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As many consumers get down to dieting to counter the excess calories consumed over the holiday season, Orafti courts the market for foods that fill you up with the results of a pilot human trial investigating the effects of its Beneo oligofructose on...
A new report claims omega-3 fatty acid supplements can protect against exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in asthma sufferers, adding to previous studies linking fish oil to lung health.
Atkins Nutritionals, the company that created the low-carb diet craze, said today that it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a slimmer range of products for a broader customer base.
Drinking tomato juice completely prevented emphysema in mice exposed to tobacco smoke, report researchers from Japan.
Many people are put off from eating beans by the much joked-about side effect - flatulence. But a new variety of the flatulence-free manteca bean, grown in the UK, could help encourage more people to consume the fibre- and protein-rich food.
A working group set up by standards developer AOAC has issued a call for analytical methods for joint supplement MSM, or methylsufonyl methane, as part of the program to create validated testing systems for 20 major supplements.
Los Angeles-based Health Sciences Group will advertise its seaweed-based cholesterol-lowering supplement direct to consumers this year to kick off sales.
The glycaemic index has not risen to the same astronomic trend proportions of its low-carb predecessor, but this does not mean there is a lack of interest. Rather, a slow build up could be a sign that it is here for the long-haul.