Health & Nutrition Archives

Is Palm Oil A Cancer Risk? Let Truthful Science Prevail!

In addition to the Nutella / Palm oil cancer link streamed extensively in the media, there have been accompanying reference associated to a study in Nature (doi:10.1038/nature20791; G. Pascual...

Malaysian Palm Oil Industry: Our Stand On The Nutella Ferrero Report and Misinformation about Palm Oil and Cancer

The palm oil industry is regularly confronted by misinformation which is then absorbed by the media and churned into a frenzy of inaccurate news articles and opinion pieces, designed...

Is breast milk dangerous for human consumption?

Expert puts Codex Alimentarius Commission’s food labeling paper about trans fats and saturated fats in proper perspective Is mother’s milk dangerous for babies? While it may seem absurd,...

Dangers of the ‘Low-fat’ Dogma

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), obesity worldwide has more than doubled since 1980. In 2014, over 1.9 billion adults (18 years and older) were overweight – 600...

Natural Immunity Boost

Vitamin E has long been known to be an antioxidant, capable of destroying potentially harmful free radicals in our body. There are 2 main types of vitamin E: tocopherols...

Good for the Brain

Our brain is a complex organ, and we still have much to learn about how it works. What we do know, however, is that our brain undergoes changes as...

Should the US food industry be concerned about a 3-MCPD backlash?

By Roger Clemens, DrPH, CFS, CNS, FIFT, FACN, FIAFST In March of this year, the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) issued a report warning about the health consequences of...

Human clinical study linking tocotrienols and brain health begins

By Robin Miller and Kalyana Sundram Malaysia’s GMP-certified palm tocotrienol complex producer, has proudly announced the commencement of its latest human clinical trial “NUTRITION” Phase IIB using a patented...

New US ‘Nutrition Facts’ regulations poses challenges for food manufacturers exporting to the USA

The labelling regulations for conventional foods and dietary supplements is being amended by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), aimed to provide updated nutrition information on the label...

The fat myth

DR ANCEL Keys (Jan 26, 1904–Nov 20, 2004) was an American scientist who studied the influence of diet on health. He is responsible, almost more than any other individual,...

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