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New research shows that vitamin E could inhibit the development of prostate cancer. Researchers from the University of Rochester in the US reported that the vitamin suppressed the androgen receptor, a marker for the cancer's growth.
Strong phytosterol sales in the first quarter for Canadian company Forbes Medi-Tech doubles first quarter revenues from last year. The company reported revenue of C$2.4 billion (€1.6bn), up from C$1.2 billion in the comparable period of 2001.
A new study suggests that our instinctive "nutritional wisdom" fails when unhealthy food choices are more available than healthier nutrients.
A conference in London this week will seek to address the problems leading to poor childhood nutrition. Some experts have warned that children are more unhealthy today than they were during post-war rationing,