News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
An amendment to the nutrition and health claims regulation currently being discussed by members of the European parliament could give Britain an opt-out clause to the food supplements directive being enforced across the EU from August this year,...
The prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe has not declined substantially in the past decade, despite national policies of folic acid supplementation in half the countries, write UK researchers in tomorrow's issue of the BMJ.
Russia's consumer protection agency has refused to extend the production licences for a number of energy drink brands produced by the Czech firm Pinelli on the grounds that they could be harmful to consumers' health, reports Angela Drujinina.
Eating almonds significantly increases vitamin E levels in the plasma and red blood cells and simultaneously lowers cholesterol levels, finds a small study.
Chr Hansen plans to use this year's Cheese Industry Conference to showcase the technology that it believes can improve production for high volume manufacturers, Philippa Nuttall reports.
The Scottish government is promoting healthy eating through a scheme designed to increase purchasing of fruit and nutritional foods in convenience stores.
Herbal medicines on the Australian market may need to be reformulated after the government's decision this week to back a wave of expert recommendations to tighten scrutiny of the complementary medicines sector.