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It is well established that the brain has metabolic requirements that must be satisfied by what we eat or in the case of infants, “what their mother eats”. In particular, dietary fats are fundamentally important for thinking, learning and memory...
EFSA has concluded there are no intake concerns with various forms of lycopene in a post-market assessment published last week.
“We do not see this as a rejection.”
A 9-study dossier linking herbal extract fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) and improved glycaemic response has been deemed insufficient by the EU’s central science agency. But the firm’s chief told us, “We do not see this as a rejection.”
Daily consumption of blueberries helps to reduce both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, according to new trial data.
Daily consumption of blueberries may help slash blood pressure and improve the arterial health, researchers from Florida State University.
Leucine supplementation could “significantly” increase muscle protein synthesis in elderly individuals, and therefore be useful in addressing age-related muscle wasting, according to meta-analysis.
Coming to Probiota 2015 - February 3-5, Amsterdam
Self-styled 'germvangelist' and microbiologist Jason Tetro says the probiotic industry is obsessed with technicalities and needs to venture back in time to access the innate, holistic power of probiotics.