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Green tea catechins may inhibit the loss of reference and working memory linked to plaque formation in the brain, say research from Japan, adding to claims that the beverage may help ward off Alzheimer's.
Daily supplements of calcium and vitamin D, long linked to improving bone health, may also reduce the risk of stress fractures during exercise, scientists have reported.
Supplements of CDP-choline may boost biological energy in brain cells, and be neuroprotective, suggests new research from Harvard and Kyowa Hakko.
Special edition: Probiotic regulations and claims
A second article in a series on probiotic regulations and health claims in different markets around the world examines the situation in the Canadian market.
A pan-European healthy food and supplements trade group has criticised the UK's "first professor of complementary medicine", Edzard Ernst, for taking an "unscientific" approach in a new book.