News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Children should be strongly encouraged to regularly include calcium-rich foods and drinks in their diets, report US researchers, after a new study confirms the negative association between the mineral and body fat.
Lobby groups are stepping up the effort to fight a bill recently introduced by US senators, which seeks to add considerably to the government's current regulation of the dietary supplement industry.
Atkins Nutritionals, the company set up by the US pioneer of the Atkins diet, is to launch its range of low carbohydrate foods throughout the UK in January, the first European market for the firm.
Ginger, taken by pregnant women to ease morning sickness, appears to be safe for the foetus, report researchers, but they found it only had a mild effect on sickness.
German company Wacker Chemie has applied to approve alpha-cyclodextrin as a novel food in Australia and New Zealand, claiming it has dietary fibre-like properties.