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Athletes who take the popular supplement DHEA to increase their testosterone levels and improve their performance may actually be raising levels of a hormone that could harm the prostate, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the...
Loders Croklaan specialty fats unit Lipid Nutrition has settled a patent dispute with Norwegian licensing company Natural, defending the rights to its manufacturing process for CLA, the leading product in its portfolio.
If we see our parents eating fruit and vegetables the likelihood is we will follow in their footsteps, finds a UK study that has nailed several factors involved in infant consumption of fruit and vegetables.
The reason low-carb dieters often lose weight and sometimes show improvements in their cholesterol, blood sugars, and blood pressures is because they are, in essence, sickened by the diet, writes a doctor in a science journal published this week.
Direct mail marketers have agreed to pay $2.2 million in consumer redress and to stop certain deceptive advertising practices to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated claims for weight loss in marketing...
Deaths due to poor diet and lack of exercise have risen by more than a third in the last ten years, said the US government yesterday, citing new research that suggests obesity could soon overtake tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death.
Drinking coffee seems to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a growing threat around the world due to the rise in obesity and ageing populations.
Endomatrix, a US-based based supplements company, has identified Europe as the biggest potential market for its flagship product Provasca, said to relieve key causes of cardiovascular disease.