Botanical supplements may contain harmful compounds: Study
There is a need for better regulation and quality control of plant-based food supplements and ingredients – as they may contain potentially harmful agents, say researchers.
Archives for December 14, 2011
EFSA opens up on health claims (possibilities) in Berlin, says EHPM
Europe’s leading trade group for small to medium-sized healthy food and supplement purveyors has welcomed signals from EFSA that it is more open than ever to stakeholder input over health claim decisions and methodologies.
EFSA health claim opinions
EFSA issues mixed bag for sugar beet fibre as barley beta-glucan’s claim success
Barley beta-glucan’s have won two separate article 14 opinions for cholesterol lowering and heart health, while its mixed news for sugar beet fibre claims and digestive health in the latest round of EFSA claim opinions.
Dispatches from Microbiota 2011
Researchers close in on the ‘black box’ of bacterial vaginosis
Dr Jacques Ravel, one the world’s leading vaginal microbia researchers, says revelations about differing ‘community types’ of vaginal bacteria could drastically improve treatments for the common condition, vaginosis.