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Europe's herbals market is set to regain some of its momentum over the next year, with strong sales in supermarkets and non-pharmacy channels demonstrating that consumers are regaining confidence in natural products, writes Dominique Patton.
Being in America makes you fat, according to a study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
As Americans get ready to tuck into their Christmas lunch, the food and supplement manufacturers have an eye on the trends for 2005, and health and nutrition seem to be at the top of most people's agenda.
The soy isoflavone genistein may inhibit intestinal cell growth in babies, say US researchers, who have carried out tests on newborn piglets.
More than 50 countries around the world are still iodine-deficient, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is calling for strengthened salt iodisation programmes.
Essential oils usually used in aromatherapy have been found to kill the deadly MRSA bacteria causing increasing numbers of deaths in hospitals round the world.
Nutrition 21 said recently that the NIH would continue to fund research into the benefits of chromium picolinate for sufferes of diabetes. The company's CEO told NutraIngredientsUSA.com what this means and her company's plans for 2005.