The government of the Canton of Vaud, in cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland is implementing an economic mission in Singapore, under the lead of Minister of Economy and Sport […]
Read more ›Review on how lifestyle changes and especially dietary habits are at the basis of chronic systemic low grade inflammation, insulin resistance and Western diseases. The authors support the hypothesis that […]
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Incorporating active ingredients into adequate food matrices is a challenging aspect in the development of functional food products. Major challenges consist, on one hand, in masking foul tastes of active […]
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The type of dietary fat impacts the risk of developing several diseases in humans. Whereas saturated fatty acids, as well as trans fatty acid are generally considered to be atherogenic […]
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Everybody is talking about them and countless foods are nowadays proudly claiming their content, which is thought to have numerous beneficial effects on health. So, what are those famous omega-3? […]
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People are usually aware that there are good and bad fats. This distinction usullay refers to the effect of their intake on blood lipid profiles. “Good” fats, like polyunsaturated ones, […]
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Recently, studies on the role of certain micronutrients in genome stability have gathered a series of evidences for their impact on DNA synthesis, replication or on DNA repair mechanisms (1). […]
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WHAT ARE PROBIOTICS ? Probiotics are nowadays defined as live bacteria that may confer a health benefit on the host. Since the term was first introduced in 1953 and defined […]
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Last Tuesday June 11, ANI CSO Walter Wahli held a very successful talk in Singapore, in the frame of an event sponsored by Swissnex and Spring. His presentation entitled ‘Nutrigenomics […]
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Selenium and cancer expert, Dr. Richard A. Passwater is author of four books on selenium and co-patentee on selenium nutrients and other selenium compounds. He gathered more than 50 years […]
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