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A study of older people's use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to manage anxiety or depression indicates that the over 65s may represent a large potential market for makers of supplements and non-vitamin natural products.
Drinking at least one cup of tea a day could cut the risk of cancer in the gallbladder and bile ducts by about 40 per cent, suggests a population-based study from China.
Adding inulin to grapefruit extracts could reduce any detrimental effects of the extracts on microflora while still being accessible to provide other possible health benefits, suggests an animal study.
Cognis foresees immunity and other topics relevant to 'baby boomers' as the next major trends in the nutraceutical industry and is positioning ingredients accordingly, company vice president Dave Eckert told NutraIngredients-USA.com at the IFT show in...
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The rise of organic food is a knee-jerk reaction to consumer health fears, and threatens to unhelpfully steer us away from improving the quality of food generally.
Blue Pacific Flavors has entered into an exclusive partnership with nano processing firm MicroFluides, a move the company says will allow it to create new food solutions that combine the science of taste receptor technology and nano process engineered...