News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) confirms that omega-3 fatty acid medicines are not effective in preventing further cardiovascular problems in patients who have had a heart attack.
The Norwegian Government is to allow commercial harvesting of Calanus finmarchicus, an ecologically sustainable omega-3 fatty acid source found in huge quantities in the Norwegian Sea.
Official controls on supplements sold over the Internet remain ‘limited,’ a European Commission (EC) report concludes, with non-compliance mainly related to labelling and health claim requirements.
Thai personal care firm Znya Organics aims to break into the North American, European and East Asian markets with functional products designed to tackle diabetes and high blood pressure.
Quantec, Go Healthy, Anagenix and OneOne Health Group were the big winners at the industry awards event held by Natural Health Products New Zealand at its annual summit.
China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is calling for public feedback regarding regulations for health food products containing probiotics.
A dietitian from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has claimed that many superfoods' health claims are "unlikely" to work, "ridiculous" and "similar to food fraud".
Japan's ageing population is driving the trend of companies providing home-delivered nutritional products.