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Makers of a weight loss supplement containing extracts of exotic fruits have been hauled up by the UK's advertising standards agency for making unsubstantiated claims about the product's efficacy in a direct mailing.
Calcium could help the body fight E coli, the bacteria often responsible for traveller's diarrhea, and a cause of illness in children and the elderly in developing countries, suggests new research from the Netherlands.
Croda Healthcare, a division of UK-based speciality chemicals manufacturer Croda Oleochemicals, is to market a new range of soy nutraceuticals derived from whole soybeans. The company claims that unlike many other soy-based dietary ingredients,...
US researchers have discovered a faster, cheaper method for testing the quality and purity of oils, such as flaxseed, used in dietary supplements. Their work could help the industry deal better with increasing quality testing.
Taking supplements of calcium could help the body fight E coli, the bacteria often responsible for traveller's diarrhoea, and a cause of illness in children and the elderly in developing countries, suggests new research from the Netherlands.
Taking vitamin E will not prevent heart attacks or cancer, researchers said this week, news that could dent the current boom of one of the most widely consumed vitamins.