Post-operative gastrointestinal cancer patients may benefit from omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid emulsion as part of their parenteral nutrition formula, say researchers in China.
Nestlé Japan has announced plans to branch out from the food and beverage business into healthcare, with personalised nutrition and aged care a prominent feature of this shift.
Synbiotics — a combination of probiotics and prebiotics — used to improve the gut environment could serve as a safe pharmacological treatment for chronic kidney disease-related mineral and bone disorder, say researchers in Japan.
A US Supreme Court decision on a longstanding vitamin C price fixing case could further inflame trade tensions with China, an expert familiar with the case has said.
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) have invested 1.7 billion yen in Spirulina manufacturer Tavelmout Corporation.
Food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) could be an effective method of assessing dietary intake in diabetics and eventually helping to treat them, say researchers in Taiwan.
Morinaga Milk's financial results for the last year saw a slight dip overall, with net sales falling 0.1% (¥530m) year-on-year to ¥592,087m, but the firm is targeting sales success with its higher-value functional products.
Insatiable demand from China is seeing infant formula fly off the shelves in Australia, resulting in shortages at retail stores and pharmacies, despite manufacturer efforts to increase production.
Pregnant women with a high intake of omega-6 fatty acids, even when they have adequate omega-3 levels, tend to deliver babies lower in weight and birth length, say researchers in South Korea.
Simultaneously ingesting EPA and DHA may have a positive synergistic effect on exercise performance, but more evidence is needed to confirm this, say researchers in Japan.
Australia's supplement suppliers and manufacturers have been told not to fall into the complacency trap after enjoying several years of rapidly growing sales in Asia, especially China.
