News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
The "French paradox" - rich cuisine and a slender population - can be explained in part by portions that are significantly smaller in French restaurants and supermarkets than in their American counterparts, say researchers.
Nutrition ingredients supplier DMV International, part of billion euro dairy company Campina, is the first US company to be approved by L.R.Q.A. for HACCP certification under the new RvA standard.
Life science company DSM is in top gear this year, with the European Patent Office revealing that the company filed the largest number of biotechnology patent applications in Europe this year, for the second year in succession.
Children who replace proper breakfasts with chocolate bars or carbonated drinks have the reaction levels of a 70 year old by the end of the morning, report researchers.
Traditional curry spice curcumin may provide an inexpensive, well-tolerated, and effective treatment for inflammatory bowel disease - Crohn's and ulcerative colitis - report researchers.
Could your child be preordained to be an overweight couch potato? New Zealand physiologists are proposing that the well-known association between obesity, metabolic syndrome, sedentary behavior, and overeating might have a common biological cause.
The food safety agency of Australia and New Zealand has opened channels for public comment on a number of possible changes to its recently implemented Food Standards Code.
Evidence continues to mount that curcumin, a component of the curry spice tumeric - holds certain health benefits. Researchers in Canada suggest that it could provide an inexpensive treatment for Crohn's disease.
Cardiac rehabilitation patients may "just say no" not only to obviously harmful dietary fat but also to beneficial fruits and vegetables, claims a small study published this month.