News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
The European food industry awaits as the European Commission huddles together to assess possible changes to the current nutrition labelling rules governing food products, reports Lindsey Partos. Industry is concerned that amendments will be difficult...
New requirements from European regulatory authorities could play a significant role in the success of the next wave of foods containing cholesterol-lowering plant sterols, writes Dominique Patton.
Japan's elderly population is getting even older, reveals a new government report that shows the number of people living over the age of 100 has doubled in the last five years.
Taking daily supplements of chromium picolinate and biotin could help type 2 diabetes patients reduce the costs associated with managing their disease, suggests an economic analysis of the benefits to diabetes seen in previous trials.
Japanese scientists have found that red pepper, also known as cayenne pepper, suppresses fat and energy intake when added to the diet but they say that this is not a result of the spice's sensation on the mouth.