Business View Magazine Jan-2019

155 “This is not inconsistent with what pharma has done in years past–they looked at what’s in nature. That’s how aspirin came about.Aspirin has been considered the ‘wonder drug’ of modern life. Salicylic acid,which is the active compound of aspirin,was extracted from the bark of the white willow tree, which was used as a tea or chewed on by the North American Indians, particularly in the northeast, and it was very effective.And so, a German scientist by the name of Friedrich Bayer was able to isolate the compound and, voila, you end up with aspirin. “This is true of multiple indications. So, I really started with a noble focus: to try and identify what’s in nature that we could either encapsulate, or com- press into a tablet and give to people to support their own body’s systems that would not do injury, but provide nutritional support for improving hu- man health. “So, that’s how the business got started, and a couple of years after I started it, I was having other Supplying Natural Antioxidants, Natural Source Vitamin E, Epicor, Pre / Probiotics, many other unique and clinically supported ingredients. 2870 Whiptail Loop, Suite 107, Carlsbad, CA 92010 | (800) 546-6113 | (760) 597-0933 | www.bdnutritional.com