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Doctors in the US have raised recommended levels of vitamin D for infants because they say exposure to sunlight, which generates production of the vitamin in the skin, is no longer a safe way to prevent deficiency in children.
British manufacturer of carbohydrate ingredients Tate & Lyle is to expand the capacity of its krystar crystalline fructose plant in Lafayette, Indiana by 20 per cent. Due to be completed by August 2003, the company said that no additional staffing or...
Over-the-counter dietary supplements containing the ephedra herb do more harm than good and should be removed from the market, according to the American Heart Association.
Supplement marketing firm Basic Research is preparing an aggressive international marketing campaign for the ephedra alternative Zantrex-3.
The death of three hunters from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is likely to heighten fears that people in North America are contracting a new form of the fatal brain disorder from deer, reports the New Scientist.
Demand for cosmeceutical products in the US is expected to increase 8.5 per cent per year to $5.1 billion in 2007, propelled by a stream of new and advanced age-defying product introductions, suggests a new report.