
Expanding micronutrient essentiality must be a priority in 2025 Dietary Guidelines
Updating the definition of “essential” micronutrients may be one of the most important health reforms the Trump administration can make.

Updating the definition of “essential” micronutrients may be one of the most important health reforms the Trump administration can make.

NPA board members met last week with congressional offices and White House officials to push for federal preemption, drug-preclusion reform, stable trade policies and stronger support for U.S. innovation.

Lief Labs founder and NPA board member Adel Villalobos is spearheading a campaign to raise $5 million. The “Fueling the Next 90” campaign on behalf of NPA represents a capital investment in our shared future, he writes.

Adel Villalobos spoke at SupplySide Global in October 2025 about an ambitious and necessary fundraising initiative to strengthen NPA. He’s pictured here at Fly-in Day.

I worked at SupplySide for 13 years. With the Las Vegas-based ingredients show around the corner, I preview what I’ll miss most as a SupplySider, what I won’t, and what I’m looking forward to next week.

Simply put, there should be one regulator for dietary supplements, not 51, writes NPA’s Kyle Turk.
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