European ash tree extract reduces fatty livers: Mice study
Extracts from the common European ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior L.) have been shown to moderate post-prandial insulin response and lower fatty deposits in livers in a study of diabetic mice.
Archives for July 7, 2015
AHPA helps amend Louisiana laws that unfairly banned some herbal ingredients
The American Herbal Products Association has succeeded in helping to pass an amendment in Louisiana that restores to legal commerce certain herbs that have been legally marketed as dietary supplements in the US but had been banned under state law.
VitHit vitamin drink takes simple health message global
Simple health branding and attractive flavours are what will take vitamin drink VitHit global, its founder and director says.
Work on cranberry helped research manager bridge university/industry divide
Linking the goals of companies in the dietary supplement sector with the objectives of university researchers is more art than science. Working with companies like Canadian cranberry supplier Fruit d’ Or has helped Christian Krueger, research program...
ZMC forms new US subsidiary
Chinese ingredient supplier ZMC has forms a new US subsidiary known as Viatal Corp. The company says the purpose is twofold, to provide ZMC with a direct conduit to the North American Nutritional and pharmaceutical markets that will add on to ZMC’s...
Olive oil polyphenols improve cardiovascular markers for young healthy men
Polyphenols from olive oil may reduce LDL cholesterol levels and the build-up of LDL in the arterial walls (LDL atherogenicity) in healthy young men, says a new study from Europe.
Nutrient profiles vote struck from Strasbourg agenda
The REFIT report – and therefore nutrient profiles – was removed from the European Parliament plenary agenda in Strasbourg yesterday.