are distributed in 13 international markets through network marketing. The name “USANA” derives from Greek and Latin and means “true health.”

USANA’s scientific staff includes experts on human nutrition, cellular biology, biochemistry, natural product chemistry, and clinical research. Scientific results from a variety of sources including distinguished scientific literature and cooperative clinical studies are incorporated into product development and design. Company scientists also are involved in numerous in-house clinical trials to ensure the quality and reliability of USANA products.

Still, poor manufacturing can destroy even the most scientifically advanced formulas. For this reason, USANA continues to be one of a few companies in its industry to manufacture the vast majority of its own products. By voluntarily following current cGMPs, USANA is demonstrating its continued commitment to quality. Every USANA dietary supplement product carries a potency promise that ensures what is on the label is in the product. Also, to ensure that the formulas developed in its laboratories are of the highest quality for customers, USANA has opened its manufacturing facilities to regular third-party audits.

In 2006, USANA successfully met all listing criteria in NSF/ANSI 173 Dietary Supplement Standard and received certification for its ESSENTIALS™ (MEGA ANTIOXIDANT and CHELATED MINERAL), PROFLAVANOL® 90, and HEALTHPAK 100™ product lines.

These criteria include:
Formulation review,
Facility audit,
Product testing, and
Documentation

That same year, USANA also received GMP Registration through NSF International’s Dietary Supplement Certification program after meeting all requirements included in NSF’s GMP Registration Program, which includes demonstrating compliance with current dietary supplement GMPs.

“By obtaining dietary supplement certification and GMP registration, USANA is raising the bar on quality for other manufacturers within the industry to follow,” said Kristen Holt, Senior Vice President, NSF Dietary Supplements Programs.

This product assurance has helped USANA establish partnerships to provide nutritional supplements exclusively to several professional athletic organizations including the Sony-Ericsson WTA Tour, the U.S. and Canadian Speedskating Teams, and the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association. USANA has set the standard for excellence in dietary supplement manufacturing and affirmed its commitment to providing “Nutritionals You Can Trust.”

For more information about USANA, contact Jessica Evans at 734-913-5774 or jevans@nsf.org.

USANA Founder Dr. Myron Wentz Receives Albert Einstein Award

Dr. Myron Wentz, founder, chairman, and CEO of USANA Health Sciences was honored June 25 2007 at a special ceremony in Jerusalem with the Albert Einstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Life Sciences.

The Albert Einstein Award, given by Global Capital Associates, salutes leaders whose vision and commitment have contributed to the critical advancement of vital life-saving and life-enhancing technology to benefit mankind. Dr. Wentz received the award in recognition of his many scientific and charitable endeavors.

"I am honored and humbled to receive an award that bears the name of Albert Einstein," Dr. Wentz said. "As both an extraordinary scientist and dedicated humanitarian, he serves as a great inspiration for my life's work, helping people lead healthier lives through nutritional science."

Dr. Wentz is an internationally recognized microbiologist, immunologist and pioneer in the development of human cell culture technology and infectious disease diagnoses. In 1974 he launched Gull Laboratories, which developed groundbreaking viral diagnostic assays, including the first commercially available test for diagnosing infection with the Epstein-Barr virus. Dr. Wentz sold his controlling interests in Gull Laboratories in 1992 and founded USANA Health Sciences, a state-of-the-art manufacturer of science-based nutritional supplements and personal-care products. Most recently, he founded Sanoviv Medical Institute, a holistic medical facility with full hospital accreditation located in Baja California. He holds a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from the University of Utah.

Today Dr. Wentz is increasingly focused on his humanitarian and charitable endeavors, recently founding the Wentz Medical Centre and Laboratory in Uganda and the Wentz Medical Centre in Cambodia to serve children in those countries orphaned by diseases such as malaria and HIV. Dr. Wentz was a recipient of the Children's Champion Award by Children's Hunger Fund, for which he travels worldwide as a medical missionary.

While Dr. Wentz' primary focus is on health and disease prevention, his love for music and appreciation for his undergraduate alma mater led him to contribute generously to the construction of the Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center at North Central College in Naperville, Ill.

Living Too Short and Dying Too Long / Ray D. Strand, M.D.

I attended a lecture given by Dr. Myron Wentz, an immunologist, virologist, and biochemist. He made an amazing statement when he said that most of us are living too short and dying too long. We are primarily suffering and dying from chronic degenerative diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, macular degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, MS, and the list goes on and on.

These diseases seem to be developing in my patients at younger ages. Even though we place them on a tremendous amount of medication, we do not seem to change the course of their disease.

What good does it do to live to a ripe old age of 93 if you haven't been able to recognize your family or spouse for the last 10 years because of Alzheimer's dementia, as was the case of former President Ronald Reagan? Look at Mohamed Ali or Michael J. Fox. Have we been able to effectively help them with their Parkinson's disease?

My patients are no longer as concerned about the years in their lives as they are about the quality of life in those years. Quality of life is the issue. Because of our stressful lifestyles and poor lifestyle habits, we are suffering earlier from these degenerative diseases.
Michael J. Fox developed Parkinson's disease at 32 years of age.
Nearly 45% of our children who develop diabetes have the adult onset or type 2 diabetes.

We are certainly living too short and dying too long.


RAY D. STRAND, M.D.
Specialist in Nutritional Medicine

NUTRITIONALS YOU CAN TRUST

For more than 15 years, athletes from around the globe have trusted USANA nutritional supplements to increase their energy levels and maintain their health.* USANA's team of highly trained scientists follow Good Manufacturing Practices, to ensure the safety and quality of each product–products that have been proven so safe, effective, and free of contaminants that renowned organizations such as U.S. Speedskating, Speed Skating Canada, Biathlon Canada, the elite athletes of the WTA Sony Ericsson Tour and a myriad of other professional athletes worldwide trust their health to USANA.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.