News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Taking supplements of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA in combination with vitamin A can initially slow the progression of the eye disease retinitis pigmentosa, report researchers, but for those already on vitamin A therapy, adding DHA offers no benefit.
Millions of women use yoghurt as a natural remedy to prevent thrush while taking antibiotics but an Australian team says there is no proof that the bacteria in yoghurt has any beneficial effect.
Dietary supplement manufacturer Hero Nutritionals has teamed up with Integrated Marketing Group (IMG) in an attempt to shed a little of its Yummi Bear image and move further into the world of adult supplements.
Health products supplier American Longevity has acquired the start-up company Bio-lumin Essense, whose five product lines of systemic enzymes and probiotics will now be added as an independent label to American Longevity's product range.
Four common supplements - chromium, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and multivitamins - may help slow weight gain in middle-age adults, suggest results from an observational study.
Maxim America (PZ Sports Nutrition) will introduce its Maxim Nutritionals line of fortified sports bars and gels to the North American market at InterBike 2004.
Functional bakery products trail behind beverages and dairy in terms of the global functional food market but in one European market - Germany - functional bread is showing good growth, according to market analysts Euromonitor.