Archives for August 31, 2005

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High dose vitamin C reduced colds in Japanese study

By  Dominique Patton

Taking a high-dose vitamin C supplement everyday reduced the number of colds experienced by people in a Japanese trial, although intake of the vitamin appeared to have no impact on the severity or duration.

Nutrition 21 granted FDA approval for supplement claim

By  staff reporter

The FDA has issued a favorable response to a qualified health claim petition filed by Nutrition 21 for the nutritional supplement chromium picolinate, though it concluded that any link between chromium picolinate and either insulin resistance or type...

Nutritionals among few bright spots during Glanbia first half

By  Dominique Patton

Irish dairy group Glanbia will be wishing it made a bigger investment in nutritional ingredients sooner than it did, as it revealed a 13 per cent drop in half year operating profits yesterday owing to difficult conditions in chilled dairy and...

Soy could reduce bad cholesterol, says AHRQ

By  staff reporter

Daily consumption of soy protein found in tofu and other soybean products may result in a small reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL, known as bad cholesterol) and triglyceride levels.