You talkin’ to me? The grey zone around health claims in ‘commercial communication’
How we define ‘commercial communication’ when it comes to health claims remains somewhat of a grey zone, according to a Leatherhead analyst.
Archives for May 22, 2014
US-made hemp ingredients for supplements, food closer to reality with advent of Colorado production
Despite the continued murkiness surrounding the legality of non-narcotic fractions of cannabis sativa for dietary supplement use, one company is forging ahead with hemp ingredient production in Colorado. And it doubtless will be joined by others, as...
New study ‘strengthens krill oil's position in the market’: Aker
Krill oil supplementation to a high-fat (Western) diet was effective in reducing plasma lipid levels, with the effects via a different mechanism to fish oil, says a new study with lab mice.
Vitamin D deficiency in UK unacceptable
Vitamin D deficiency in the UK is “not acceptable” and easily avoidable, five of Europe’s leading nutritional scientists have said, after national data suggested 23% of adults received less than their recommended daily intake.
Dispatches from the IPA World Congress in Athens, Greece
Game of spoons: France’s 144,000 tonne, €420 million probiotic yoghurt health claim hit
France’s formally buoyant multi-billion euro probiotic yoghurt market will shed €420m between now and 2018 directly because of tough EU health claim laws, according to new analysis that isolates ‘the health claims effect’ for the first time.
Ashwagandha may promote healthy testosterone production in men: Clinical data
Daily supplements of root extracts of ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) may promote healthy testosterone production and other metrics related to male sexual function, say results of a pilot study.