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News Alerts: Week 15, 2017
12 April 2017
Infant vit B1 deficiency; antibiotics and cancer risk; new vaccine adjuvant; fasting to promote fat-burning; Fasting possible protection against chemo damage; Glyphosate contamination rife; EU pesticide approvals despite dangers
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Unexpected incidence of cancer from higher dose synthetic folic acid
10 December 2009
ANH looks at studies investigating the effects of higher dose folic acid and vitamin B12 on reducing deaths from heart disease
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News Alerts: Week 13, 2017
29 March 2017
Popularity of herbal medicine; UK's Childhood Obesity Plan; Fats & Alzheimer’s; One shot vaccines for newborns; Children, sugar & rotten teeth; Eating cheese & cholesterol; Industry says no to 20% sugar reduction; Planned EFSA guideline on daily sugar level; No glyphosate test from USDA; Vitamin C for sepsis
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Germany: giving (vitamins) with one hand, taking with the other
25 January 2018
The BfR in Germany goes off-piste with the science – again
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Daily supplement may boost birth weight of babies in developing world
29 March 2005
Giving pregnant women in the developing world a daily supplement containing 10 vitamins and five minerals could help increase the birth weight of their babies, concludes a study.
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Crunch time for US supplements in the EU?
29 November 2017
Skyrocketing rate of EU ‘safety’ alerts provides key tool to protect pharma interest
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ANH calls for new paradigm in healthcare
27 October 2008
Dr Robert Verkerk, ANH's scientific and executive director, addressed a large audience at the CAM Expo, London, on October 25 2008, explaining the need for a new paradigm in healthcare. The paradigm, he said, should be based around the ecological and economic principles of sustainability.
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Folic acid fears driving up neural tube defect rates
06 May 2015
ANH-Intl looks at how and why research and policy on folate in supplements and fortified foods is in the balance, and how lives can be saved
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To be vegan or vegetarian, or not to be
31 August 2016
As plant foods get increasing air time, and health authorities declare processed and red meats as carcinogens, we look more closely at the pros and cons of meat-free vs omnivorous diets
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Another question mark over mandatory food fortification with synthetic folic acid
28 April 2009
Colorectal cancer and folic acid: could fortification really increase cancer rates?