Dietary fibre can cause a shift in the gut toward beneficial bacteria may have the potential to assist in weight loss, while also reducing the risk of colon cancer, type 2 diabetes, and other diseases, say researchers.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition has launched a new tool for members that puts together in one place data on recent enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission regardling claims made in advertising. The resource can help them avoid making...
Swedish biotech firm Indevex is hoping for clinical trial success with its patented preload blend after early results suggest an increase in satiety and weight loss.
The UK’s advertising watchdog has lambasted Slenderiiz UK for making insufficiently robust medicinal and weight loss claims on its website for its herbal homeopathic supplements - Slenderiix Drops and Xceler8 Drops.
Research from the University of Liverpool found that including prunes in weight may control diets and even improve weight loss. But can the dried plum get past its image problem?
Teenagers and young adults who are severely obese are at risk of nutritional deficiencies including low iron, anaemia, and a low vitamin D status, find researchers.
Swedish firm Greenleaf Medical AB is poised to lodge an article 13.5 health claims submission to EFSA for its weight management ingredient Appethyl, on the back of positive clinical trial results.
Doubling the recommended daily allowance of protein intake could help to protect against muscle loss during dieting and exercise related weight loss, say researchers.
The UK advertising watchdog has issued guidance to companies making weight loss claims telling them to anally follow the EU nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR) or face prosecution.
The UK advertising watchdog has roasted its second green coffee firm in a month for making unjustified weight loss, antioxidant, colonic health and other claims.
Researchers have identified five epigenetic biomarkers that are associated with better weight loss responses - a finding that help researchers identify if certain diets and lifestyles are working.
The regulation of weight loss is not simply dictated by the balance between energy intake and expenditure, but rather requires correctly timed food delivery, according to new research.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected Irish dairy and ingredients giant Glanbia’s claim that its Prolibra whey-peptide ingredient can reduce body fat, failing the claim on characterisation grounds that dogged 100s of probiotic submissions.
Supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids may lead to reductions of body fat for obese people, but is only effective over short time frames, according to new research.
Although some clinical trials have shown Garcinia extract to aid short term weight loss, the overall evidence suggests that supplements are “not as effective as conventional weight loss pills,” says a new systematic review.
A leading UK nutritionist says a 2010 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) approval of a weight loss health claim for the Asian botanical, konjac mannan, defies the clinical data assessed.
The banned pharma ingredient sibutramine has been found at dangerously high levels in a Taditional Chinese Medicine weight loss supplement, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said Friday.
Ingredients touted for their fat modifying properties like conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and pyruvate show ‘some potential benefit’, but the overall data is ‘limited’ says a new review.
Adhering to a structured diet with one-to-one weight loss counseling may be effective at ensuring successful weight loss, according to findings of a study with the Jenny Craig diet.
The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) yesterday upheld public complaints about broadcasts of a TV advert for the low-calorie weight-loss shake Optislim, stating that it “must not be broadcast again in its current form.”
Two papers presented at an international obesity conference yesterday have found that a range of the most popular weight loss supplements available on the market are no more effective than a placebo.
Dutch-British food company Unilever says Slim.Fast, the brand name for its highly popular weight management product, is not under threat of being construed as an unauthorised health claim in the European Union.
A compound extracted from chilli peppers may boost energy expenditure and aid weight loss, according to new findings from the University of California, Los Angeles.
A London based company has been told by voluntary watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), to withdraw a magazine advert for a weight loss supplement as it was deemed to be irresponsible and did not provide supporting evidence for its claims.
A combination of inulin fibre, green coffee polyphenols, and nut polyphenols could help with weight loss, in addition to promoting digestive comfort, according to its inventor.
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has decided that an advert for the supplement LIPObind does make a weight loss claim and ruled that it must not be broadcast until medical evidence supporting that claim is provided.
A diet low in carbohydrates and high in plant-based proteins could improve blood cholesterol levels while promoting weight loss, according to a new study.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has launched its weight loss drug, alli, in Europe as an over-the-counter (OTC) offering after receiving European approval to do so in January, in a move that will have an undoubted impact on the weight management food supplements...
In response to a recent BMJ editorial claiming that only drugs are effective for weight loss, members of the global food and supplements industries have defended the efficacy of their products, calling the article the “latest misinformed campaign”.
An article appearing in the British Medical Journal says that food and supplement products targeting weight loss are ineffective and misleading for consumers.
DSM Nutritional Products has added a spray-dried powdered version to its Fabuless weight management stable, with the growing meal replacement market being a particular point of focus.
Low-carb diets are as effective as Mediterranean and low-fat diets in delivering long-term weight loss, according to a two-year study published in the July issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
GlaxoSmithKline's alli product - which is the only weight
loss drug to directly compete with dietary supplements - has
already become the third top-selling obesity drug less than a year
after its launch.
A petition by drug firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) requesting that
weight loss claims be treated as disease claims maintains that
there is no credible science to back up weight loss ingredients
used in dietary supplements.
A petition filed with the US FDA calling for the agency to treat weight loss claims as disease claims could wipe the weight loss category from the dietary supplement map.
Supplements of soluble dietary fibre may increase weight loss by
boosting satiety, and has beneficial effects for cardiovascular
health, suggests a study.
NutraIngredients-USA examines the enforcement strategy of the US
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its efforts to ensure that the
marketing claims made by food and dietary supplement manufacturers
are accurate and substantiated.
Nutrigenetically tailored diets can result in better compliance
with weight management goals, as well as longer-term BMI
reduction and improvements in blood glucose levels, says new
research.
DSM's proprietary ingredient Fabuless, formulated in yoghurt,
stopped weight gain after weight loss, says a randomized,
placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.
A diet is not just for January. Sure, the wagon-ride to a healthy
weight is a bumpy one and some won't manage to cling on. But global
government efforts to reduce the impact of the obesity crisis on
public health are ongoing,...
Berkem is promoting its coffee-derived Svetol ingredient for
functional food uses, communicating positive clinical findings on
weight loss that build on epidemiological data connecting the
well-loved beverage to health benefits.
