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Functional Foods: Over-the Counter Medicine In a Meal.
November 1, 1999... An apple a day once kept the doctor away. Enter herb-laced beverages to boost your energy, calcium-fortified candy to prevent osteoporosis, and margarine spreads to lower your cholesterol, and you're eating your way to health with the new functional foods. Or are you? "Functional food":...

American Nutraceutical Association.
November 1, 1999... * The American Nutraceutical Association is overseeing a pilot study involving 60 cancer patients that will assess the effects of a dietary supplement, Nutritional Therapeutics Porpaxa, on quality of life, with an emphasis on its effect on fatigue. Source: Nutraceuticals International,...

Cyanotech Corp.
November 1, 1999... * The FDA has approved the sale of Cyanotech Corp.'s natural microalgaebased astaxanthin product, BioXanthin, as a dietary supplement for humans. Cyanotech has cited the "growing body of scientific literature" that suggests that astaxanthin has multiple effects, including: protecting the skin...

European Union.
November 1, 1999... * The European Union funded project called "Carotene Plus" has been successful in genetically altering rice to make it produce a-carotene, which is then converted to vitamin A by human beings. The new rice, which is yellow, is considered a "functional food," and has been hailed as a major...

University of Waikato.
November 1, 1999... * Research into the use of honey in medicine and as a functional food ingredient was discussed at the September 1218, 1999 Apimondia '99 conference, held in Vancouver, BC, where Dr. Peter C. Molan, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Waikato, NZ, presented a keynote...