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Highly obese women are 12 times more likely to have diabetes or knee replacement surgery, and five times more likely to have high blood pressure than women who are at a normal weight, shows a new study that reveals the extent of risk to health caused...
About 40 per cent of diabetic patients can reduce their risk of heart attacks and of dying from heart disease by taking vitamin E supplements, according to new research out of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Fortification is a growing trend in soft drinks and the dairy sector, and played a role in 8 per cent of all new food and drink products introduced last year, according to David Jago, director of Mintel's Global New Products Database.
US agri-giant Cargill introduced a new barley ingredient, with high levels of beta-glucan soluble fibre, at Health Ingredients Europe last week, as part of its platform designed to target heart health.
Soy suppliers could see a boost to sales if fears of a second case of BSE in the US lead to a full ban on meat and bone meal.
Plant ingredient supplier Unigen Pharmaceuticals has joined up with Santé Naturelle to produce a natural weight reduction product.