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Probiotics given to pregnant women and babies around the time of childbirth could protect children from atopic eczema for up to four years - two years longer than previously reported, researchers will report in tomorrow's Lancet.
Despite the challenging economic climate, Irish food ingredients, flavours and consumer foods group Kerry expects a good outcome for the full year.
The OMB this week urged the Departments of Health and Human Services and USDA to revise dietary guidelines to reflect information that omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
Canada's Omega Biotech, maker of the Protovin grape seed antioxidant, has introduced its first cosmeceutical product this month. The anti-aging cream is said to firm and brighten the skin and can also repair damage.
The first so-called skincare beverage is to launch in New York this summer, to rehydrate skin in the warm weather. It contains oxygen, purified water and a blend of zinc and vitamins E and C.
With coffee prices at a 30-year all time low, the International Coffee Organisation and World Bank ended their round table last week with a call to rich countries to share the burden of the present coffee crisis.