Probiotics may protect infants from respiratory illness
Daily supplements of a probiotic may reduce the incidence of respiratory illness for infants during their first eight months of life, says a new study.
Archives for September 29, 2010
Nestle
Nestlé enters functional foods ring as claims climate heats up
On Monday Nestlé invited a media pack to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology near its Lausanne, Switzerland, base to tell the world about its big move into, as it called it, “the opportunity between food and pharma”.
Garlic oil may reverse diabetes linked heart disease
Problems in heart function related to diabetes may be improved by supplementation with garlic oil, according to new research with rats.
EFSA issues fresh gut health/immunity guidance
Clinically measured, increased levels of microbiota such as lactobacilli and/or bifidobacteria in the gut will not alone validate health claims, the European Food Safety Authority’s health claims panel has affirmed this week. But significant reductions...
EFSA health claim opinion
EFSA rejects milk thistle health claim
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has turned down a health claim application linking a milk thistle extract to increased breast milk production after delivery.