All eyes on supplement sold with 77 x recommended vitamin E
Luxembourg’s ministry of health has warned consumers not to buy a product containing 77 times the recommended daily dose of vitamin E.
Archives for August 26, 2015
Hearthside buys health bar maker VSI in €108m deal
US firm Hearthside Food Solutions will buy Dutch healthy bar producer VSI for a reported €108.5m, along with a new US factory for production of VSI’s products.
Stop counting calories and start promoting nutritional value, urge researchers
When it comes to cutting levels of obesity-related heart disease and death, it’s time to stop counting calories, and start to make simple changes that improve the nutritional value of diets, argue public health experts.
Low vitamin D linked to schizophrenic brain dysfunction
Vitamin D deficiency may be linked to the dysfunction of the hippocampus – a region of the brain thought to play a role in schizophrenia, say researchers.
Lutein/zeaxanthin and cognitive health: New study supports macular pigment as potential biomarker of brain health
Measuring macular pigment offers potential as a biomarker of cognitive health, and Alzheimer’s patients are more likely to be seriously deficient in carotenoids, say data from two new studies.
Trade organization forms to foster non-GMO certification for supplements
A new trade organization - the Coalition for Supplement Sustainability (CSS) - has formed primarily out of a need to identify a way for supplement manufacturers to deal with non-GMO certification.
Calcium supplementation again questioned, this time in Harvard newsletter
How much calcium is too much? Despite recent determinations by health authorities, it’s a question that won’t be put to rest. The most recent stirring of the pot came in an interview published by the Harvard Women’s Health Watch that said recommended...
Yakult USA confident of "eventual and ultimate vindication" in probiotics class action
Probiotic specialist Yakult USA has challenged allegations in a class action alleging it is misleading US shoppers about the digestive health benefits of its fermented drinks and says it is confident of "eventual and ultimate vindication at trial, if not...