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A letter sent by senior doctors in the UK to health care trusts urging that NHS funds are spent only on evidence-based medicines has sparked furious debate about the role of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in the modern world.
Confusion over the exact jurisdiction of Canada's Natural Health Products Directorate does not bode well for nutraceutical food and drinks seeking the federal stamp of approval that can lead to better sales.
A dietary supplement of flaxseed, a rich source of lignans and omega-3 fatty acids, could prove useful to reduce lung inflammation and oxidative stress, if results from a mice study can be expanded to humans.
Modification of whey protein concentrates with high phospholipid proportions could turn standard emulsifiers into functional health promoting ingredients, results that could have important implications for the food industry.
Phosphagenics is constructing a new tocopheryl phosphates manufacturing plant in Melbourne, Australia - a project that paves the way for future licensing agreements and could encourage the use of its technology in more nutraceutical and pharmaceutical...
Around a quarter of US consumers feel they do not get enough soy in their diets, while almost half are still not aware of the health benefits linked to the product, says new research.
Dietary supplementation with an omega-3 enriched milk could be a simple and tolerable way to ease cardiovascular risk factors linked to metabolic syndrome, say Spanish researchers.
China is usually regarded as the stiff competition for Western ingredient firms, but a new report from Frost and Sullivan indicates that the Chinese are increasingly avid consumers of nutraceutical products themselves.