News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
The lifestyles of today's parents, which has created the booming market for unhealthy convenience foods, are partly to blame for the rise in childhood obesity, suggests a new report. But a backlash against junk food and the food industry in general...
Health Canada is advising consumers not to use products containing the herb comfrey until it has carried out a review of products on the market.
Food marketers in the US can now make a claim referring to the beneficial actions of wholegrains on reduction of heart disease risk, following an application from Kraft Foods.
Experts meeting at a symposium on probiotics this autumn said that further scientific support is needed to explore the strong potential for health benefits of these bacteria.
The rye grain, and rye bran in particular, is rich in dietary fibre and also contains a significant fructan concentration, which may have important prebiotic properties, suggests a new publication.
Grape juice significantly improved short-term memory and some neuro-motor skills such as coordination and balance in preliminary research on animals, presented last month.
German chemicals firm Merck KGaA, one the vitamin manufacturers involved in the price fixing allegations, has reached a settlement and is co-operating with the plaintiffs, reported the New York Times today.
Europe's first international conference on folates, taking place in Poland early next year, is expected to shed new light on folate bioavailability in foods and help understand how to boost consumption of this essential vitamin.
Dutch group Numico, now focusing on babyfood and clinical nutrition, has the potential to be among the fastest growing companies in consumer staples, say analysts at Goldman Sachs.