AMHERST, N.Y., Sept. 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- HealthSport, Inc. (OTCBB:HSPO) announced today that the company, and its Enlyten(tm) family of products, will be featured on CNN - American Morning Medical News with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent. The segment will highlight Enlyten SportStrips(tm), an innovative electrolyte replenishment product that delivers essential nutrients to the body in a quick and efficient manner, as part of Dr. Gupta's report on edible film strips as a new drug/active delivery system. The segment will air on CNN American Morning between 7am and 9am EST on Friday, September 7th.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is chief medical correspondent for the health and medical unit at CNN. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery, plays an integral role in the network's medical coverage, which includes daily packages, the half-hour weekend show House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and coverage of breaking medical news.
"We are excited to have our company, HealthSport, mentioned on CNN. To have our Enlyten SportStrips included in a segment by such a well-respected medical expert like Dr. Gupta is truly an honor," said Dan Kelly, President of HealthSport. "Our product delivers the electrolytes a person needs without the added sugar, carbohydrates, and calories, and we feel this is an important health benefit. We have had tremendous success since introducing our product because of the way we deliver electrolytes. Our SportStrips have gained the attention of several professional athletes and teams, such as the Miami Dolphins, New Jersey Nets, and Atlanta Thrashers. As they use the product, news of this electrolyte delivery is spreading all through the colleges, universities and high schools. We now have some of the most respected athletic programs using our product, such as Notre Dame, Florida State, and Michigan State University. As we continue to add nutritional strips to our product line, we are confident that consumers will see that we are able to provide the best delivery system available."
About HealthSport, Inc.
HealthSport (http://www.healthsportinc.com) is a fully integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of unique and proprietary branded and private label edible film strip nutritional supplements and over-the-counter drugs. The Company owns two subsidiaries -- Enlyten, Inc. and InnoZen, Inc. Enlyten was created to market and distribute HealthSport's products. InnoZen (http://www.innozen.com) is the preeminent formulator, developer and manufacturer of edible film strips that deliver drug actives through buccal (between the cheek and gum) absorption. InnoZen's proprietary edible film strip delivery technology is superior to any other competitive edible film strips currently on the market. InnoZen has five patents pending and has developed numerous trade secrets which it incorporates in the development and manufacturing process of edible film strips. The company's Enlyten(tm) SportStrips(tm) (http://enlytenstrips.com), an edible film electrolyte strip, has recently undergone and completed pre-market testing conducted in conjunction with physicians and scientists at Duke University Sports Medicine & The Michael W. Krzyzewski Human Performance Laboratory ("K Lab'') (http://klab.surgery.duke.edu). Preliminary findings of these tests suggest that the Enlyten electrolyte strip delivers meaningful amounts of electrolytes to the body in a safe, fast and effective manner.