WHO alerted to potential NZ infant formula promotion breach in Cambodia
Concerns have been raised about the promotion practices employed by the Cambodian distributor of New Zealand infant formula brand Bibere.
Archives for October 18, 2015
Sleep on it: Supplements show circadian potential
The lengthening of the circadian period with age can be reversed by polyamines, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have found. The studies on mice published in Cell Metabolism identify a reciprocal metabolic feedback loop between...
The Instagram effect: Are pictures of food fuelling obesity?
Looking at pictures of food through advertisements, social media and cookery programmes, offers the viewer a substitute source of pleasure – but could it also be fuelling obesity?
Cost stability, blending capabilities bode well for pea protein, supplier says
Blending is the way forward for plant based proteins in sports nutrition and their price stability can help manufacturers, says World Food Processing president Tyler Lorenzen.
The NY AG has become an expert on supplements, so what next?
The New York Attorney General is now approaching the supplements industry from three directions – commercial, scientific, and legal – says Loren Israelsen. But what does this mean and what’s next?
GOED exec on national campaigns, health claims, and El Niño
A positive decision from the FDA on a qualified health claim for omega-3s and blood pressure would be “further justification that EPA and DHA are good for your heart”, says Adam Ismail, Executive Director of GOED.
Whether it's one study or two, FTC still taking deep dive on design, data, and statistical analysis, expert says
Recent court cases may put the Federal Trade Commission’s penchant for requiring two trials to support health claims into the pending category. But that hasn’t blunted FTC’s increasingly detailed look at the design of the studies themselves, said lawyer...