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Allegations that Australia's booming fruit juice industry is misleading consumers by exaggerating health claims will be investigated by the country's competition watchdog, as the juice world looks on, reports Chris Mercer.
Fat consumption in the diet can lead to healthy blood levels of sugar and cholesterol, say researchers.
Flax lignans may help treat benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), a condition said to affect more than half of all men over the age of 50, according to a new animal study commissioned by Dutch firm Acatris.
Varying rates of hypertension and osteoporosis in African-American and Caucasian adolescent girls may be explained by the different ways in which their bodies handle sodium and calcium, according to recent research.
ADM has developed a range of sterol esters for low-fat or fat-free foods, giving it some edge over other sterol producers in a functional food category that is taking time to reach its forecast potential, reports Dominique Patton.