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A new educational programme focusing on the information supplied via food labels and designed to help diabetes sufferers improve their diets has been created by researchers at Penn State and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the US....
Glucona America, the sole US producer of glucono-delta-lactone (GDL), has been granted all natural status for its Gluconal GDL product by the US Food & Drug Administration.
An experimental compound called C75 can help suppress the appetite and promote weight loss, according to new research. But the results of tests on mice show that the compound is only effective in obese subjects and has only a short term effect on...
More research confirms the benefits of moderate drinking. A daily moderate intake of alcohol may prevent blockages in the arteries that supply blood to the legs, according to a new study.
Fat men tend to live longer than their slimmer counterparts, according to a survey done by a research group at the Epidemiology and Biostatistic Division at the National Cancer Centre in Tokyo.
An independent assessment group in the UK has published advice on the role of fruit and vegetables in helping to avoid stomach, lung and bowel cancer and in contributing to a healthy lifestyle.
The UK Food Standards Agency said it has received further results of tests on Chinese and blended honey on sale in the UK, and has issued a recall of the products affected.
Researchers at the Medical College of Ohio have identified a protein in the liver that helps clear insulin from blood, a discovery which could eventually lead to a cure for type 2 diabetes.
Flavour intensifiers are being tested as a way to promote weight loss and an alternative to diet, according to Dr Alan Hirsch, head of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in the US.