By James Kennedy

As Polyphenolics prepares to celebrate our 20th anniversary during SupplySide West, the timing of this Nutrition Insight article could not be more appropriate. For the article, reporter Gaynor Selby interviewed industry pioneer and retired Polyphenolics President Anil Shrikhande, who was honored earlier this year by General Nutrition Corporation (GNC).

Selby recounts many of Anil’s award and career highlights. One major accomplishment is Anil’s work advancing the use of grape polyphenols to provide maintenance of normal blood pressure. As Anil related to Selby, “This turned into a major innovation of MegaNatural-BP. The uniqueness of this seed extract has been to maintain blood pressure in prehypertensive people whose blood pressure ascends later and creates a major upset in heart health. GNC was the first to recognize and introduce in their heart formula. We kept investigating our MegaNatural-BP and found that in addition to increased nitric oxide in blood, it gives you an expansion of brachial arteries by 50 percent and therefore increases the blood flow, which not only provides effects on pressure but increases the stamina and endurance, which GNC smartly used in their sports nutrition products.”

We are grateful for, and proud of, Anil’s legacy. We are hard at work expanding on his industry-leading achievements. We hope that you will consider being part of this next chapter in our history.