If you're overweight, losing just 10% of your body weight is associated with a myriad of health benefits, including lowering blood pressure...
In many countries foods such as milk, yoghurt, margarine, oil spreads, breakfast cereal, pastries as well as bread are fortified with vitamin D, and in the third part of our special edition on this nutrient, we look at the challenges surrounding its encapsulation and incorporation into food and beverages.
A number of market forms of vitamin D a...
In the second part of our vitamin D special edition, we unpick some of the regulatory concerns surrounding the 'sunshine vitamin'.
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An avalanche of scientific evidence may have come down in support of the health benefits of vitamin D but so far, with the exception of the US, this buzz has yet to translate into a market boom.
Over the past few years ...
Also called pepitas, pumpkin seeds are loaded with magnesium. And a recent study found that the more magnesium a person's diet had, the lower his or her chances of developing metabolic syndrome.
A Major-League Mineral Metabolic syndrome is ...
Your body might be able to break down fat better if you do this one simple thing: stand more.
A small study suggests that when people sit around too much, enzymes that help break down fat are practically turned off. Bad news not just for your waist but also for your heart and artery health. The solution? Fidget, pace, get up, get down. Do whatever you have to do to move those legs of yours. Often.
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Just what are whole grains, anyway? A whole grain means that all three parts of the grain -- called endosperm, ...