Archives for March 3, 2011

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Increased B vitamins may ease PMS symptoms: Study

By Stephen Daniells

Higher intakes of the B vitamins thiamine and riboflavin from the diet may reduce the incidence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) by about 35 percent, suggest new findings.

Health claims chief: “There are no ‘minority opinions’”

By Shane Starling in Brussels

Dr Juliane Kleiner, the unit head of EFSA’s Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA), told a Nutrition and Lifestyle conference in Brussels today that all Panel health claim opinions were reached by consensus, with no ‘minority opinions’...