Doctors speak against 'fad' diets
The American College of Preventive Medicine has released a statement strongly opposing popular fad diets as a means for losing weight. The group of physicians is especially vociferous about the Atkins diet.
Archives for February 25, 2003
Kinoko brand AHCC reaches new customers
Quality of Life Labs, which makes the ingredient AHCC (Active Hexose Correlated Compound), has signed on eight new distributors for the Kinoko brand AHCC.
Yohimbe energy drink reaches Florida shelves
New age drinks maker XStream Beverage Group has launched its first energy drink in South Florida, with plans to extend the product in the near future.
Irradiated beef goes further
While the European consumer continues to display a distinct reticence regarding irradiated food products, the US is forging ahead with the announcement this week from a leading food supplier that it has introduced a new product category - Irradiated...
Vitamin K - low intake may have raised health risk
Women with a low vitamin K intake may be at increased risk of bone fractures, suggests research in this month's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Let up for Piveg
Mexican company Pigmentos Vegetales del Centro (Piveg) was recently granted a temporary stay of injunction - the initial phase of a patent infringement suit initiated by lutein supplier Kemin Foods and the Catholic University of America - after...