men's health
06 Sep 2024
--- This week in nutrition news, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) received a significant contribution from the Japanese government to help provide school meals to students in Sierra Leone, Africa. Meanwhile, Groupe...
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06 Sep 2024
--- In 2023, 13.5% of US households (18 million households) were food insecure “at least sometime during the year,” according to the 2023 Household Food Security in the US report by the US Department of Agriculture...
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06 Sep 2024
--- An international interdisciplinary team of researchers has engineered an aqueous solution — an oil-free super lubricant — from alternative proteins such as potato proteins. They claim this paves the way for...
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05 Sep 2024
--- Increased consumption of cruciferous vegetables lowers blood pressure better than root and squash vegetables, according to a crossover trial. After two weeks of consuming around 300 g daily of these vegetables (e.g.,...
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04 Sep 2024
--- A significant number of cattle marketed as “raised without antibiotics” on the US market were shown in a recent study conducted at the George Washington University (GW) to have actually been treated with...
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04 Sep 2024
--- Researchers from Virginia Tech, US, studied the clarity of healthy beverage guidelines for 93 countries that enacted sugary beverage tax legislation from 2000 to 2023 to find ways to encourage drinking water instead as a...
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04 Sep 2024
--- Precision fermentation player, 21st.Bio, obtains self-affirmed generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status for its animal-free beta-lactoglobulin ingredient, BLG Essential+. The company’s customers can now enter into...
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04 Sep 2024
--- Natural ingredients supplier Symrise is taking its secure sourcing approach to the next level amid climatic and geopolitical factors that increasingly affect the production of agricultural raw materials and impact the...
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03 Sep 2024
--- Nutrition-tracking smartphone applications developed through artificial intelligence (AI) require improvements in accuracy, finds a new study conducted at the University of Sydney, Australia. Some persistent concerns include...
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03 Sep 2024
--- Researchers suggest making it mandatory for businesses to provide calorie-free menus alongside menus with calories to accommodate people with eating disorders who may find seeing calorie information on menus challenging. The...
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02 Sep 2024
--- In August’s major health and nutrition industry news, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published guidelines on the regulation and use of dietary supplements and we looked at the recent controversies, safety...
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02 Sep 2024
--- Biotalys, an AgTech company developing protein-based biocontrols for sustainable crop protection, has received approval for large-scale demonstration trials in greenhouses of its first biofungicide candidate, EVOCA. Notably,...
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30 Aug 2024
--- This week in nutrition news, PLT Health Solutions received an updated license for AprèsFlex from Health Canada’s Natural and Non-Prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD), the Council for Responsible...
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30 Aug 2024
--- According to a new study by researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), more than half of the global population consumes inadequate...
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30 Aug 2024
--- Young Sudanese citizens are leading the response to the famine caused by the ongoing civil war in the country. The volunteers are operating out of emergency response rooms supported by the UN to provide lifesaving nutrition...
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30 Aug 2024
--- As European food authorities highlight potential health issues associated with ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), the nutrition industry underscores the ingredient’s safety, supported by research data. At the same time,...
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29 Aug 2024
--- More than half of adults worldwide expect to be seriously harmed by their water within the next two years, according to a recent survey. We catch up with two of the authors of a new study led by international health experts...
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28 Aug 2024
--- Microchannels carved into glass with ultrafast lasers can be used to improve the efficiency and purity of the vitamin D3 production process. Such microchannels offer transparency for ultraviolet (UV) light — which is...
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28 Aug 2024
--- As the nutrition industry explores ingredient combinations for synergistic benefits, key suppliers caution that not all ingredients should be mixed. They urge manufacturers to avoid combinations of ingredients with...
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28 Aug 2024
--- Arla Foods Group has raised its full-year revenue outlook to land between €13.4 billion and 13.9 billion (US$14.9 billion and US$15.5 billion) despite a sales decline in its first half-year results for 2024.The outlook...
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