Omega-3 linked to healthier, stronger bones: Rat study
Increased intakes of omega-3 fatty acids, and DHA in particular, may increase bone mineral content and produce healthier, stronger bones, suggest results from a study with rats.
Archives for May 6, 2010
Californian group promotes bush mango in US
Start-up Gateway Health Alliances (GHA) is promoting its patented version of the west African seed extract, Irvingia gabonensis, or bush mango.
Milk Specialties Global agrees to pay penalties for safety violations
Milk Specialties Global has agreed to pay fines totaling $535,000 after safety violations were found at its Whitehall, Wisconsin facility, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has said.
Baked goods with aleurone fractions may boost heart health
Wheat aleurone integrated into breakfast cereals and bread could reduce heart disease and risk, according to a study that forms part of a EU funded research project cereal based products with enhanced health benefits.
Vitafoods 2010
Vitafoods investigates health claims
As the drama surrounding the European Union health claims system thickens, Vitafoods hosts a day-long seminar that will unpick key issues from marketing practices to the drug/food borderline to legal and consumer perspectives of healthy food and...
Could archaeological record influence modern prebiotic recommendations?
The large intakes of prebiotic fibres by our plain-dwelling ancestors support the tolerability of the ingredients, and may help push prebiotics into becoming a public health term, says an archaeologist.