Acai compound shows potent anti-inflammatory activity: Study
The potential heart health benefits of acai and its extracts may be linked to the potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity of a compound called velutin, new research suggests.
Archives for December 9, 2011
DMAA debated on prime time Italian TV
An Italian TV news programme featured USP Labs’ pre-workout supplement Jack3D this week, exploring the safety and origin concerns growing around the stimulant constituent, DMAA (1,3-Dimethylamylamine).
Krill oil shows colitis potential: Rat study
A diet supplemented with krill oil helps to improve the markers of colitis and IBD in a rat model of the disease, say researchers.
FHI "getting its act together" for positive EFSA opinions
A trial underway will provide the substantiation that EFSA needs in order to get a health claim for a protein mix used in combination with an exercise programme for improving muscle mass in the elderly, claims value-added dairy project Food for Health...
'Ground-breaking' designer dairy poised for lift-off with plant isolates, NIZO
Dutch-based food research firm NIZO has evolved a wild plant isolate of Lactococcus lactis (L.Lactis) that it says could open the floodgates to fermented dairy products with new functionalities.
Creatine health claim should be removed from positive list
The positive health claim for creatine and sports performance that was one of 222 that passed to the European parliament for writing into European law, should be put on ice, because it is confounded by conditions of use (CoU), a UK consultant has said.