Polyphenols linked to flavour development in food, new findings
Polyphenols present in roasted or baked rolled oats could be intimately linked to the flavour development of this popular food, report food scientists.
Archives for August 31, 2005
High dose vitamin C reduced colds in Japanese study
Taking a high-dose vitamin C supplement everyday reduced the number of colds experienced by people in a Japanese trial, although intake of the vitamin appeared to have no impact on the severity or duration.
Nutrition 21 granted FDA approval for supplement claim
The FDA has issued a favorable response to a qualified health claim petition filed by Nutrition 21 for the nutritional supplement chromium picolinate, though it concluded that any link between chromium picolinate and either insulin resistance or type...
Olive oil compound may fight disease, act like painkiller
A compound found in olive oil has an anti-inflammatory action similar to the popular painkiller ibuprofen, reported US researchers today.
New help for arthritis sufferers, suggests study
A naturally occuring compound supplement - methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) - could offer arthritis sufferers short-term relief from knee pain.
Nutritionals among few bright spots during Glanbia first half
Irish dairy group Glanbia will be wishing it made a bigger investment in nutritional ingredients sooner than it did, as it revealed a 13 per cent drop in half year operating profits yesterday owing to difficult conditions in chilled dairy and...
EU to develop new grain varieties to combat metabolic syndrome
Health-promoting cereal foods and ingredients aimed at fighting metabolic syndrome are to be developed in a five-year project involving 43 partners from 15 European countries.
Soy could reduce bad cholesterol, says AHRQ
Daily consumption of soy protein found in tofu and other soybean products may result in a small reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL, known as bad cholesterol) and triglyceride levels.