News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
The herbal products industry can expect several recent trends to continue in 2015, but there are also some significant changes on the horizon. Here are a few things the industry can look for in 2015.
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It is well established that the brain has metabolic requirements that must be satisfied by what we eat or in the case of infants, “what their mother eats”. In particular, dietary fats are fundamentally important for thinking, learning and memory...
Monster & Red Bull among brands attacked for 'declining to commit to restrict marketing to under 18s'
The majority of the energy drinks market is unwilling to commit to protecting adolescents, according to a report by three US Senators.
A company that markets supplements aimed at children with speech disorders associated with autism has agreed to stop making what the Federal Trade Commission deemed were deceptive claims on its products and to pay a substantial fine in a settlement, the...
Leucine supplementation could “significantly” increase muscle protein synthesis in elderly individuals, and therefore be useful in addressing age-related muscle wasting, according to meta-analysis.
Daily consumption of blueberries may help slash blood pressure and improve the arterial health, researchers from Florida State University.
Coming to Probiota 2015 - February 3-5, Amsterdam
Self-styled 'germvangelist' and microbiologist Jason Tetro says the probiotic industry is obsessed with technicalities and needs to venture back in time to access the innate, holistic power of probiotics.
“We do not see this as a rejection.”
A 9-study dossier linking herbal extract fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) and improved glycaemic response has been deemed insufficient by the EU’s central science agency. But the firm’s chief told us, “We do not see this as a rejection.”
Daily consumption of blueberries helps to reduce both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, according to new trial data.
EFSA has concluded there are no intake concerns with various forms of lycopene in a post-market assessment published last week.