Level Best(tm), a diet supplement for glucose management and heart health, is undergoing a 16 week prospective randomized-crossover clinical trial of patients with diabetes and high cholesterol at Joslin Diabetes Center of the Harvard University School of Medicine.
A "structured snack" product, Lean On Me (tm), now undergoing a clinical trail at Baylor College of Medicine provides women with a new nutritionally balanced, good tasting way for losing weight and helping to maintain weight loss.
"Obesity is a multi-faceted problem. Unfortunately, there are no easy answers. The most important things individuals can do to manage their weight are to eat a balanced diet and exercise regularly," said NSDA Vice President of Scientific and Technical Affairs.
A new study published today by the prestigious Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal suggests that homeopathy is effective in providing symptomatic relief in the treatment of acute otitis media (AOM), a common type of ear infection, in young children
Harvard's Dr. George Backburn calls on industry to develop new technology such as portion controlled foods which are part of a structured diet.
National Soft Drink Association Media Backgrounder. Annual Meeting of the American Dietetic Association.
The National Soft Drink Association condemned a new caffeine study that questions the marketing practices of the soft drink industry as "fatally-flawed and professionally irresponsible."
A panel of scientific experts told researchers attending the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy that not all Ginkgo biloba extracts are the same.
A research study presented at the annual Experimental Biology scientific meetings cautioned that consumption of the popular dietary supplement glucosamine sulfate may actually increase the risk of developing insulin resistance and may worsen control of diabetes in patients with this disease.
New studies by nutrition researchers from Georgetown and Michigan State Universities presented today to the Annual Meeting of the Experimental Biology Society demonstrate that soft drink consumption by children is not responsible for increases in pediatric obesity.
Eighty-one percent of parents with children in elementary, middle and high schools want their kids to receive daily physical activity, but only 44 percent of them are receiving it, reports a survey commissioned by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.
In written comments filed late yesterday, the National Soft Drink Association said the proposed Dietary Guideline recommendation to limit your intake of sugars is without scientific merit and should be withdrawn.
Boosting the ability of the endothelium to expand and increase blood flow is an important factor in fighting heart disease, researchers from the Mayo Clinic, Stanford Medical School and University College in London told cardiologists at a satellite symposium of the ACC.
Patients with diagnosed peripheral artery disease who ate two HeartBars a day for two weeks increased the distances they could walk without pain by 66%, according to a study in the Feb. 2000 Vascular Medicine.
Experts at a conference on childhood obesity sponsored by Georgetown University said that increasing physical activity and emphasizing eating a wide variety of foods are the most important steps parents should take in preventing childhood obesity.
New data presented to the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology suggest the discovery of a potential diagnostic tool and therapeutic measurement for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Nutrition policy researchers from Georgetown University's Center for Food and Nutrition Policy today told delegates attending the Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Obesity that "added sugars" intake is not linked to obesity among children and adolescents as measured by body mass index.
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