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'Health' claims made on food labels often leave consumers confused or unclear about the properties of the products, Britain's Food Standards Agency reports, following research commissioned by the agency, in the wake of draft European Commission...
Dietary zeaxanthin plays an essential role in protecting the retina from light damage, report researchers at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School in the US this month.
People who drink wine weekly or even monthly may reduce their risk of developing dementia, according to new research from Denmark. The scientists studied more than 1,700 people,aged 65 and over, and compared their drinking habits 15 years earlier with...
Britain's leading supermarket group Tesco opened a store geared solely to health and natural alternative products in London last week. The Nutri Centre chain, in which Tesco has a majority share, is designed to meet growing consumer demand for...
People who drink coffee regularly are half as likely to develop diabetes as adults, finds new research published in the latest issue of British journal The Lancet. The controversial study shows that caffeine, which actually reduces the body's...
The European sports nutrition market is to grow by 8.4 per cent between 2002-2009, according to a new report from market research analysts Frost & Sullivan. The report highlights the opportunities for sports nutrition ingredient manufacturers, and...
Loders Croklaan Lipid Nutrition, the Dutch supplier of lipid-based health ingredients, has received FDA confirmation of GRAS status for its Marinol C-38, an omega-3 fatty acid product.