News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Sleep-promoting dietary supplements containing melatonine, L-Theanine, valerian, lemon balm, hops, chamomile and passion flower have been largely OK'd by the the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
Frost & Sullivan has hailed Chromadex’s pTeroPure as the 2010 North American Health Ingredients Most Promising Ingredient of the Year, and expects huge market potential for pterostilbene.
The European Union is to step up controls on food imports from Japan in the wake of the nuclear accident at Fukushima – but stressed there was no evidence that consumers in the region were at risk from radiation-contaminated food.
Polyphenol-rich cranberry juice may boost heart health by alleviating arterial stiffness, says a new study from the Boston and Tufts Universities.
The omega-3 industry stands ready to respond to maximum dosage concerns raised by German authorities if they gain member state support after being tabled at a recent European Commission committee meeting.
Special Edition: Nutrigenomics
Understanding and achieving nutrition’s potential to maintain health and prevent disease may lie with the study of epigenetics, according to a new review.
Iron deficiency is more prevalent in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, whilst Mexican American and non-Hispanic black pregnant women are also at higher risk, according to a new study assessing the iron status of a representative sample of US...
When it comes to deciding whether to purchase functional foods, ‘the principal considerations still do not pertain to health, but rather taste and price’ according to a new consumer study.