N°66 - Ingrédients /Santé de la femme Women: an approach just What should be the approach of an ingredient supplier for themarket for women›shealthsupplements? Answers from David Daguet, Scienti c Director at Vidya Europe, a company that specializes in plants used in Ayurvedic medicine. Dr. David DAGUET, premenstrual symptom or this traditional medicine. PhD menopause, but also to weight, You have identifi ed turmeric SCIENTIFIC skin ageing, urinary problems, and ashwagandha in our offer. DIRECTOR calcium supplementation… Turmeric, from which curcumin is extracted, is known by Actif’s Magazine: everybody. Curcumin is benefi cial Is it important for Vidya to be for all ages, for the joints, the present on these markets? cardiovascular, digestive, and cognitive systems, and not only. David Daguet: Concerning the more specifi c Yes, inasmuch as we are a feminine needs and problems, Actif’s Magazine: “generalist” company: we turmeric or curcumin ameliorate How do you approach the cannot prioritise one market the premenstrual pain, while also 080 market for women’s health? over another. In exchange, increasing vascular fl exibility Through the premenstrual this prioritisation can manifest in menopausal women. As syndrome? Though itself through our clients, who, turmeric is also traditionally menopause? Conception? as companies placing the fi nal used for urinary problems, product on the market, channel we can observe the effects of David Daguet: our ingredients. What is mostly curcumin on the infl ammation Human physiology sees man important for Vidya is to be able of the bladder and its potential and woman as two different to provide our clients – and bacterial regulatory effect. organisms with different eventually the consumers – with The other plant that you needs. Cross-reference this access to effi cient and qualitative have rightly mentioned is observation with the impact of ingredients. Effi cient because ashwagandha, also called Indian age and you will have a range they are based on a traditional ginseng, but whereas ginseng of needs that constitutes in usage endorsed by modern is a rather stimulating plant, itself a structuration of the science, and qualitative because ashwagandha has soothing market. This applies both to they meet the strictest stadards. effects. Ashwagandha is actually the woman and man, even if used as an anxiolytic in the there are some common needs Actif’s Magazine: United States. This property for which the responses pass Which ingredients do you can fi nd an application in the through the adaptation of the position for applications in area of menopausal syndromes, dosage form and regimen, for women’s health? I am mainly in relation to the irritability and instance. At Vidya, we do not thinking of turmeric, of course, stress that may arise during this approach this market from but also ashwagandha… key period of a woman’s life. the position of “specialists”, But ashwagandha can also fi nd rather we try to answer David Daguet: applications during menopause, qualitatively to all the needs Our original culture is Indian. namely for its effect on bone we have identified or for which This encourages us to draw calcifi cation in the case of we have been commissioned. on the traditional Ayurvedic osteoporosis. We should also Therefore, we can answer medicine, and thus work on mention that ashwagandha can to problems related to the the plants most renowned in improve women’s sexuality. ■ / Janvier - Février - Mars 2019 / N°66 / L’Actualité des Ingrédients Fonctionnels & Santé