Forget calorie counting and start eating healthily, say UK healthcare leaders
Following a Mediterranean style-diet may be better at cutting obesity rates than following diets that involve continually counting calories, say researchers in the UK.
Archives for November 17, 2014
Danone quiet on medical nutrition business IPO reports
Danone has declined to comment on reports it is considering an initial public offering (IPO) of shares in its medical nutrition business.
Can chlorella crunch into food? Allma launches microalgae crispy snacks
Portuguese microalgae supplier Allma has debuted cereal-based chlorella pieces as it drives the ingredient beyond food supplement aisles.
‘Exploring the frontiers of innovation’: Food Vision USA to inspire food business leaders on cutting-edge technologies, trends and opportunities
Chicago will host the first ever Food Vision USA event in October 2015, bringing together senior figures in business strategy, R&D and marketing from established players and rising stars in the US food and nutrition industries.
Walgreens' personalization strategy puts people before data
Personalization is the new ideal of dietary supplement marketing. While many experts base this idea on the potential of genomic information, Walgreens has gone the other direction and is basing the idea on actual people.
New online option for NDI notifications could cut basic errors, expert says
The Food and Drug Administration has opened a public comment period on a proposed change that would allow the online submission of New Dietary Ingredient notifications. The change could help clear up some confusion within the industry about what exactly...
DMAA doping or contamination?
Food supplements fingered as German doping ban reduced
A German Winter Olympian has had her doping ban reduced from two years to six months, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), agreed the DMAA in her system had likely come from a contaminated food supplement.
Magnesium linked to lower metabolic syndrome risk: Meta-analysis
Increased dietary intakes of magnesium may reduce the risk of developing metabolic syndrome by about 30%, says a new meta-analysis of six studies.