News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, a company that makes plant-based supplements, has formed a new venture with supplement marketer WellQuest International. The new company, which is likely to go public, will sell APPI's cholesterol product, Lo-Chol.
Supplement company Basic Research, which makes the PediaLean weight loss formula for children and runs a supporting website, said this week it is considering legal options to counter the 'outrageous' claims made by controversial nutritionist Edita...
OleoMed America, a subsidiary of healthcare product distributor The Pharmed Group, has added herbs and vitamins to its pharmaceutical-grade olive oil to produce three new formulas designed to fight weight, wrinkles and restless nights.
'Impractical and unenforceable,' is how the European food and drink association, the CIAA, last week condemned the new EU legislation on the labelling of genetically modified organisms in food. We spoke with Dr Geraldine Schofield, technical adviser...
Researchers at Oregon Health Science University and the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in the US are launching a clinical trial to determine whether a dietary supplement, derived from Bacopa monniera or Brahmi, a plant used in Ayurvedic...
Canadian phytosterols company Forbes MediTech last week said it has submitted, as part of a group of manufacturers, a set of guidelines to the EU covering the sale of phytosterol products.
Eating too much refined bread and cereal may be at the root of the teenage acne suffered by almost all adolescents in the developed world, according to a report in this month's New Scientist which reveals new US research.