News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
The functional compounds that make up fenugreek spice seeds may have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits akin to those suggested by traditional medicine, say researchers.
Consumption of omega-3 rich fish may help to protect young women of child bearing age from risk of heart disease, according to new research.
Supplementing the diet with naringenin, a compound from grapefruit, may reduce markers of inflammation and boost kidney health in diabetics, suggests data from a study with mice.
Dispatches from Microbiota 2011
The Boston-based Human Microbiome Project is three years into a five-year project that is throwing up revelations about how human microorganisms behave – and its leader predicts a big future for pre- and probiotics.