Reliv International's Carl W. Hastings Elected to Board of the Council for Responsible Nutrition
21 Diciembre 2009 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dr. Carl W.
Hastings, vice chairman and chief scientific officer of Reliv
International, Inc., was elected to the board of directors of the
Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the nation's leading trade
association for the dietary supplement industry. Dr. Hastings
oversees research, development of nutritional products, quality
control and manufacturing for Reliv, a direct selling company of
nutritional products. He has created Reliv's core product line and
is the holder of five patents for his work, and patents are pending
on additional products. "I share the values of the Council for
Responsible Nutrition, particularly its dedication to advancing
scientific research of dietary supplements and its commitment to a
strong code of ethics," Dr. Hastings said. Dr. Hastings, 67, joined
Reliv as head of research and development shortly after the company
was founded. He holds U.S. patents for Innergize!®, FibRestore®,
Cellebrate®, Arthaffect® and ReversAge®, and has patents pending on
CardioSentials and GlucAffect. His career spans nearly 40 years in
food product research and development, beginning at Mead Johnson
& Co. where Dr. Hastings conducted research on nutritional food
products for adults and infants, and developed low-calorie foods
marketed under the Weight Watchers label. With the A.E. Staley
Company, Dr. Hastings developed new applications for food
ingredients from corn and soybeans, including starch, sweeteners,
protein and fiber. Dr. Hastings earned a Ph.D. in food science from
the University of Illinois, where he also earned his bachelor's and
master's degrees. Reliv International, Inc., based in Chesterfield,
Mo., is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of a proprietary
line of nutritional supplements. Reliv supplements address
essential daily nutrition, weight loss and targeted solutions such
as energy and performance enhancement, digestive health, women's
health and anti-aging. Reliv sells its products through an
international network marketing system of approximately 68,000
independent distributors. Additional information about Reliv
International, Inc. can be obtained on the Web at
http://www.reliv.com/. DATASOURCE: Reliv International, Inc.
CONTACT: Barry Murov of Reliv International, Inc., +1-636-733-1303,
Web Site: http://www.reliv.com/
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