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NPA chief: Industry must remain vigilant after McCain Bill victory
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John Gay, the executive director and CEO of the Washington DC-based Natural Product Association (NPA), commends industry for the lobbying effort that has led to Republican Senator John McCain agreeing to alter his highly unpopular bill. Gay says, while the campaign appears to have been successful in delivering new measures industry can live with, the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 [s3002] has not been withdrawn and could, in theory at least, be supported by any other member of Congress and advanced. More

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Misleading food labels to get makeover
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The aisles of American supermarkets can be bewildering places these days, lined with dozens of variations of cereals, crackers, chips and other foods, many of which boast of their supposed healthfulness — this yogurt is "low fat," while this cereal is "heart healthy," and those chips have "0 grams trans fat." What claims are the conscientious eater to trust and what foods should they pick to put on their table? More

FDA targets processing of spices in bid to make supply safer
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The Food and Drug Administration is reexamining the safety of a culinary staple found in every restaurant, food manufacturing plant and home kitchen pantry: spices. More

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Studio chief hankers for healthy movie food
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The message came from Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael Lynton, who addressed theater owners on the first day of their ShoWest convention in Las Vegas. "I suggest you consider adding a few healthier items to your existing menu," Lynton said in prepared remarks. "I believe it's the right thing to do for your industry, for our audiences — and for America," he said. More

Baseball players group expands supplements blacklist
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The Major League Players Association has added 21 products to its 'Dangerous Contaminated Supplements' list to bring the total number of blacklisted products to 104. Products named and shamed by the MLBPA include Bromodrol, Gaspari Novedex XT and Purus Labs Nasty Mass. More

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Demographic shifts present retail opportunities
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Demographic shifts in the U.S. are predicted to generate an additional $221 billion in the multicultural CPG market, according to The Nielsen Co. Currently, Asian-Americans, African-Americans and Hispanics account for $299 billion in CPG sales. By 2020, Nielsen estimates a 25 percent increase in that figure and another 50 percent jump by 2050 to $520 billion in sales. More

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What lies behind the vitamin D revolution?
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Generations of medical professionals have been taught to approach vitamin D supplementation with great caution and trepidation. As a fat-soluble vitamin known to enhance calcium absorption, vitamin D taken in excessive amounts was thought to raise the specter of hypercalcemia with its attendant risks of nephrolithiasis and even metastatic calcification. More

Low levels of vitamin D linked to higher rates of asthma in African-American kids
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Researchers at Children's National Medical Center have discovered that African-American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy African-American children. This study supports recent research that suggests vitamin D plays a greater role in the body than just keeping bones healthy. Vitamin D deficiency has been recently linked to a variety of non-bone related diseases including depression, autoimmune disorders, and now asthma. More


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Poll: Worries about environment hit low
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Americans' worries about environmental issues have hit a 20-year low, largely because of economic concerns, according to a Gallup Poll. Fewer adults worry "a great deal" about each of eight issues surveyed, including global warming, than a year ago, according to the poll of 1,014 Americans taken March 4-7. Their concerns about six of the issues hit record lows. More


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First lady asks foodmakers to be on front line tackling childhood obesity
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Michelle Obama called on corporate food giants such as Coca-Cola, General Mills and Kraft Foods to step up efforts to produce more healthful food and then market that, rather than junk food, to children. More

School lunches linked to kids' obesity
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Attention, parents! More than one in three middle school students who regularly eat school lunches are obese or overweight. They're also more likely to have high LDL "bad" cholesterol levels than kids who bring lunch from home. The research suggests that efforts to provide healthier choices on school lunch menus still have a long way to go, says Elizabeth Jackson, MD, MPH, assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Mich. More

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