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It took four years after Europe’s food-safety scientists backed green kiwifruit’s digestive-health claim for regulators in Brussels to approve it, raising the bigger question: What happens when the science is settled, but the politics are not?
Social media misinformation is blurring the line between supplements like creatine and controversial performance-enhancing drugs, making it harder for young people and parents to make informed decisions.
Under-researched but of the utmost importance, the estrobolome “puts women’s health center stage” when it comes to gut health, according to microbiome experts.
The UK government will consult on banning high-caffeine energy drinks for under-16s in England over health concerns. However, a new study suggests energy drinks may only be indirectly linked to poor adolescent health, so what makes them risky?
Endurance-sport nutrition brand, Protein Rebel, has launched an on-trend seawater-sourced magnesium citrate powder for runners' recovery.
Daily consumption of a low dose of Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) can increase the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium in the feces of healthy women, according to a new study funded by FrieslandCampina.
A post-exercise shake made with Fresubin Protein may improve lower body strength in previously sedentary individuals, according to new research published in the journal Nutrients.
Recent Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rulings against Huel and Zoe for misrepresenting celebrity investor Steven Bartlett's involvement have sparked online debate, prompting calls for the ASA to update its guidelines.
Gut health-focused tech firm Zoe has launched its first own brand whole-food supplement designed to be sprinkled on meals to provide a microbiome diversity boost, utilizing an (as yet) unpublished RCT to help market its benefits.