Health
Additives meant to protect vitamin C actually cause more harm
Anti-caking agents in powdered products may hasten degradation of vitamin C instead of doing what they are supposed to do: protect the nutrient from moisture.
Sep 28, 2011
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News tagged with food industry
Medications
FDA outlines path for lower-priced biotech drugs
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to review the first lower-cost versions of biotech drugs, expensive medications which have never before faced generic competition.
Feb 9, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A new study relates liquid fructose intake to fatty liver disease
A high-fat diet is not enough to cause short-term fatty liver disease. However, if this diet is combined with the intake of beverages sweetened with liquid fructose, the accumulation of fats in the liver accelerates and hypertriglyceridemia ...
Mar 4, 2022
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Health
Where there's smoke, there's ire
Speakers at an all-day conference at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) hailed a two-year-old federal law giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) power to regulate cigarettes as a key opportunity to further ...
Jun 27, 2011
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Medical research
Microparticles could help prevent vitamin A deficiency
Vitamin A deficiency is the world's leading cause of blindness, and in severe cases, it can be fatal. About one-third of the global population of preschool-aged children suffer from this vitamin deficiency, which is most ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Health
Food health star ratings can improve diets, study finds
More evidence has emerged that food labelling can encourage manufacturers to improve product nutrition, but University of Melbourne experts say the star labelling system must be compulsory to make a big difference.
Nov 20, 2020
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Health
Food additive safety often determined by those with food industry ties, study finds
(HealthDay)—Experts selected by the food industry have often been the ones approving the safety of food additives for the past 15 years, a new report claims.
Aug 7, 2013
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Health
Crying over plant-based milk: neither science nor history favours a dairy monopoly
Soy milk. Almond milk. Rice milk. To some dairy farmers these products are like a red rag to a bull.
Sep 24, 2019
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Health
Color-coded nutrition labels and warnings linked to more healthful purchases
A new analysis has integrated findings from 134 studies of the impact of color-coded nutrition labels and warnings found on the front of some food packaging, indicating that these labels do indeed appear to encourage more ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Cardiology
Further evidence adds weight to call for urgent action on salt targets
Most people get a blood pressure lowering benefit from eating less salt and the less you eat, the more you benefit, but for older people and those who already have high blood pressure the effect is even greater, according ...
Feb 25, 2020
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