Archives for May 19, 2005

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GNC launches Swedish satiety supplement

Leading US supplement retailer GNC is rolling out the first product containing the satiety ingredient Olibra, a combination of palm and oat oil fractions developed by Sweden's LTP Lipid Technologies Provider, reports Dominique Patton.

WADA investigating caffeine's effects in sport

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is to consider putting caffeine tablets back on the banned substance list after several Australian athletes, including the national rugby union captain, George Gregan, admitted to taking them.

Plant extracts emerging as weapon against metabolic syndrome

Plants hold the power to keep the increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome, a collection of chronic disease symptoms, in check, according to scientists, prompting the leading plant extract firms to start developing a whole new category of natural...