health & wellness

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Studies suggest increasing magnesium or improving bone density may lower risk for dementia
23 Mar 2023
--- Researchers suggest that people who consume more than 550 mg of magnesium daily have a brain age approximately one year younger by the time they reach 55 compared to someone with an average magnesium intake of 350 mg daily.... Read More
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Food Foundation calls for UK government action on growing food insecurity among essential workers
23 Mar 2023
--- The UK Food Foundation finds that food insecurity reached 24.9% of households with National Health Service (NHS) employees and social care workers in January 2023. Food insecurity amounted to 25.8% for families of food... Read More
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GAIN pushes EAT-Lancet to update nutritionally controversial planetary health diet
23 Mar 2023
--- After a recent study published by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) found micronutrient shortfalls in the EAT-Lancet planetary health diet, scientists are now moving to update the dietary guideline. They are... Read More
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Tech & innovation: EIT Food winners driving change across protein diversification and agriculture
23 Mar 2023
--- Fermented food, plant-based alternatives and insect proteins feature among the innovations hailed as the brightest food tech by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Food. FoodIngredientsFirst speaks with... Read More
Health for a globally aging population: Holistic formulations and science-backed ingredients fuel innovation
23 Mar 2023
--- The UN declared this decade – from 2021 to 2030 – “The Decade of Healthy Aging,” and many leading developers and suppliers within the segment agree it is a growing and popular trend. Innova Market... Read More
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WFP reports 41% of children globally have access to nutritious school meals
22 Mar 2023
--- Global crisis levels of hunger affects 345 million people, 153 million of whom are children, according to the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) recently released State of School-Feeding Worldwide report.... Read More
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Clinical trials back plant-source peptides discovered by Artificial Intelligence
22 Mar 2023
--- Two clinical studies have verified the efficacy of PeptiStrong, a plant-sourced ingredient extracted from fava beans and containing cell-signaling peptides. The ingredient, identified by biotech specialist Nuritas’... Read More
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Pink Gold: Animal-free lactoferrin poised to fortify plant-based dairy products, boost sports performance
22 Mar 2023
--- TurtleTree has debuted the world’s first precision fermentation-produced lactoferrin dubbed LF+, a high-value bioactive milk protein that boosts immunity, regulates iron, and is good for digestive health.
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Clear Within leverages DolCas Biotech’s turmeric extract touting boost in bioavailability
21 Mar 2023
--- Supplement company Clear Within will use DolCas Biotech’s turmeric extract Curcugen in its upgraded and reformulated Clear Within product for bright skin. Furthermore, the company is hailing the addition as providing a... Read More
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Tapping into gut axes: Probiotical explains the many ways in which the microbiome affects the body
21 Mar 2023
--- As the gut microbiome is continually shown to influence other body systems and science is revealing how pre-, pro- and postbiotics affect the microbiome, Italian-based biotics company Probiotical, continues to investigate... Read More
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Balanced diets, greener agriculture and cutting waste critical to combating climate crisis
21 Mar 2023
--- Global food systems need to dramatically transform if society has any chance of preventing the Earth from warming over 1.5 celsius by 2050 or reverse the heating if it overshoots. Balanced diets with less meat, green... Read More
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Link between gut microbiota and diets investigated for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
20 Mar 2023
--- Two recent studies, Spain-based and US-based, investigated the role of diets and eating patterns and the link between the gut microbiota, respectively, on developing or reducing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).... Read More
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Water contamination warning from the UNICEF, triple threat puts 190 million children at risk
20 Mar 2023
--- UNICEF has published a report showing that across ten African countries, 190 million children are at the highest risk of diseases related to the “triple threat” of inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).... Read More
KNHI to highlight evolving key nutrition and health trends
20 Mar 2023
--- Looking at trends such as plant-forward innovations and megatrends like sustainable nutrition, Kerry Health and Nutrition Institute (KNHI) seeks to demystify 2023 using data and insight from its network of regulatory... Read More
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Too little, too late: “Abandoned” EU farmers crushed by Ukrainian food imports
20 Mar 2023
--- Farmers in Ukraine’s bordering nations like Poland, Bulgaria and Romania are being severely damaged by an influx of cheap grain imports from the war torn country that are flooding markets and pushing down prices.
Beyond The Headlines: IFF produces anaerobic probiotic, CDI receives USPTO for upscaled wine-derivative
17 Mar 2023
--- This week in nutrition news, IFF successfully achieved industrial-scaled production of its strictly anaerobic probiotic strain. Crush Dynamics Inc (CDI) received a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its... Read More
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Missing out on a protein source? Study says people allergic to one legume are often sensitive to others
17 Mar 2023
--- Dutch researchers found that patients allergic to green peas, lupines, lentils and beans had a high co-allergy for peanuts (prevalence of 64.7%-77.8%) and soybean (50%-64.7%). Patients allergic to soybeans had a high... Read More
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Hologram Sciences and Haleon poised to take personalized nutrition “to the next level”
16 Mar 2023
--- Consumer-facing health tech company Hologram Sciences has teamed up with consumer health innovators, Haleon. The companies say that the partnership will allow for experimentation and innovation in the areas of personalized... Read More
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“That’s how capitalism works,” SVB collapse and nutrition and food start-ups take a hit
16 Mar 2023
--- Start-ups within the nutrition and food industry have suffered blocked accounts after Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the 16th largest US bank, collapsed on Friday, March 10. Experts suggest this was partly caused by a lack of... Read More
Fast foods.
Concerns over conflict of interest: General Medical Council invests US$1M in fast food firms
16 Mar 2023
--- The UK’s General Medical Council has investments nearing £870,000 (US$1.05 million) in fast food and soft drink companies such as McDonald’s, Starbucks, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola. The British Medical Journal... Read More
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