Global health food chain Holland and Barrett has brought in sales limits to reduce panic buying and introduced a dedicated one-hour shopping window for the elderly and vulnerable as well as a new call centre to keep up with soaring demand caused by the...
Educational Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health: PART 2
For many medical doctors, the idea of giving nutrition advice to their patients can feel like a minefield, but two health experts who have successfully used diet and lifestyle advice to treat patients with type 2 diabetes have revealed their top tips....
Educational Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health: PART 1
Today's medical students are the first to have good access to resources which will equip them with better nutrition knowledge giving them the power to help cut the massive strain of preventable lifestyle disease through nutrition intervention, not...
Global MNC Nestle, Japanese nutraceutical brand Otsuka Pharma and major Asian pharmacy retailer Watsons have been added to the line-up for our third Healthy Ageing APAC Summit in Singapore, which has an earlybird delegate offer closing this Friday.
Rising costs, unexpected operational challenges and the coronavirus impact has led to Blackmores halving its profits forecast and scrapping its dividend.
The advance programme for our third Healthy Ageing APAC Summit, which takes place in Singapore in July, has been published and features expert speakers from major brands, leading academic institutions, and policy and market experts.
Microbiome sequencing is ‘more accurate’ than full genome sequencing at distinguishing between healthy and ill people … and could predict whether you are likely to die in the next 15 years, two new papers suggest.
The European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ESPEN) has revealed a manifesto on nutrition education stating that medical students should receive mandatory information about human nutrition.
Promoting satiety as a weight management strategy has had a checkered career, but the concept is regaining some acceptance as a viable way to help consumers battle the bulge.
The gut microbiota may determine how effective exercise is on glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity in patients with prediabetes, a German-Chinese study claims.
The first wave of speakers has been announced for this year’s Healthy Ageing APAC Summit, with experts from blockbuster brands Brands Suntory, Blackmores and Herbalife among the confirmed speakers.
See December's 10 most read health and nutrition stories, including Nestlé Health Science China's new product innovation centre, FANCL launching its first cold care supplement, and new nutritional labelling requirements from Taiwan FDA.
The Lancet recently published a warning report calling attention to the “new nutrition reality” facing low and middle-income countries that is driven by the modern food system.
A mega-merger between International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF) and DuPont nutrition & biosciences unit will create a new industry giant worth more than $45 billion (€40.4 billion), say those involved in the deal.
AB Biotics has pledged to continue investing in clinical research to back-up the cognitive benefits of L. plantarum DR7 after acquiring the exclusive global licensing of the strain.
DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma will step down next year, handing over his responsibilities to Geraldine Matchett and Dimitri de Vreeze as co-CEO’s in February.
The consumption of yingyangbao (YYB) amongst infants and young children living in rural China has improved their weight and height, according to a meta-analysis.
The publication of dietary reference values (DRVs) for sodium and chloride brings to a close ten years of work that began with a request by the European Commission to update values last set in the 1990s.
Wearable technologies and digital platforms have rapidly changed the way we think about monitoring our health and has transformed the hunt for biomarkers and the way we perform clinical research … but upgrades to the humble loo could provide the biggest...
The shift in how nutritional studies are carried out are now adding additional insights into understanding biological mechanisms, disease biomarkers and identifying new intervention targets.
Personalized nutrition is closing in on actionable endpoints that will help companies cost effectively help consumers take control of their personal health, an expert says.
People with depression or vulnerability to depression should be encouraged to eat plant-based diets with higher levels of grains, fibres and fish, according to new recommendations published by the MyNetGut consortium.
Low vitamin D levels are an important determinant of skeletal muscle function in adults aged 60 years and over, warn Irish researchers calling for more action to tackle deficiency.
“There’s a new idea emerging that if you have a lot of followers on Instagram and you have a six pack then you are an authority on nutrition and health,” sports nutrition professionals were warned during a nutrition myth-busting conference held in Ireland...
UK advertising authorities have slammed Instagram messages by two companies and three celebrity influencers after they posted adverts for products that broke health claims rules.
GPs are facing burn-out as they lack the nutrition education to help their patients avoid preventable diseases, according to a doctor on a mission to bring the concept of ‘culinary medicine’ to the medical profession globally.
Certain food regularly eaten as part of the Mediterranean or plant-based diets could help bacteria with anti-inflammatory properties to thrive in our guts, say researchers.
Consuming potato puree works just as well as a commercial carbohydrate gel when it comes to maintaining blood sugar levels and boosting athletic performance, researchers report.
New clinical trial data suggests supplementation with vitamin D3 could help improve depression scores in older adults with moderate to severe depression.
Nestlé are to join a group that looks to build a global innovation ecosystem on food and nutrition specifically promoting start-ups and investment to the Swiss region.
Eating mussels three times per week may help bring about significant health benefits such as reducing the risk of cardiac arrest thanks to their omega-3 fatty acid properties, according to researchers from the University of Stirling.
A new Pew survey on dietary supplements found that 1 in 8 consumers said they or a family member had experienced an adverse event, a finding which has been criticized as a faulty statistic.
Researchers are pointing to the effect of nut’s fibre content on the gut and rate of faecal excretion as reasons the food’s consumption is linked to less weight gain and lower obesity risk.
A ground-breaking new mathematical model will help NASA to predict vitamin degradation in spaceflight food, ensuring astronauts remain fuelled on nutrient-rich diets, say researchers.
The high prices of healthy foods, coupled with an abundance of cheap unhealthy foods, remains a prime contributor to malnutrition globally, warn researchers.
Major ketone ester manufacturers are reporting booming business as pro cycling’s biggest race courses through the French countryside and mountain ranges.
An analysis of what Americans eat and how they sleep suggests that lower amounts of some vitamins and minerals in the diet may also mean lower sleep quality.
BioZen, which claims to be the first company to make kombucha in Brazil, is launching fruit kefir. We talked to its co-founder about low-sugar drinks, gut health and reaching male consumers.
A pregnancy supplement regimen offered by Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop is the subject of alleged multiple breaches to UK advertising and trading standards.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) ‘starts in the gut’ says an expert, who spoke of a study that identifies the gut-brain axis and change in microbiome environment as playing key roles in disease onset and progression.
Deregulation and the lack of specific EU rules for specialised nutrition such as sports products pose concrete risks including consumer confusion, loss of innovation and market fragmentation.
For the three months ending September 30, 2018, Danone has announced consolidated sales of €6.2bn, up 1.4% on a like-for-like basis, with a 3.3% rise in value and a 1.9% decline in volume.
The organic and vegan UK startup is primed to launch a line of energy gels and pre-mix hydration drinks and has opened a seed funding round to raise capital to expand.
