Vitamin D lacking in African-American teens
African American adolescents living in cities often have low levels of vitamin D, according to a US medical journal.
Archives for June 14, 2004
Partial victory in price-fixing case for vitamin makers
Number two vitamin maker BASF and the former number one Roche have been told by the US Supreme Court that a case brought by former customers outside the US against the companies for price-fixing cannot proceed.
Early days for supplements' role in diabetes
Little evidence supports either the safety or efficacy of nutritional supplements in helping to improve diabetes-related conditions despite strong public interest in natural therapies, according to the head of a government-funded research organisation.
Fruit, not supplements, may protect against age-related eye disease
Eating fruit may help protect against the development of age-related maculopathy (ARM), an eye disease that can cause blindness, according to US scientists.
Trade in processed foods outstrips primary products
Findings from a new report from the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation suggest today's highly processed food industry will continue its thirst for ingredients, writes Lindsey Partos. In the past two decades international trade in processed food...
German health foods industry profits from government reform
Germany's health food stores, the Reformhauser, are reporting a boom brought about by the new reform of the healthcare system.
Enova oil to be spread nationwide
After successful sales of Kao's health-orientated Econa cooking oils in test markets ADM will sell the functional food throughout America writes Philippa Nuttall. With olive oil seemingly the only possible rival to Enova, ADM now hopes to become the...
Fruit consumption combats eye disease
A new study supports growing evidence that eating fruit - thanks to the protective antioxidants they contain - can help men and women fight against the onset of age-related maculopathy (ARM), a degenerative eye disease that can cause blindness.