Men blind to obesity health risks, difficult target for slimming products
Makers of weight loss products are failing to reach the biggest group of overweight people - men.
Archives for June 12, 2005
Nestlé Germany discontinues Nutrel products
Nestle's German unit has discontinued a new nutrition bar brand because of weak demand, according to a report.
Sweet drinks starve Americans of nutrition
A study showing that sweet drinks have overtaken white bread as the leading source of calories in the American diet may mean that the nutrition gap is even wider than previously thought, reports Jess Halliday. But according to the lead researcher,...
Neurotoxin is absent from Cyanotech's spirulina
The safety of spirulina has been confirmed by an independent laboratory test, which found no detectable presence of b-N-methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) in the microalgae produced by Cyanotech. The result should allay any fears arising from a recent...
NNFA seeks support to keep DHEA on the market
The National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA) is stepping up its campaign over a bill that would classify DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) as an anabolic steroid and lead to its withdrawal from the market.
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Highway to health
Parked on the hot coals of public opinion, the food industry can lose no time in proving how healthy its products are.
Black soybeans more effective than yellow at cutting cholesterol
Black soybeans may be better at lowering cholesterol than yellow soybeans, report Japanese chemists who studied the antioxidant power in the two varieties.
Black tea as good as green in oral cancer prevention, say researchers
The putative ability of polyphenols from green tea to help prevent cancer has been the subject of much scientific enquiry in recent years. But researchers in India now say that drinking black tea could help prevent the development of oral cancer in...