Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition

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Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Sep 02,2010

Carnitine Product Shown to Reduce Plasma Free Fatty Acids During Pregnancy

The new research was conducted at the Medical University of Vienna (Austria) and published in the Journal for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Gynäkologisch-geburtshilfliche Rundschau; Vol. 49, No. 4, published May 2010).

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 27,2010

Supplement Produces a 'Striking' Endurance Boost

The latest study gets the nitric oxide into the body through a different biological process and now the researchers are hoping to find out whether combining the two methods could bring an even greater improvement in athletic performance.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 26,2010

Cold Salt Water Reduces Damage in Heart Attack Patients

In order to reduce patient body temperature, cold salt water was infused through a vein in the arm into the body. At the same time, a cooling catheter was inserted through a vein in the groin.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 25,2010

USDA-backed Study Finds Federal School Lunches Linked to Childhood Obesity

The U.S. Department of Agriculture oversees the federal lunch and breakfast programs. Through USDA the federal government reimburses schools for a portion of school lunch costs and also donates surplus agricultural food items.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 23,2010

SEPPIC to Distribute Advitech's Hydresiar Products in Europe

Advitech, which includes its subsidiary Botaneco Specialty Ingredients Inc. since November 20, 2009, is a health sciences and technology company developing, manufacturing and marketing proprietary natural ingredients and formulations.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 18,2010

Novel Diabetes Hope Comes from Chinese Herbs

Research is increasingly showing that an enzyme known as 11ß-HSD1 plays a role in the body’s response to sugar contained in a person’s diet.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 16,2010

Free Statins with Fast Food Could Neutralise Heart Risk, Scientists Say

Statins reduce the amount of unhealthy “LDL” cholesterol in the blood. A wealth of trial data has proven them to be highly effective at lowering a person’s heart attack risk.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 11,2010

Adequate Zinc Eases Pneumonia in Elderly

HNRCA researchers have been studying immune response and respiratory infections in about 600 elderly residents in 33 nursing facilities in the Boston area.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 11,2010

Prevalence of Eye Disorder High Among Older US Adults with Diabetes

Diabetic retinopathy (damage to the retina caused by complications of diabetes mellitus) is the leading cause of new cases of legal blindness among adults 20 to 74 years of age in the United States.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 10,2010

Olympian Labs Employs Enzymotec's SHARP-PS GREEN in Cognitive Products

Based in Arizona, Olympian Labs is a global dietary supplement and fortified foods company that manufactures and markets more than 270 vitamin, mineral, herbal and dietary supplements to over 7,000 health food retailers.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 10,2010

American Dietetic Association Says Developing Lifelong Healthy Behaviors in Children is a "Shared Responsibility"

"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that schools and communities have a shared responsibility to provide students with access to high-quality, affordable, nutritious foods and beverages."

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 10,2010

Herbamed Appoints NPP as Exclusive Agent for Ultrasome CoQ10 in the Western US

CoQ10 (ubiquinone), well-known for its cardiovascular health benefits, is a leading nutrition ingredient, enjoying a global retail market expected to top $US1 billion by 2012.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 06,2010

Eliminating Diabetes and Depression, and Boosting Education, Most Likely to Ward Off Dementia

The authors suggest that public health initiatives should focus on encouraging literacy at all ages irrespective of ability, prompt treatment of depressive symptoms, and early screening for glucose intolerance and insulin resistance (early stages in the development of diabetes).

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 05,2010

Lonza Coordinates Leading Organizations and Academia for Global Nutrition 2030 Consortium

The workshop polled some of the nutrition industry’s leaders to discuss the relationship of food and health, and develop a vision for the long-term future of the food industry.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 05,2010

Scientists Identify 95 Genetic Variants Associated with Cholesterol, Triglycerides

Researchers look at four lipid traits: total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, (the so-called bad cholesterol), HDL-cholesterol (good cholesterol), and triglycerides. A combination of genetics and environment plays a role in determining those levels in our blood.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 05,2010

MusclePharm Expands International Presence to Over 130 Countries with Leading Sports Nutrition Distributor

MusclePharm's award-winning products Assault, Battle Fuel, Bullet Proof, Combat Powder, Recon and Shred Matrix are also available online at gnc.com, bodybuilding.com, amazon.com and many other locations.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Aug 03,2010

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Linked to Processed and Fatty Foods

Diet high in the Western pattern of foods was associated with more than double the risk of having an ADHD diagnosis compared with a diet low in the Western pattern, after adjusting for numerous other social and family influences.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 30,2010

Calcium Supplements Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack

Calcium supplements are commonly prescribed for skeletal health, but a recent trial suggested they might increase rates of heart attack (myocardial infarction) and cardiovascular events in healthy older women.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 30,2010

Palm Tocotrienol Complex Inhibits Prostate Carcinogenesis

The researchers selected TRAMP mice model because it bears close resemblance to the various stages of human prostate cancer such as progression of the disease from early prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia lesions to a more aggressive metastatic adenocarcinoma.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 30,2010

ARTINIA Chitin-Glucan Safety and Toxicology Report Published

Previous research has shown that ARTINIA has beneficial effects on cardiovascular health, including the reduction of arterial plaque formation in hamsters fed an atherogenic diet.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 30,2010

Phase 2 Again Shown Effective in Weight Loss Trial

The study found that those in the supplement group lost significantly more body weight and waist girth at the end of the first 30 days and at the end of the trial than did those in the placebo group.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 29,2010

BENEO-Institute Promotes Prebiotic Think Tank in Indonesia

Dr Sandra Macfarlane will be giving insights into the scientific status of the range of health benefits prebiotics have and will be discussing the characteristics of a healthy colonic microbiota and its modulation with prebiotics.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 28,2010

Lonza’s Prebiotic FiberAid Included in New Ultra FiberAid Capsules

A prebiotic fiber with excellent digestive tolerance, Lonza’s FiberAid offers food technologists superior technical properties for ease of use in all formulations, including capsule and powder.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 28,2010

Symposium to Address Foods to Give Kids a Healthy Start to Life

The Nutritional Genomics (“A Healthy Start to Life”) Symposium is the second in a series of annual events initiated by Professor Fenech and his research team at CSIRO.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 27,2010

Cyvex Announces GRAS Status for Biovin Whole Grape Extracts

By using the grape in its entirety - including stems, seeds and skin - all the beneficial phytochemicals can be extracted including anthocyanidins, proanthocyanidins, trans-resveratrol and polyphenols.