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Technology that can speed up biological time may reveal the existence of hundreds of ‘vitamins’, and provide scientific evidence for how long-term nutrient intake affects the risk of chronic disease, says the executive chairman of a Silicon Valley...
Supplementing breast feeding mothers with alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and select probiotics may enhance the fat content of the milk, and boost the immune benefits of the breast milk, suggests a new study from Finland.
BASF is confident it can bring a canola oil to market with sufficient levels of the coveted long-chain omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA to make heart health claims by the end of the decade.
Consumption of low-fat chocolate milk is beneficial to muscle recovery and exercise performance, claims two recent studies.
The safety of probiotics should be evaluated at the species and not the strain level when considering possible New Dietary Ingredients notifications, according to a new position paper by three leading probiotic groups.
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2011
Krill provides only a small link in the omega-3 supply chain, but the sustainability of the Antarctic fishery is regularly brought under the spotlight, often unfairly says the WWF.