Swisse eyes exclusive knee health therapeutic claims for krill oil product following positive RCT findings
Swisse will apply for new therapeutic claims related to knee health under Australia’s nascent “assessed” medicines scheme for its krill oil supplement, following positive findings from human clinical trials.
A recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical NutritionIt showed that the company’s product, Swisse Ultiboost High Strength Deep Sea Krill Oil, could improve knee pain, stiffness and physical function.
The six-month, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial included 235 adults aged 40 to 65 with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis.
Personalized nutrition significantly improved BMI and waist in obese Chinese adults: RCT funded by Amway
Personalized nutrition intervention could be more beneficial than conventional methods in improving the health status of overweight and obese Chinese adults, according to an Amway-funded RCT.
The results of the trial were published in Frontiers in Nutrition
With personalized nutritional advice, supplement intake and service, subjects involved in the 12-week RCT were shown to have better BMIs, body fat percentages, waist circumferences, blood lipids and uric acid levels.
CBD and cancer pain relief: Head of India’s national research institute outlines study plans – LISTEN
India’s national research agency hopes to study cannabidiol (CBD) and its effects on cancer pain relief, the agency’s director revealed in our latest NutraChampion podcast.
As part of the research, the institute is working on developing cannabis strains that produce higher amounts of CBD, the non-psychoactive component of cannabis, Dr. D. Srinivasa Reddy, Director, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine. Jammu (CSIR-IIIM Jammu) said.
The goal within a year is to conduct a human clinical trial on medicinal cannabis and its effects on pain relief.
Obese women with high intake of vitamin C and B6 associated with lower risk of breast cancer: cohort study
Obese women who took vitamin C and B6 in amounts exceeding the recommended daily intake levels were associated with a lower risk of breast cancer, according to a five-year cohort study from South Korea.
However, no significant association was observed in women of normal weight.
“Obesity is associated with higher estrogen levels in postmenopausal women due to the switch of aromatase from testosterone to estrogen in adipose tissue, as well as the state of chronic inflammation with increased oxidative stress permanently. Therefore, the antioxidant effect of vitamin C may be more prominent in obese women,” the researchers explained.
Zinc supplementation shows no significant benefit in preventing diabetes: 12-month RCT in Australia
A 12-month RCT conducted in Australia has found that zinc supplementation produced no significant benefits in the prevention of diabetes, a finding that is contrary to the existing scientific literature.
With 98 prediabetic subjects, the intervention group took 30 mg of elemental zinc gluconate, while the other group took placebo for 12 months. Both the intervention material and the placebo were provided by Blackmores.
In both the intervention and placebo groups, an equal number of individuals, three of them in each group, had developed diabetes.