Food supplements are dietary additions intended to supplement the food we eat. The European Commission has established rules for the whole of the EU relating to supplements containing vitamins and minerals. Maximum and minimum amounts are being set for every vitamin and mineral approved for use.
140,000 children under the age of 5 in the UK suffer from diarrhoea causing rotavirus each year. From September next year, a vaccination program will start to vaccinate children under 4 months old.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and 6 EU member states have carried out independent assessments of the controversial paper by Séralinia et al. published on the 19th September 2012 in the Journal Food and Chemical Toxicology that concluded that a strain of GM maize and a pesticide could increase…
The Emerging Risks Unit of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has set up a task force to collect, collate and analyse data on bees. Once the data is all in, potential gaps in knowledge can be identified.
Food allergies are estimated to affect 2% of the global population. For some, it is an uncomfortable experience, for others it can be life threatening. This week, Italian researchers have published a paper in the journal Food Analytical Methods that describes a way to enhance the determination of multiple allergens…
Cholesterol is essential in small concentrations but can lead to heart disease and artery hardening when eaten excessively. The Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) both have official analytical methods for measuring how much cholesterol is in general foods or milk respectively, but apparently…
..and especially for those of diabetics. With cardiovascular disease being an increased risk for diabetics, controlling blood sugar levels by following a low glycemic index (GI) diet is already recommended, and as beans have one of the lowest GI values it makes sense to include them in the diet. But…
We’ve all heard about how we should get our 5 a day to stay healthy, and that eating fruits high in antioxidants are good for us, but have you heard the news about tomatoes?
Eating low fat yogurt decreases your chance of developing high blood pressure. That was the message from a presentation at the American Heart Association’s High Blood Pressure Research 2012 Scientific Sessions.
The debate on the health effects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) rages on this week after the publication of a paper from a French group claiming rats fed GM maize that had been treated with a herbicide, Roundup ready, developed more tumors and died younger than rats fed on a…
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