News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Britain's Food Standards Agency said this week that its Committee on Toxicity is consulting on a draft report that looks at the implications of dietary phytoestrogens - chemicals naturally produced by some edible plants, notably soy - on human health....
US supplement manufacturer Weider Nutrition is the fourth company to join the USP Dietary Supplement Verification Program. Weider will initially submit its Schiff brand of Move Free joint care products for the DSVP certification process.
When scientists from Sweden reported earlier this year that several ordinary foodstuffs could contain high levels of acrylamide - a potentially cancer-causing chemical - governments, food associations and food manufacturers drew a sharp intake of breath.
The National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA), a US-based trade body, is the latest industry organistion to issue a statement following this week's Senate hearing on ephedra in Washington. The group reacted to Senator Durbin's comment that DSHEA...
German chemicals group BASF said this week that while on schedule with its expansion of vitamin E production, first announced in 2001, it was anticipating supply bottlenecks at its Ludwigshafen plant between now and April next year.
A cancer expert at Ohio University has received funding to continue her work investigating the link between diet and breast cancer prevention. The new study will research the effects of a low-fat and low-sugar diet on reducing a woman's chances of...
Newly formed agency 'down under', the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), this week invited interested parties and organisations to comment on a number of proposed changes to the Food Standards Code, including a review of the hotly...
Nearly 50 per cent of Americans are concerned that they may develop diabetes according to results released this week, yet many are doing little to lower their risk. Many are however optimistic about scientists' chances of finding a cure.
US functional foods company FACT announced this week that it has opened a 2,000 square-foot development facility for functional food formulations.