Fruit, vegetable intake still too low; human nutritionist says to focus on lunch

Children between the ages of 2 and 18 are eating more whole fruits and drinking less fruit juice, a new report finds after the implementation of a new program. However, vegetable intake remains the same, they say. One expert says the switch from fruit juice to whole fruit has been a big improvement

Link between DHA-enriched formula in infancy and positive cognitive outcomes in childhood

University of Kansas scientists have found that infants who were fed formula enriched with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) from birth to 12 months scored significantly better than a control group on several measures of intelligence conducted between the ages of three to six years…

Precocious Puberty In Girls May Be Delayed By Vitamin D Supplementation

Vitamin D supplementation may help delay early onset of puberty in girls, a new clinical study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco

New Wrigley Gum Offers Caffeine Boost

Wrigley is launching a new chewing gum called Alert Energy Caffeine Gum which offers a boost of caffeine. The new product is aimed at consumers between the ages of 25 and 49 who may have quit their habit of chewing gum when they were younger, while tapping into the market of energy products – a rapid-growth market…

Women Should Eat More Chocolate !

Good news for women and confectionary makers around the world, with new research showing health benefits from eating more chocolate. The article published in the Oct 18th issue of Journal of the American College of Cardiology studied more than 33,000 Swedish women who did not have any medical history of stroke, heart disease, cancer or diabetes and were between the ages of 49 and 83…