Market America unveils ephedra-free option
Internet marketing company Market America has launched a new ephedra-free product under its successful ThermoChrome brand of weight-loss products.
Archives for March 30, 2003
Burcon sets up partnership with ADM
Canadian firm Burcon NutraScience announced the preliminary stages of an agreement with ADM which would see the oilseed processor manufacturing Puratein and Supertein canola protein isolates using Burcon's extraction technology.
Canada issues advice on nutrition labeling
Canada's department of health has introduced a nutrition labeling 'toolkit' to help dietitians and health professionals educate consumers on the new nutrition labeling practice, to become mandatory for large companies in three years.
Roche to distribute Lonza niacin
Roche Vitamins is to distribute Lonza's niacin for use in fortified foods within the United States, under a new agreement between the Swiss companies.
Fatty fish for healthy hearts?
University of Edinburgh researchers are further investigating the link between a higher fish oil intake and improved heart health. The team will study the effects of both supplements and eating more fish.
Régente reaches Parisian slimmers
A French bakery is expanding distribution of a special bread that can apparently help the slimming process. The Régente baguette contains a marine algae compound that speeds up fat breakdown.
The green tea phenomenon
Green tea, the beverage linked to an increasing number of health benefits, may also be able to prevent the onset of arthritis, according to a UK researcher.
A puzzling nutrient
US researchers, trying to understand why vitamin A helps fight certain diseases and not others, say that the vitamin influences the types and amounts of immune cells and molecules produced in response to attack.
Major step for gut health
Researchers say they have completed the genome sequence of one of the most prevalent bacteria that live in the human intestine, increasing the potential for new natural products.
Fishing for health
Moves to further investigate the impact of fish consumption on heart health have been undertaken in a new study by Edinburgh university in Scotland.
Our amazing internal world
New insights about the foundations of our health could soon be revealed thanks to the recent completion of the genome sequence of one of the most prevalent bacteria that live in the human intestine - Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.