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Radio America: Company Goals, Family Roles
Greg Corombos of Radio America interviews Budge Collinson about Infusion Sciences on his show, The Business Owner’s Toolkit.
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Anti-aging product gets AAMC doctor’s support
The director of Anne Arundel Medical Center’s heart and vascular services is supporting an anti-aging multivitamin supplement produced by a Crofton firm.
Dr. John D. Martin said he uses four-year-old Infusion Science’s Youth Infusion product and the product can help his patients improve their cardiovascular health.
Youth Infusion is a powdered multivitamin Infusion Science says is 100 percent natural. Martin said the product’s ingredients are designed to promote vascular health, particularly CoQ-10, which is produced by the human body and essential for “the basic functioning of cells,” according to the Mayo Clinic’s website. The site also said CoQ-10 is controversial as a treatment in many areas.
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Crofton by Jennifer Ginn, for the Capital
Crofton’s entrepreneurial spirit is alive and thriving. Local resident and nutrition advocate Budge Collinson recently brought to market Youth Infusion, a powdered, all-natural, muIti vitamin supplement that, when mixed with water, nourishes the body while protecting against damaging free radicals. According to Budge, Youth lnfuson’s tasty tangerine powder packs a commanding punch of health-enhancing, anti-aging power. Youth Infusion is available at David’s Natural Market, EvoFutions Body Clinic in Annapolis and also online at www.DrinkYouthInfusion.com.
Greater Annapolis Entrepreneurs Launch Anti-Aging Supplement
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By John Wilfong, Staff Writer
September 8, 2011
Local mother-son team begin selling water mix-in at Whole Foods; prepare to re-launch LaCrista Natural Skin Care products after long hiatus.
Linda Collinson and her son Budge Collinson are combining years of entrepreneurial knowledge and health and fitness expertise to launch a new product in regional stores.
Photo Credit: John Wilfong
Linda Collinson, once again the owner of LaCrista Natural Skin Care, said she has found the perfect business partner to relaunch the brand she started decades ago. “He has great business knowledge,” she said. “It’s not just because he’s my son.”
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Staying young is the family business
Mother, son team up on anti-aging product venture
The Capital: HometownAnnapolis.com
By ALLISON BOURG, Staff Writer
August 7, 2011
Linda Collinson and her son Budge Collinson are combining years of entrepreneurial knowledge and health and fitness expertise to launch a new product in regional stores.
Photo Credit: Allison Bourg – The Capital
For one mother and son duo, growing older is all relative. Sure, there are definitely things you can do to slow the aging process, say Linda Collinson, 61, and her son Budge, 36. Eat right. Exercise. And of course, drink plenty of water. But the Collinsons believe they have another weapon in the battle against aging – the all-natural products they’ve developed through their business, Infusion Sciences.
“Obviously, you can’t stop aging, but you can lead a good life for a long time,” Budge Collinson said. The pair of entrepreneurs is the latest to cash in on the anti-aging movement, which pushes everything from face creams to vitamin supplements. Though opinions vary on the products’ effectiveness, it’s a lucrative industry. The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, to which the younger Collinson belongs, estimates worldwide sales of anti-aging products could hit $300 billion by 2015.
Still, “there are a lot of voids in the market that I hope to fill,” said the Annapolis man, the creator of the Youth Infusion nutrition supplement. The roots of Infusion Sciences actually go back to the early 1980s, when Linda Collinson, of Davidsonville, founded LaCrista Natural Skin Care Products. Frustrated with ongoing skin problems that dermatologists couldn’t cure, Collinson began mixing up combinations of almond, primrose and rose oils in her kitchen. Her skin cleared, and her line of moisturizers, soaps and lotions eventually landed on the shelves of Whole Foods, Wal-Mart and other large retailers, years before organic products were all the rage.
“I was everywhere,” said Collinson, who could probably pass for 10 years younger than her age. “The best things that come out of this country are born out of necessity.” Collinson ran the business for more than two decades before selling it to a Frederick man about eight years ago. But he decided the company was more than he could handle, so Collinson bought it back in time to team up with her son and relaunch the LaCrista products under the Infusion Sciences brand.
“It’s always been kind of my baby,” Collinson said. Entrepreneurship is nothing new for the Collinsons. In 1999, the family founded Collinson Enterprises, which makes badges, rings and plaques for police departments. Budge still works for the family business and says that’s been good training for starting his own company. “You have to be persistent,” Budge said. “And you have to work very hard, because if you aren’t working, you aren’t getting paid.”
And that’s something he also learned from his mother. Those early days starting LaCrista werent easy she remembered. “Just hearing no, no, no, then getting into Wal-Mart …” Linda Collinson said. A health and fitness buff with a bachelor’s degree in food and resource economics, Budge had long dreamed of starting his own business selling wellness drinks. Growing up, he spent a lot of time with his grandfather, who, in his 80′s, still continues to exercise six days a week.
“That lifestyle kind of rubbed off on me,” he said. Linda Collinson also founded LaCrista when Budge was in elementary school. “I kind of dragged him around” to natural products expos, Linda recalled with a laugh. As children, Budge and his older sister walked around in T-shirts that read “Don’t feed me junk. “Now, both Collinsons are firm in their belief that most people crave processed foods because that’s what they’ve been conditioned to want. Studies have shown that the artificial sweetener in diet sodas may actually lead to weight gain; for example, a 2008 Purdue University study linked weight gain in laboratory rats to consumption of zero-calorie saccharin. Some scientists believe the sweetness of fake sugar triggers more cravings in people, and possibly even slows metabolism.
Budge, who says he has read “about every diet book there is,” was looking for a vitamin drink to supplement his workouts. What he was finding in nutrition stores, he said, just wasn’t cutting it. Typical nutrition drinks, he said, tend to be laden with fructose and lots of fake food coloring. “Why can’t we come up with a product that’s sweetened naturally?” he said. It took the former pharmaceutical sales rep about two years of research and work with an Arizona-based lab. The result is an all-natural effervescent concoction made of green tea, vitamin D and resveratrol, a nutrient commonly found in fruits.
The tangerine-flavored powder is available online at www.drinkyouthinfusion.com for $39.95 for a packet of 30. Collinson is working with the local Whole Foods Market and hopes Youth Infusion will be on its shelves next month. It’s also available at Evolutions Body Clinic in Annapolis.
Infusion Sciences to use fully reacted chelated minerals in their formulations
Click on the Gold Medallion for more information on the minerals in Infusion Sciences products.
March 1st 2011 – Infusion Sciences awarded the Albion Gold Medallion after selecting Albion Minerals for the mineral component in Youth Infusion.
Infusion Sciences has selected Albion Minerals as its supplier of a unique mineral blend that will be included in Youth Infusion. For this, a Gold Medallion has been awarded and will be printed on each box of Youth Infusion.
Albion Human Nutrition wants to help take the guess work out of selecting quality mineral supplement products. With the myriad of mineral ingredients that can be found on a typical nutritional supplement label, the selection of the most effective and highest quality mineral can be overwhelming. With this in mind, Albion has designed a program to assure the consumer that the mineral ingredients in their nutritional supplements are of the highest possible quality.
Gold Medallion® status is awarded to those Albion customers whose products have been recognized for their mineral excellence.
When the Gold Medallion® is present on product labels and literature, the consumer can be assured that the product contains quality mineral ingredients based on scientific research. Albion has long been recognized as the world’s premier supplier of patented mineral amino acid chelates, one of the reasons that Albion is known as The Mineral People™. Albion has been granted more than one hundred patents in the field of mineral nutrition worldwide. Albion scientists have authored textbooks, conducted and published research, and addressed distinguished scientific congresses throughout the world on the benefits of nutritionally functional mineral amino acid chelates.
Therefore, it is understandable that Albion is able to recognize products that represent the highest mineral quality possible. In addition to awarding the Gold Medallion® for specific products, Albion will also give special recognition to Gold Medallion® companies. These are companies that have shown a special commitment to excellence in mineral nutrition by offering a complete selection of Albion mineral products. The Gold Medallion® will assure the consumer that the minerals found in those products bearing the official symbol were provided by Albion Human Nutrition – the World Leader in Quality Mineral Nutrition!
Youth Infusion to include L-Theanine
Infusion Sciences will unveil the all new custom Anti-Aging formula “Youth Infusion” by mid-summer 2010. A team of respected physicians and scientists are working together to find the best complete formula on the market today. Along with Co-Q10, Resveratrol and other health promoting ingredients, is the addition of L-Theanine. L-Theanine is used to promote a sense of mental clarity and relaxation without drowsiness.
