News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Makers of the cholesterol-lowering ingredient Benecol, the Finnish company Raisio, have launched a pasta containing the ingredient on the home market this month. Benecol pasta is said to provide half the daily dose of the stanol ester, recommended for...
Isoflavone producer Novogen has been issued a US patent for the use of soy material made from ground soy hypocotyl, to contain at least one isoflavone, in dietary supplements. The patent has been licensed to Du Pont Protein Technologies.
Sudzucker subsidiary Palatinit reports this week that its sugar replacer Isomalt can improve product properties and production output of breakfast cereals. The sugar replacer is suitable for diabetic foods and low-calorie products.
Reducing fat intake during puberty could help lower the risk of breast cancer later on, report researchers in today's Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The maker of natural supplements Lichtwer Pharma has been warned against making anti-ageing claims for a supplement designed to promote healthy skin by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority.
A study on the effects of fatty diets on puppies, could provide valuable insights into how oxidised fat affects growing children, report researchers this month. The team found that even those fed a moderate level of oxidised lipids had reduced growth,...
The acuity of senses like taste and smell, essential for our enjoyment of food and drink, decreases with age. Such changes in sensory capacities will clearly have an impact on the choice the older consumer makes with regards to their food preferences.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have found that people with gene mutations associated with abnormally high iron levels are 40 per cent more likely than others to develop colon cancer.
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced yesterday that President Bush will propose record-level funding for USDA's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutritional program as part of his 2004 budget request.