MANCHESTER, NH--(Marketwired - Sep 23, 2014) - Boston Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: BTHE) ("Boston Therapeutics" or "the Company"), a developer of complex carbohydrate therapeutics to treat diabetes and inflammatory diseases, has appointed Meng Hee Tan, M.D. to serve as its Consulting Medical Director.

Dr. Tan is a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan and attending physician in metabolism, endocrinology and diabetes at the University of Michigan Health System. A member of the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Endocrinology, he is the author or coauthor of more than 110 peer-reviewed publications in the area of diabetes and carbohydrate metabolism. He is a past senior medical director of the Diabetes Endocrine Platform Team at Eli Lilly and Company. He received his M.D. degree from Dalhousie University.

Dr. Tan said, "The need for innovative treatments in diabetes has never been greater, in light of the increasing numbers of Americans with this disease. I believe Boston Therapeutics is doing valuable and innovative work in this area, and I am looking forward to helping guide the Company's development of its diabetes-related treatments."

David Platt, Chief Executive Officer of Boston Therapeutics, said, "We are extremely fortunate to have attracted Dr. Meng Hee Tan to serve as our Consulting Medical Director. His decades of leadership in the field of diabetes research will be a significant asset to us as we continue to seek the best path forward to helping those with diabetes."

About Boston Therapeutics, Inc.

Boston Therapeutics, headquartered in Manchester, NH, (OTCQB: BTHE) is an innovator in designing compounds using complex carbohydrate chemistry. The company's product pipeline is focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic molecules that address diabetes and inflammatory diseases, including: BTI-320 (formerly PAZ320), a non-systemic chewable therapeutic compound designed to reduce post-meal glucose elevation, and IPOXYN, an injectable anti-necrosis drug designed initially to treat lower limb ischemia associated with diabetes. The company also produces and sells SUGARDOWN^®, a non-systemic complex carbohydrate-based dietary food supplement designed to support healthy blood glucose. More information is available at www.bostonti.com.

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