Heart Health

Researchers connect magnesium supplementation with healthier blood pressure readings in pregnant women.

The modest anti-clotting effect of amla may be preferred to aspirin and anti-clotting drugs.

The health claim will relate to whole and milled flax products.

Aker BioMarine says it can help manufacturers make these in 2014.

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Research continues to link statin therapy to CoQ10 losses.

Research keeps linking statin therapy to CoQ10 losses.

Researchers see benefit in keeping apple juice cloudy.

The company plans to publish 10 "gold standard" trials on its ingredients in the coming year.

The agency moves to reclassify partially hydrogenated oils as food additives.

A brief look at the new sports market for nitric oxide ingredients

A preclinical trial shows first-ever in vivo evidence of the fruit's mechanisms of action on endothelial function.

CocoaVia makes cocoa flavanols available in capsule format.

A meta-analysis attempts to clear the uncertainty around this tomato-based nutrient.

Saudi researchers perform the first direct comparison of garlic and the drug atenolol.

The juice of blood oranges and blonde oranges appears to down-regulate blood clotting.

CaPre krill oil lowered triglycerides more than 20% in eight weeks.

Research-supported AppleActiv delivers the healthy nutrients of apples in a convenient, neutral tasting powder.

Bread might deliver beets (and their nutrients) in a compliant-friendly fashion.

A European health claim supports cocoa flavanols for their contribution to healthy blood flow.

Chia Omega line boasts vegan and vegetarian formulations.

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is perhaps best known for its tart taste and penchant for staining clothes. In the past several years, however, the flowering fruit has taken on a different image. With much financial help from product marketer, and now ingredient supplier, POM Wonderful (Los Angeles), pomegranates are increasingly regarded as superfruits. Largely by its own doing, POM Wonderful can now report that “more people were introduced to pomegranate products last year than any year in history.”

Why vitamin K2 could be the missing link for bone health strategies.

Oat beta-glucan ingredient named one of the most innovative products of the year.

But how does the fruit compare to statin drugs?