Archives for September 25, 2005

← 2005

Vegan diet for weight-loss hailed by study

By  Staff Reporter

Following a low-fat vegan diet may boost weight loss by more than a standard cholesterol-control diet containing meat and animal-derivatives, indicates a new study - despite the vegan participants upping their intake of carbohydrates.

AHPA draws NDI distinction over herb processing

The American Herbal Products Association has filed new comments with the FDA over its new dietary ingredients (NDI) program, drawing attention to possible differences in composition between unprocessed herbs and those that have been semi-processed.

Weekly comment

McDonald's: facing fat

There is nothing so redolent of a corporate mid-life crisis as the strategic equivalent of a new car, new girl and new image, set firmly on the shoulders of the same old idea. McDonald's, it seems, is firmly in the throes of a mid-life crisis.