How effective is fortifying flour at reducing anaemia?
Fortifying flour with micronutrients is effective in decreasing national prevalence of anaemia, say researchers who looked at 32 different countries.
Archives for June 23, 2015
Higher insurance limit requirements becoming industry-wide trend, broker says
Distributors across the dietary supplement and natural products businesses are requiring higher liability insurance limits for their suppliers. That’s the bad news; the good news is that the insurance is cheaper than it has been in a while, said an...
Medical Nutrition
Tailored gut microbiota holds promise for lethal ammonia in liver disease: Mouse data
Altering the bacterial make-up of the gut could help to reduce potentially lethal high circulating levels of ammonia in people with liver disease, say researchers.
Tangerine tomatoes beat red variety for lycopene bioavailability
Lycopene from tangerine tomato juice is about 8.5 times more bioavailable than lycopene from red tomato juice, says a new study from The Ohio State University.
Probiota Americas
New gut models facilitating microbiome research
The understanding of what happens within the human digestive system has always been hampered by the inability to observe that system in action, leave alone the imperfect understanding of one of the major components of the system, the gut microbiome. But...