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US plans to make plant-based food options available in hospitals

US plans to make plant-based food options available in hospitals

Plant-based diets may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and many cancers Proxyholders of the US Vegan Climate ETF (VEGN) have sent shareholder proposals to the Board of Directors at Centene (CNC), Elevance

Research
Honey improves key measures of cardio-metabolic health: Study

Honey improves key measures of cardio-metabolic health: Study

Raw honey drove many of the beneficial effects in the studies, as did honey from monofloral sources Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that honey improves key measures of cardio-metabolic health, including blood

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Tracing tomatoes’ health benefits to gut microbes: Study

Tracing tomatoes’ health benefits to gut microbes: Study

Favourable findings in pigs warrant human studies, researchers say Two weeks of eating a diet heavy in tomatoes increased the diversity of gut microbes and altered gut bacteria toward a more favorable profile in young

Technologies
Britannia launches AI powered, personalised diet consultation for diabetics

Britannia launches AI powered, personalised diet consultation for diabetics

Provides access to expert nutrition through an interactive WhatsApp ChatBot Britannia NutriChoice has launched a first-of- its- kind service that democratises access to nutrition for people with diabetes. The initiative uses the expertise of nutrition

Beverages
Taiwan targets US market with healthy beverage alternatives

Taiwan targets US market with healthy beverage alternatives

Utilising high-quality locally sourced ingredients, such as Chinese herbal staples ginger, longan, and red dates, together with sugar cane Shiang Ding Food Co., one of Taiwan's premier food wholesalers, has announced new plans to expand access to

Dietary Supplements
Muscle & Strength expands retail footprint in Northern India

Muscle & Strength expands retail footprint in Northern India

Launches 4 new stores in New Delhi & Mohali Muscle & Strength India has further expanded its retail footprint in Northern India with 4 new stores in New Delhi & Mohali. Renowned Fitness Model and Influencer Mohmmad

People
iThrive strengthens leadership team; appoints Prasad Gade as Marketing Head

iThrive strengthens leadership team; appoints Prasad Gade as Marketing Head

To share the niche knowledge of functional nutrition with the masses iThrive, a Pune-based health and wellness startup, has announced the appointment of  Prasad Gade as the Head of Marketing to strengthen its leadership team. At

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Indian Sellers Collective opposes FSSAI’s Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling regulation

Indian Sellers Collective opposes FSSAI’s Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling regulation

Under FOPNL, packaged items will be given star ratings like ‘one-star food’, ‘two-star food’, and therefore ‘good-food’, ‘not-good food’, etc. based on their salt, sugar, and fat content Indian Sellers Collective, an umbrella body of

Research
Most adults seeking to lose weight overestimate healthiness of their diet: Study

Most adults seeking to lose weight overestimate healthiness of their diet: Study

Study finds dieters may overestimate the healthiness of their eating habits Adults who were making lifestyle changes to lose weight tended to overestimate how healthy their diet was, according to a new study in the

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Scientists identify allergy-inducing properties of common dietary fibre in supplements

Scientists identify allergy-inducing properties of common dietary fibre in supplements

A common dietary fibre promotes allergy-like immune responses in preclinical studies A type of dietary fibre called inulin, commonly used in health supplements and known to have certain anti-inflammatory properties, can also promote an allergy-related