Health Canada clarifies folic acid advice
Public health organization Health Canada has clarified its advice to care providers recommending high rates of folic acid supplementation to pregnant women.
Archives for March 18, 2010
NASA examines omega-3 for bone health during space flight
Supplements of omega-3 EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) may protect against bone loss during weightlessness, according to a new study from NASA.
Council of Canada chooses NSF for supplements testing
NSF International has become the first US certification body approved by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to offer dietary and sports supplement testing for all nutritional products.
The medicine hunter: ‘I help to establish trade in plants’
Chris Kilham is a perennial of the herbals industry, a man who has for more than 20 years acted as a social, anthropological and botanical conduit between indigenous cultures in places like the Peruvian Amazon and western ingredients suppliers.