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The dietary supplement industry has continued to discount the omega-3 meta-analysis, published online by the Archives of Internal Medicine earlier this week. Adding to comments from the Council for Responsible Nutrition and the Natural Products Association, the Salt Lake City, UT-based Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) issued its own take-aways. Read More »

A meta-analysis published online late yesterday by the Archives of Internal Medicine has been panned as “limited” and “inaccurate” by… Read More »

In new research published in the April Journal of Food Science, analyses of the first known public database compiling reports on food fraud and economically motivated adulteration in food highlight the most fraud-prone ingredients in the food supply; analytical detection methods; and the type of fraud reported. Based on a review of records from scholarly journals, the top seven adulterated ingredients in the database are olive oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee, and apple juice. Read More »

A sluggish economy has seemingly had no influence on consumer supplement purchasing habits, according to the most recent consumer survey by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements, which found more than 71% of consumers continued to buy supplements despite the economic downturn. Read More »

U.S. retail sales of cereal/granola bars and energy/nutrition bars reached $5.7 billion in 2011, according to“Food Bars in the U.S.,” a just-released report from Packaged Facts. Read More »

Two-thirds of U.S. grocery shoppers bought a food or beverage for a specific health concern in the past year. Read More »

According to the Second National Report on Biochemical Indicators of Diet and Nutrition, released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US population has good levels of vitamins A and D and folate in the body, but some groups still need to increase their levels of vitamin D and iron. Read More »