News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Advising type-2 diabetes patients to include walnuts in their diet helps them achieve a dietary fat profile with optimal amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which helps protect against heart disease, say researchers in Australia.
A saw palmetto and nettle root combination helps to treat urinary tract problems in older men, shows a new study.
The fall out over ephedra continues, as Metabolife files for chapter 11 bankruptcy and Ideasphere swoops in with a $23 million bid for its assets, reports Jess Halliday.
Regular consumption of soy protein-containing foods and beverages may reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men by as much as 30 per cent, according to a new meta-analysis.
Regularly taking copper supplements could lead to excess levels of the mineral that may impact health, said a US researcher last week, calling for the current upper safe limit for the mineral to be lowered, reports Dominique Patton.
Oral contraceptives may prevent young women from attaining optimal bone mass and increase their chances of developing osteoporosis in later life. But a new study from Purdue University indicates that upping dietary calcium may offset the effects,...
Canadian biotech company Advitech has come a step closer to launching whey-derived XP-828L as an oral alternative to conventional drugs for psoriasis sufferers with the announcement of positive results in a clinical trial to test its safety and...
A probiotic formulation developed by French/Canadian company Institut Rosell reduced symptoms associated with IBS in tests on a rat model, writes Dominique Patton.