Archives for January 15, 2018

NSF's Miller says 'honest and open discussion' will help define best practices for DNA testing

New leadership at NSF's AuthenTechnologies unit will 'more closely align' it with the organization's 'core scientific testing and research services', and will help to better define where DNA testing is best used, the division's new chief said.

E-commerce: Targeted sports nutrition packaging key to sales boost

Flexible pouches are not first choice for supplement product packaging, according to Roar Ambition, a UK-based sports nutrition firm company which believes its new pre-workout formula product has the “visual disruption” to compete on a crowded e-commerce...

PEEK INSIDE: IPAWC + PROBIOTA 2018, BARCELONA 7-9 FEBRUARY

Depression: A new role for probiotics in nutritional psychiatry?

The possibility that probiotics could be a new tool in fighting depression is gaining increasing attention in nutritional psychiatry, says Caroline Wallace ahead of her talk at the IPA World Congress + Probiota 2018 next month.

Vitamin D deficiency may increase metabolic syndrome risk after menopause: Indian population study

Vitamin D deficiency could lead to a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal women, according to a recent study in India.

Most popular supplements for Saudi women revealed as study shows increased use

Dietary supplement usage has increased significantly among women in Saudi Arabia over the last two decades, say researchers in the country.