Vitamins: stop taking the pills
This article was corrected on 7 June 2013. During editing, a line in the fifth from last paragraph, beginning 'Another example is St John's wort…' was accidentally transposed, leading to the suggestion that serotonin was a medicine rather than a brain chemical.Alternative medicineHealth & wellbeingHealthCancerCancerMedical researchPharmaceuticals industryDepressionguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 7, 2013 Category: Science Tags: The Guardian Depression Pharmaceuticals industry Health Medical research & wellbeing Society Extracts Features Cancer Life and style Alternative medicine Science Source Type: news
How did stevia get mainstream?
Just what is stevia and can it replace sugar? (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stevia First Corporation: Stevia First Corp. Announces Favorable Interim Results From California Field Trials
SACRAMENTO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Stevia First Corp. (OTCQB: STVF) ("Stevia First" or the "Company"), an early-stage agribusiness based in California's Central Valley growing region and focused on the industrial scale production of stevia, the all-natural zero-calorie sweetener that is rapidly transforming the food and beverage industry, is pleased to provide an interim report detailing key aspects of its previously announced and currently ongoing field trials. (Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - February 25, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Chemicals Agriculture Food and Beverage Environment Retail Manufacturing and Production STVF Source Type: news
New and revised standards for omega-3s, natural sweeteners and other food ingredients proposed
(US Pharmacopeia) To help ensure the quality of popular food ingredients increasingly being incorporated into products sold in the United States and worldwide, standards for omega 3-rich krill oil and natural, low-calorie stevia sweeteners are among the latest proposed revisions to the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC). FCC is an internationally recognized compendium of food ingredient quality standards published by the US Pharmacopeial Convention. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 2, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news
