Resistant starch could help people burn more fat and speed up
metabolism, says a researcher, offering significant benefits to the
growing numbers at risk of obesity-related disease, reports
Dominique Patton.
Around half a million European children are suffering from health
problems often associated with later life because they are
overweight or obese, a European congress on obesity heard
yesterday.
The glycaemic index (GI) is emerging as a new weight loss regime,
despite the belief of some nutritionists that there is not enough
science to demonstrate it can effectively control weight, writes
Lorraine Heller.
InterHealth Nutraceuticals has succeeded in protecting the
manufacturing process behind Super CitriMax with the award of a new
US patent, reports Jess Halliday.
Leading US supplement retailer GNC is rolling out the first product
containing the satiety ingredient Olibra, a combination of palm and
oat oil fractions developed by Sweden's LTP Lipid Technologies
Provider, reports Dominique...
Leading US supplement retailer GNC is rolling out the first product
containing the satiety ingredient Olibra, a combination of palm and
oat oil fractions developed by Sweden's LTP Lipid Technologies
Provider, reports Dominique...
One month after a Utah court issued a ruling on low dose ephedra
products, the dietary supplements industry is still in limbo over
the previously-banned herbal, since the FDA has not yet given any
indication of its next course of...
The future of hoodia supplements in Europe has been thrown into
doubt by a recent product recall in the Netherlands, alerting all
member states to the herbal's questionable regulatory status,
reports Dominique Patton.
A fatty acid extracted from pine nuts can suppress appetite and
reduce the amount of food people feel like eating, according to
Dutch firm Lipid Nutrition, introducing the new weight management
ingredient to the food and supplement...
Substituting a modest amount of protein for carbohydrate may reduce
abdominal obesity, say researchers reporting on data gathered from
a diverse multi-ethnic population.
Acatris is introducing a new version of its FenuLife fiber
ingredient with a standardized high concentration of fenugreek
galactomannans, intended specifically for use in functional foods.
The United States may face an explosion in age-related dementia in
the next 20 years if it fails to contain the present obesity
crisis, warn researchers at Californian health care delivery
organization Kaiser Permanente.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is actively
discouraging the dietary supplements industry from resuming sales
of ephedra products following the court ruling that the FDA failed
to prove that a daily dosage of 10mg...
UK company Pure Herbal Extracts has found a way to culture the
appetite-suppressing molecule from a strain of hoodia and plans to
launch supplements containing a guaranteed dose of the active
ingredient in the next six months, reports...
A court in Utah has overturned the FDA's outright ban on all
dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids, or ephedra,
clearing the way for the plaintiff Nutraceutical Corporation to
resume selling supplements containing...
Ingredient company InterHealth Nutraceuticals has added to its
store of evidence indicating the efficacy of two of its ingredients
for weight loss and cardiovascular health with studies presented at
Experimental Biology in San Diego...
A report recommending measures to reduce trans fat consumption in
France raises questions about the safety of conjugated linoleic
acid (CLA), currently being marketed for its weight loss benefits,
and also considered a trans fat...
Supplements of conguated linoleic acid (CLA) taken for two years
helped overweight adults keep their body fat mass down, without
having to restrict calories or change exercise habits, shows a
study published today.
Health claims about a product's effect on slimming or psychological
functions could be allowed under new European regulations via an
authorization procedure, according to one of the proposed
amendments to the draft law that looks...
As EU Commissioner Kyprianou launches a new platform involving the
food industry and stakeholders to tackle rising obesity levels, new
research finds influences on diabetes - obesity link could be much
more than food, reports Lindsey...
The American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) announced this week
that it will hold its International Whey Conference in September.
Autumn may seem a long way away when spring is only just in the
air, but for those in the whey industry...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has
thrown out a $4.1 million jury award against Metabolife, the
embattled former producer of ephedra-based Metabolife 356, ruling
that insufficient scientific evidence was...
US-based PharmaNutrients has developed a digylceride form of the
fatty acid CLA, which it says could offer enhanced fat loss through
an additional mechanism, reports Dominique Patton.
Health Sciences Group is planning to commercialize hydrocolloid
sponges for use in functional food products following its $0.9
million acquisition of the patented production process, reports
Jess Halliday.
The FDA says it has seized $13,500 worth of dietary supplements
either containing or claiming to contain banned ephedrine alkaloids
from Pennsylvania company ATF Fitness Products.
Calcium could reduce body weight by binding fat in the intestine
and increasing its excretion from the body, say Danish researchers,
who have provided the first clinical evidence to support a
mechanism for the weight loss effect of...
Proliant Health Ingredients is launching a new protein source that
it says will boost the effects of other forms of protein in
post-workout and meal replacement products.
The food industry will this year revert to one of the oldest
principles in healthy eating - balance - as it seeks to respond to
a consumer move away from extreme dieting, predicts a Mintel
analyst.
The low-carb diet industry is defying media reports from the end of
last year which claimed the fad was on its way out, according to
the latest survey from Opinion Dynamics Corporation (ODC).
The Italian government is stepping up its focus on obesity with the
launch of an innovative campaign to draw attention to the serious
health risks of the condition.
Health-related quality of life, or functioning, begins to decline
as soon as a child is above average weight, say researchers, but
the effects may not be obvious to parents.
Young adults who eat frequently at fast-food restaurants gain more
weight and have a greater increase in insulin resistance in early
middle age, according to a large multi-center study published in
the January 1 issue of The Lancet.
There is little evidence to support the use of many commercial
weight loss programs, according to a study in the US, which
suggests that the search for new, more effective methods will
continue to preoccupy dieters.
There is little evidence to support the use of many commercial
weight loss programmes, according to a study in the US, which
suggests that the search for new, more effective methods will
continue to preoccupy dieters.
A challenge to Lipid Nutrition's patent on the composition of its
conjugated linoleic acid has been removed after the European Patent
Office ruled that all claims should remain as granted four years
ago.
SlimFast owner Unilever has gained the exclusive global rights to
an appetite-suppressing compound extracted from the hoodia gordonii
plant by UK-based Phytopharm, reports Dominique Patton.
UK firm Phytopharm, which has isolated the appetite-suppressing
ingredients in the desert plant hoodia, says it is in advanced
talks to license its compound to a food industry partner.
The Federal Trade Commission has charged more supplement companies
with deceptive advertising for weight-loss products that are said
to have included the banned substance ephedra.
Healthy foods targeted at children may be coming up against a
critical barrier to sales - most parents fail to recognise obesity
and overweight problems in their children, according to a study out
tomorrow.
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