News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Since Vioxx was withdrawn from the market last September, consumers have been casting about for dietary supplements for joint health and inflammation. Jess Halliday looks at a market that seems ready to step into a void created by the pharma health scare.
Plummeting prices for the animal feed ingredient lysine and the costs of restructuring pressurized vitamin C production virtually eliminated profits at BASF's fine chemicals division this year, reports Dominique Patton.
Fortifying milk with folic acid offers an accessible source of the vitamin, report Dutch researchers who tested bioavailability of the nutrient in a clinical trial.
As the most dynamic specialty tea, green tea is helping to fuel a rapidly expanding market as consumers look for healthier alternatives to coffee and soda, according to a new market report.
Nearly all hip fracture patients are deficient, sometimes severely, in vitamin D, researchers in Scotland reported this week.
A high-fat diet may lead to over-consumption of tasty snacks, say researchers involved in a rat study. They believe that regular eating habits could affect sensitivity to a hormone that tells us when to stop eating.