Study suggests soy stops prostate cancer spread
A new animal study has added to a body of research suggesting that soy could prove helpful in the fight against prostate cancer spreading to other parts of the body.
Archives for March 17, 2008
Poland panel considers borderline supplements
Poland has established a government-backed group briefed with developing criteria relating to the classification of a range of nutrients under either food or medicine law.
Genotype foods still a decade from the shelves: experts
Personalised food tailored for people's genotypes are still 10 to 15 years away from the shelves, experts told the Nutrigenomics 2008 conference in Paris.
Beeb cans CAM from online service
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has removed a section devoted to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) from its website in a move that has caused consternation throughout the British CAM community.
New proposal for global, legal junk food ad ban
A new code that would restrict the marketing of unhealthy foods to children has been proposed by two international lobby groups who claim the food industry is failing to self-regulate, especially in developing countries.