Researchers at UCLA have reported that daily exercise and replacing
the typical high-fat American diet with low-fat, high-fiber foods
may slow the growth of breast cancer cells in postmenopausal women
by as much as 19 percent, writes...
Proposals to put cigarette-style health warnings on soft drinks to
highlight the harmful effects of too many sugary beverages has been
called patronizing by the American Beverage Association, writes
Anthony Fletcher.
The scientific evidence on ephedra is not a closed book, according
to researchers at the University of California, who conducted a
study to determine whether repeated dosing and formulas including
caffeine contribute to the adverse...
The fall out over ephedra continues, as Metabolife files for
chapter 11 bankruptcy and Ideasphere swoops in with a $23 million
bid for its assets, reports Jess Halliday.
Around a quarter of British men are 'in denial' about their waist
measurement, shows a new survey, revealing the difficult task faced
by marketers of health foods and weight loss products, writes
Dominique Patton.
The high-protein, low-carb approach to weight loss has been
underpinned by new research from Australia showing that it can
provide overweight women with greater nutritional and metabolic
benefits than a high-carbohydrate diet, reports...
The maker of a new functional beverage that claims to burn calories
by increasing metabolism says products with net negative calories
are the next step in the evolution of the diet drinks market. But
can consumers be assured that...
The FDA will appeal to the United States Court of Appeal for the
Tenth Circuit over the Utah court ruling that the FDA had failed to
meet its burden of proof that a daily dose of 10 mg or less of
ephedrine alkaloids presents an unreasonable...
Obesity has long been known to increase the risk of health
conditions including heart disease, hypertension and respiratory
disease, but a new study suggests that it also causes accelerated
aging at a molecular level.
In a new extensive study set to fuel the ongoing debate about the
health benefits of milk, researchers find dietary calcium and
skimmed milk are linked to weight gain, while dairy fat is not.
Resistant starch could help people burn more fat and speed up
metabolism, says a researcher, offering significant benefits to the
growing numbers at risk of obesity-related disease, reports
Dominique Patton.
Around half a million European children are suffering from health
problems often associated with later life because they are
overweight or obese, a European congress on obesity heard
yesterday.
The glycaemic index (GI) is emerging as a new weight loss regime,
despite the belief of some nutritionists that there is not enough
science to demonstrate it can effectively control weight, writes
Lorraine Heller.
InterHealth Nutraceuticals has succeeded in protecting the
manufacturing process behind Super CitriMax with the award of a new
US patent, reports Jess Halliday.
Leading US supplement retailer GNC is rolling out the first product
containing the satiety ingredient Olibra, a combination of palm and
oat oil fractions developed by Sweden's LTP Lipid Technologies
Provider, reports Dominique...
Leading US supplement retailer GNC is rolling out the first product
containing the satiety ingredient Olibra, a combination of palm and
oat oil fractions developed by Sweden's LTP Lipid Technologies
Provider, reports Dominique...
One month after a Utah court issued a ruling on low dose ephedra
products, the dietary supplements industry is still in limbo over
the previously-banned herbal, since the FDA has not yet given any
indication of its next course of...
The future of hoodia supplements in Europe has been thrown into
doubt by a recent product recall in the Netherlands, alerting all
member states to the herbal's questionable regulatory status,
reports Dominique Patton.
A fatty acid extracted from pine nuts can suppress appetite and
reduce the amount of food people feel like eating, according to
Dutch firm Lipid Nutrition, introducing the new weight management
ingredient to the food and supplement...
Substituting a modest amount of protein for carbohydrate may reduce
abdominal obesity, say researchers reporting on data gathered from
a diverse multi-ethnic population.
Acatris is introducing a new version of its FenuLife fiber
ingredient with a standardized high concentration of fenugreek
galactomannans, intended specifically for use in functional foods.
The United States may face an explosion in age-related dementia in
the next 20 years if it fails to contain the present obesity
crisis, warn researchers at Californian health care delivery
organization Kaiser Permanente.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is actively
discouraging the dietary supplements industry from resuming sales
of ephedra products following the court ruling that the FDA failed
to prove that a daily dosage of 10mg...
UK company Pure Herbal Extracts has found a way to culture the
appetite-suppressing molecule from a strain of hoodia and plans to
launch supplements containing a guaranteed dose of the active
ingredient in the next six months, reports...
A court in Utah has overturned the FDA's outright ban on all
dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids, or ephedra,
clearing the way for the plaintiff Nutraceutical Corporation to
resume selling supplements containing...
Ingredient company InterHealth Nutraceuticals has added to its
store of evidence indicating the efficacy of two of its ingredients
for weight loss and cardiovascular health with studies presented at
Experimental Biology in San Diego...
A report recommending measures to reduce trans fat consumption in
France raises questions about the safety of conjugated linoleic
acid (CLA), currently being marketed for its weight loss benefits,
and also considered a trans fat...
Supplements of conguated linoleic acid (CLA) taken for two years
helped overweight adults keep their body fat mass down, without
having to restrict calories or change exercise habits, shows a
study published today.
Health claims about a product's effect on slimming or psychological
functions could be allowed under new European regulations via an
authorization procedure, according to one of the proposed
amendments to the draft law that looks...
As EU Commissioner Kyprianou launches a new platform involving the
food industry and stakeholders to tackle rising obesity levels, new
research finds influences on diabetes - obesity link could be much
more than food, reports Lindsey...
The American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) announced this week
that it will hold its International Whey Conference in September.
Autumn may seem a long way away when spring is only just in the
air, but for those in the whey industry...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has
thrown out a $4.1 million jury award against Metabolife, the
embattled former producer of ephedra-based Metabolife 356, ruling
that insufficient scientific evidence was...
US-based PharmaNutrients has developed a digylceride form of the
fatty acid CLA, which it says could offer enhanced fat loss through
an additional mechanism, reports Dominique Patton.
Health Sciences Group is planning to commercialize hydrocolloid
sponges for use in functional food products following its $0.9
million acquisition of the patented production process, reports
Jess Halliday.
The FDA says it has seized $13,500 worth of dietary supplements
either containing or claiming to contain banned ephedrine alkaloids
from Pennsylvania company ATF Fitness Products.
Calcium could reduce body weight by binding fat in the intestine
and increasing its excretion from the body, say Danish researchers,
who have provided the first clinical evidence to support a
mechanism for the weight loss effect of...
Proliant Health Ingredients is launching a new protein source that
it says will boost the effects of other forms of protein in
post-workout and meal replacement products.
The food industry will this year revert to one of the oldest
principles in healthy eating - balance - as it seeks to respond to
a consumer move away from extreme dieting, predicts a Mintel
analyst.
Slendacor® is a synergistic, patented formulation of three standardized herbal extracts: turmeric (Curcuma longa), moringa (Moringa oleifera) and curry...
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