Study backs immune health benefits of probiotic cheese
Scientists in Finland have highlighted the potential of probiotic cheese to protect and enhance the immune system of elderly people.
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Proposed standards for food claims ‘unwise’, says industry
The US food and supplements industry has taken a skeptical stance to a new report that recommends the same scientific approach is used to evaluate health claims on foods and supplements as on drugs and medical devices.
Not enough vitamin D may boost depression risk
They say sunshine can cheer you up, but insufficient levels of the sunshine vitamin may also increase your risk of developing depression, says a joint study from Italy and the US.
EFSA health claim opinion
EFSA says no to Gencor weight loss claims
An ethanol-water extract of Caralluma fimbriata is not sufficiently substantiated to carry weight loss health claims, according to new opinions issued by the European Food Safety Authority.
Project aims to recover nutritional value from seafood and brewing waste
Preliminary findings from a UK government funded project focused on extracting value from seafood and beverage processing waste shows the process could potentially recover nutritional components such as glucosamine.
Folic acid may boost vascular function for female runners
Supplements of folic acid may boost heart function and improve athletic performance in young female runners, says a new study from the US.
Silicon Valley to inspire Irish food innovation
The Irish Food Board (Board Bia) is urging Irish food manufacturers to take risks and experiment in product development by utilising the kind of “regional centres of competition” that helped make Silicon Valley in California the nexus of global software...
Kemin refutes Frost & Sullivan lutein claims
Kemin Health says Frost & Sullivan statements that astaxanthin can benefit age-related macular degeneration with less per-day doses than lutein hasve no scientific backing.