Supplements

Ingredients for Managing Sleep & Stress

Learn about some of the latest ingredients to promote sleep and manage stress, product sales and formulation trends brands should consider in addressing mental wellness concerns.

Josh Long, Associate editorial director, SupplySide Supplement Journal

February 17, 2022

Mental wellness shot to the forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic but has been a concern for millennia. This session will examine the latest ingredients to promote sleep and manage stress, product sales and formulation trends brands should consider in addressing mental wellness concerns.

During this session, attendees will learn:

How and why adequate sleep is so important in health and its relationship to diet and nutrition
What we know about nutrients/supplements related to promoting sleep and managing stress
Cutting-edge, science-based ingredients and their mechanisms of action
How to formulate a successful finished product
Retail sales data, including on Amazon, and related market trends

About the Author

Josh Long

Josh Long

Associate editorial director, SupplySide Supplement Journal , Informa Markets Health and Nutrition

Josh Long directs the online news, feature and op-ed coverage at SupplySide Supplement Journal (formerly known as Natural Products Insider), which targets the health and wellness industry. He has been reporting on developments in the dietary supplement industry for over a decade, with a focus on regulatory issues, including at the Food and Drug Administration.

He has moderated and/or presented at industry trade shows, including SupplySide East, SupplySide West, Natural Products Expo West, NBJ Summit and the annual Dietary Supplement Regulatory Summit.

Connect with Josh on LinkedIn and ping him with story ideas at [email protected]

Education and previous experience

Josh majored in journalism and graduated from Arizona State University the same year "Jake the Snake" Plummer led the Sun Devils to the Rose Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes. He also holds a J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law, was admitted in 2008 to practice law in the state of Colorado and spent a year clerking for a state district court judge.

Over more than a quarter century, he’s written on various topics for newspapers and business-to-business publications – from the Yavapai in Arizona and a controversial plan for a nuclear-waste incinerator in Idaho to nuanced issues, including FDA enforcement of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA).

Since the late 1990s, his articles have been published in a variety of media, including but not limited to, the Cape Cod Times (in Massachusetts), Sedona Red Rock News (in Arizona), Denver Post (in Colorado), Casper Star-Tribune (in Wyoming), now-defunct Jackson Hole Guide (in Wyoming), Colorado Lawyer (published by the Colorado Bar Association) and Nutrition Business Journal.

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