Probiotics may reduce anxiety and depression, suggests study
Probiotic bacteria may have the potential to alter brain neurochemistry, affecting anxiety and depression-related disorders, says new research.
Archives for August 29, 2011
Industry is ‘doing its part’ to encourage healthy diets, says GMA
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has said that industry is doing its part to help consumers build healthy diets, in response to a new research review that criticized trade organizations’ progress on food marketing to children as ‘limited’.
Meat-free drive is impacting consumer markets: Euromonitor
Sales of meat have slowed considerably as the growing trend towards meat-free or meat-reduced diets impacts consumer markets, according to Euromonitor International.
Consumers turning to private labels as branded portion sizes shrink
Savvy US consumers are increasingly turning to store brands and private labels as the size of some packaged goods shrink, according to a new survey from Deloitte.
Sen. Lugar tours Indiana to rally support for sugar reform bill
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) has been touring Indiana as part of a campaign calling for reform of US sugar policy, which he says keeps sugar prices artificially high and costs US jobs.