Water gives boost to nutraceuticals market
The growing importance of bottled water enriched with vitamins, minerals and herbal ingredients means that the simplest of food products has now become a major driver of growth in the nutraceutical market.
Archives for January 24, 2002
Lobbyists target MEPs over food supplements
La Leva di Archimede, a consumer association which fights to protect freedom of choice with particular emphasis on health matters and nutrition, is protesting to MEPs about proposed changes to the rules governing food supplement sales in the EU.
New research confirms CLA as fat buster
New research from Scandinavian Clinical Research in Norway shows that conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) can help reduce body fat in humans. The research, published in The Journal of International Medical Research (JIMR) is the fifth peer-reviewed article...
Joshua Tree to buy AHDC
American Health and Diet Centers (AHDC) has announced that it is to be acquired by the Joshua Tree company for an undisclosed sum.
Zinc supplements help combat SCD
Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are normal sized at birth, but often experience growth deficits and delayed development, which may result from chronic under-nutrition, and in particular zinc deficiency.
Women encouraged to fight osteoporosis
The benefits of a healthy diet and regular exercise have long been promoted by the health industry, but new research presented to the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research shows that a good calcium intake and physical activity can have a real...
Apples top vitamin C as cancer-busters
Vitamin C is known to have significant anti-cancer effects, but the precise reason why has not always been clear. New research has taken a further step towards discovering exactly why the vitamin has such an effect, while at the same time revealing...
Vitamin gel to help beat skin cancer
A new topical gel containing bexarotene, a form of vitamin A, is undergoing clinical trials at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, to test its effect on parapsoriasis, a red, scaly rash which can often be a precursor to skin cancer.