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Threat of EU health claims legal challenge grows

06-Nov-2009 - Three of Europe’s largest food supplement and healthy product trade groups have issued a 17-page...

Huge scope for anti-ageing ingredients, says new research

05-Nov-2009 - The global anti-ageing food market shows huge potential, with an increasing number, size and variety...

Maternal folic acid – pregnancy stage may influence asthma risk

05-Nov-2009 - Taking folic acid supplements in late pregnancy may increase the infant’s risk of developing...

Side effects of supplement intake focus of French project

03-Nov-2009 - With increasing dietary intake of food supplements in France, a government programme to monitor their...

Low vitamin D again linked to higher mortality

03-Nov-2009 - Low blood levels of vitamin D have again been linked to lower survival in...

DSM contracts suspended in China

03-Nov-2009 - DSM has said that it intends to look for new partners in China for its...

Weekly comment

Clinical trials are EFSA’s fool’s gold

02-Nov-2009 - There’s gold to be found in them health claims mountains, but prospectors from the European...

Folic acid shows benefits for diabetic heart health

02-Nov-2009 - Supplements of folic acid may reverse the detrimental changes in blood vessel health associated with...

News in brief

Multivitamins may cut food allergy in children: Study

02-Nov-2009 - Daily supplements of multivitamins do not have any effect on allergic disease in eight year...

Further glucosamine health claim rejected

30-Oct-2009 - No causality has been established between glucosamine hydrochloride and a reduced rate of cartilage degeneration...

Folic acid and colon cancer: Some benefits and no harm

30-Oct-2009 - Supplements of folic acid may reduce the recurrence of colorectal cancer in people with low...

Maternal folic acid, iron linked to better baby survival

30-Oct-2009 - Taking folic acid and iron supplements during pregnancy may reduce infant mortality up to age...

Waiting game continues in high dose supplement battle

29-Oct-2009 - A further delay in the publication of the EU draft amendment of the maximum permitted...

Waiting game continues in high dose supplement battle

29-Oct-2009 - A further delay in the publication of the EU draft amendment of the maximum permitted...

Mum’s veggie-rich diet may protect baby from diabetes

28-Oct-2009 - Mothers-to-be should eat a vegetable-rich diet in order to protect their babies from type 1...

Vitamin D supplements show anti-diabetes potential

27-Oct-2009 - Supplements of the sunshine vitamin may improve insulin resistance and sensitivity, both of which are...

Nutrient database can assist health claims

27-Oct-2009 - Pooling nutrient information is becoming an important and time efficient way for companies scientific data...

EU doctors deciding on elderly vitamin D levels

26-Oct-2009 - A group of European doctors is moving toward a vitamin D recommended level for the...

Folic acid over-intake not an issue: Study

26-Oct-2009 - Less than five percent of Americans are exceeding safe limits of folic acid despite intakes...

UK ponders folic acid options

21-Oct-2009 - The UK government could consider different options before implementing the Food Standards Agency’s advice to...

Health claim rules gag freedom of speech, says EU lobby group

19-Oct-2009 - Pan-European better nutrition advocate, the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), says the European Union health...

CoQ10 may protect against obesity problems: Study

15-Oct-2009 - Supplements of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) may protect or retard the development of fatty liver related...

No culture shock in DSM 'behavioural change'

12-Oct-2009 - DSM Nutritional Products’ Quality for Life program turned one recently. Shane Starling joined the company...

B vitamins fail to reduce heart-health problems: Cochrane Review

12-Oct-2009 - Supplements of B6, B12 or folate do not affect cardiovascular health, despite lowering homocysteine levels,...

Industry calls Cochrane vitamin B review 'misleading'

12-Oct-2009 - The Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) and the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA)...

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