News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Olive oil has become the latest food to win the FDA's approval, receiving a cautious nod that will allow the product to display a qualified health claim for its potential to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD).
Future growth in the OTC sector will come from new condition-specific products targeting older consumers, including vitamins and supplements like probiotics, forecasts market research firm Euromonitor.
Vitamin E may help prevent Alzheimer's disease, suggests new research that provides insights into how the disease damages brain cells.
Red wine may protect against the development of lung cancer in men, suggests new research, with each daily glass conferring additional benefit.
Raspberries and another berry commercially grown in Finland, the cloudberry, contain a compound that inhibits the growth of harmful intestinal bacteria, report researchers at VTT Biotechnology and the University of Helsinki.
Cyanotech, the Hawaiian based nutraceutical firm, which saw a return to profitability in fiscal 2004, appears to be benefiting from growing public awareness of the health benefits of its products, reporting solid results for the second quarter of 2005.
Kefir producer Lifeway Foods is branching out from functional foods for which it is best known and has created a new line of cream cheeses.